Sunday 12 April, 05:00 UTC. Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa at the City Ground — one of English football's most historic venues. Both clubs have proud European histories. Both are fighting for different things in GW30: 🌳 Forest: mid-table security, building something sustainable under their management 🦁 Villa: maintaining Premier League momentum alongside the Europa League QF run For Emery's Villa, this is the type of game that could drain legs and confidence if approached wrongly. Forest at the City Ground are a difficult proposition — compact, organised, dangerous on the counter. Villa's depth in attack — Watkins, Duran, Bailey off the bench — gives Emery options. But three points here would be the perfect platform heading into the Bologna Europa QF. 🦁 Villa cannot afford to drop points domestically while chasing European glory. Focus. Execution. Three points.