{"id":50953,"date":"2026-04-30T14:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50953"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:50:45","slug":"nottingham-forest-vs-aston-villa-where-to-watch-match-details-predicted-lineups-and-score-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/champions-league\/nottingham-forest-vs-aston-villa-where-to-watch-match-details-predicted-lineups-and-score-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa: Where to watch, match details, predicted lineups and score prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>UEFA Europa League semi-finals<\/b> feature a rare all-English continental clash as Nottingham Forest hosts Aston Villa at the City Ground. Forest arrives with massive momentum after a gritty <b>2-1 <\/b>aggregate victory over FC Porto in the quarter-finals. Under V\u00edtor Pereira, the Garibaldi have transformed their home turf into a fortress, and with their storied European history, the fans are dreaming of another final.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, <b>Unai Emery\u2019s Aston Villa <\/b>are the clear tournament favorites. The Villans dismantled Bologna <b>7-1<\/b> on aggregate to reach this stage, showcasing a ruthless attacking efficiency. While Villa suffered a minor domestic setback recently, their \u201cKing of the Europa League\u201d manager knows exactly how to navigate these two-legged ties. This fixture marks the first of two legs to decide who heads to the final in Istanbul.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Match Details<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Tournament<\/b>: UEFA Europa League 2025\u201326 (Semi-Final, 1st Leg)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Date<\/b>: Thursday, April 30, 2026 (Friday, May 1, 12:30 AM IST)\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Venue<\/b>: City Ground, Nottingham\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Where to Watch<\/b>: TNT Sports (UK), Paramount+ (USA), SonyLIV (India)\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Predicted Lineups<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): <\/b>Ortega; Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams; Anderson, Sangare; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Igor Jesus.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <b>Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)<\/b>: Mart\u00ednez; Cash, Konsa, Pau Torres, Digne; Bogarde, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Buend\u00eda; Watkins.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Score Prediction: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Europa League semi-finals feature a rare all-English continental clash as Nottingham Forest hosts Aston Villa at the City\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":50954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4652],"tags":[1288,2464,4057],"class_list":["post-50953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","tag-aston-villa","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50955,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50953\/revisions\/50955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}