City Ground, Nottingham, ENG
Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest kick off first leg in City Ground
LEADING SCORERS
TEAM STATS
NF 23 GF 24
12 GA 8
6 Clean Sheets 7
88 SOG 62
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NF
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SEE ALL ODDSTEAM TO WIN
A bet of $100 would win $241 total if Nottingham wins and a bet of $100 would win $286 total if Aston Villa wins
+141
NF
+186
AVL
OVER/UNDER 2.5 GOALS
The combined final score of both teams is set at 2.5
-106
OVER 2.5
-123
UNDER 2.5
PLAYER NEWS
Jadon Sancho AVL
Sancho (shoulder) is on the bench for Thursday's Europa League match against Bologna.
Tyrone Mings AVL
Mings (undisclosed) is on the bench for Thursday's Europa League match against Bologna.
Hudson-Odoi went down with an injury after playing as a substitute in Thursday's Europa League win over Porto and was seen walking on crutches after the match, per reporter Thomas Gibson. Additionally, coach Vitor Pereira said "For Callum, it's a muscle injury which is the bad news.", Jak Netting of VAVEL reports.
Chris Wood NF
Wood left Thursday's UEFA Europa League contest versus Porto shortly after suffering a violent tackle to his knee in the first half and is now questionable for Sunday's match against Burnley, according to manager Vitor Pereira, per Jak Netting of Vavel. "I think Chris and Murillo will not be anything significant. Chris has a hematoma, but I think they will both be ready for Burnley."
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