Aston Villa vs Forest prediction — 2026-09-12

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Premier League · Regular Season - 4 · 2026-09-12 14:00 UTC · Villa Park, Birmingham

Aston VillaTeam strength 1921 · projected league finish #3

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Aston Villa

single most likely score: 1–1 (12.6%)

ForestTeam strength 1822.2 · projected league finish #11

Aston Villa wins 53.2%Draw — neither team wins 26.4%Forest wins 20.4%Average simulated goals 1.76–1.02

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Aston Villa have the highest number? Aston Villa currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Aston Villa playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.76for Aston Villa and 1.02 for Forest. That makes Aston Villa the highest of the three result estimates at 53.2%. For the full league season, Aston Villa is projected to earn about 66points and Forest about 53. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Aston Villa a 53.2% chance of beating Forest at home in the Premier League on 2026-09-12, with 26.4% for the draw and 20.4% for an away win. The single most likely score is 1–1 (12.6%), with average simulated goals of 1.76–1.02; the chance of both teams scoring is 54.4% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores

	0	1	2	3	4	5+
0	7.6	4.9	3.2	1.1	0.3	0.1
1	9.5	12.6	5.7	1.9	0.5	0.1
2	9.6	9.8	5.0	1.7	0.4	0.1
3	5.6	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.1
4	2.5	2.5	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.0
5+	1.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores

1–1 12.6%2–1 9.8%2–0 9.6%1–0 9.5%0–0 7.6%3–1 5.7%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		54.4%
2 or more total goals		78.0%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Aston Villa avoids defeat		79.6%
Forest avoids defeat		46.8%
Aston Villa allows no goals		36.0%
Forest allows no goals		17.2%