Hard to beat at home: Aston Villa on eight straight wins

Straight after the break, John McGinn scored and increased the team's lead.

With 61 minutes on the clock, Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White found the net following a Dilane Bakwa  assist to pull one back for Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest's losing streak now tallies four in a row.

Aston Villa play Crystal Palace on 7 January, Everton on 18 January and Newcastle United (away) on 25 January. Nottingham Forest's next opponents are West Ham United on 6 January, Arsenal on 17 January and Brentford (away) on 25 January.

At home does it for Aston Villa and on Saturday they beat Nottingham Forest at Villa Park 3-1 and made it eight successive home wins in the Premier League.

Aston Villa took the lead in added-time in the first half when Ollie Watkins netted, with an assist by Morgan Rogers.

John McGinn increased the lead in the 73rd minute with an assist by Youri Tielemans.

It leaves Aston Villa in second place and that Nottingham Forest are in 17th place. Aston Villa are 6 points behind Arsenal.