Nottingham Forest versus Aston Villa LIVE: Visitors aim to go third in afternoon Premier League clash

There are two major changes today for Forest, at either end of the pitch. Odysseas Vlachodimos starts in goal, while returning up front is Taiwo Awoniyi. Villa are unchanged from the XI that beat Luton a week ago. Their captain John McGinn makes his 200th appearance for the club today.

Nottingham Forest: Vlachodimos; Aina, Niakhate, Murillo, Tiffolo; Mangala, Sangare; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Dominguez; Awoniyi

SUBS: Turner, Tavares, Williams, Kouyate, Santos, Yates, Aurier, Danilo, Boly

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; McGinn, Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Zaniolo; Diaby, Watkins

SUBS: Diego Carlos, Tielemans, Traore, Moreno, Chambers, Lenglet, Olsen, Bailey, Dendoncker

It’s a chilly one in the UK today, but we can warm up things up with this enticing afternoon tussle. Forest need to arrest a poor run of form, and haven’t won a Premier League match since 2 September. As for Villa, there’s rarified air on offer; if they can keep their impressive start going and win today, they’ll be up to third in the table.

Teams from the City Ground incoming.