Henri Lansbury scored his first goal of last season in the corresponding fixture, while a Nottingham Forest playerClick here for live text coverage on Saturday 14:00-20:00 BST
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce will ring the changes again after Tuesday's Carabao Cup home defeat as they defend an unbeaten five-match league run.
Former Nottingham Forest midfielder Henri Lansbury will be assessed ahead after being forced off against Middlesbrough with a knee injury.
Liam Bridcutt will be one of several players to return to the Forest team.
The midfielder was cup-tied for their 5-1 loss at Chelsea, where manager Mark Warburton made eight changes.
SAM's predictionHome win 55%Draw 25%Away win 20%
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Match factsSteve Bruce has lost only three of his last 36 home league games as a manager.Villa have only lost one of their last 11 home league meetings with Forest - a 2-0 Premier League defeat in October 1994.Forest - victorious in their last televised league meeting with Villa in February - have not won back to back league games against them since October 1985.Henri Lansbury joined Villa from Forest in January. In his penultimate Forest Championship appearance, he hit a hat-trick against Barnsley in November 2016 but, in 22 league games for Villa, he is yet to find the net.Lansbury has scored more league goals at Villa Park as an opposition player in one appearance (last season's 2-2 draw) than he has in 13 home games for Villa.Forest have won two of their last four away league games - as many as they had won in their previous 23 combined.
Source: bbc.com