Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest: Championship confirmed teams for live talkSPORT commentary stream

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest: Championship confirmed teams for live talkSPORT commentary stream
Nottingham Forest can move into the Championship play-off places if they win at Aston Villa on Wednesday evening,The second tier clash – which is LIVE on talkSPORT 2 – pits Dean Smith’s promotion contenders against Aitor Karanka’s side, who have performed beyond expectations to sit seventh prior to kick-off.1

Dean Smith has turned Villa’s form around since his appointment as manager

However, a defeat to Villa could see Forest drop down the table – with their opponents moving past them on goal difference.Both teams head into Wednesday’s clash on the back of wins, with Forest defeating Hull on Saturday, before Villa’s 4-2 defeat of local rivals Birmingham in Sunday’s Second City derby.

What the managers are saying

Dean Smith (Aston Villa): “I always see games against the big teams as opportunities. The same with any game really.But what’s pleasing me the most is that the players now also see them as opportunities, too. They’re looking forward to the games, I can see that. We’ve now won three games on the spin.This group knows how to win games, they did it enough last season and were unfortunate at the last hurdle.”Aitor Karanka (Nottingham Forest):“The way that we are playing now and for sure we still need to improve. We are in November and we have much more to come, but it is true since the day we changed 10 players, and in the summer we changed another six or seven players, it has been hard work for everybody at the club and the training ground.”

Where can you listen?

talkSPORT 2 will bring you full live commentary of Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest. Click here for the live commentary stream, or listen below

Confirmed teams

Aston Villa: Nyland, Hutton, Chester, Tuanzebe, Taylor, McGinn, Hourihane, Kodjia, Grealish, Bolasie, AbrahamNottingham Forest: Pantilimon; Darikwa, Figueiredo, Dawson, Robinson; Colback, Yacob; Lolley, Carvalho, Cash; Grabban

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