Through! And Spurs' thug fest comes to nought.

Zépiqueno Redmond 🇳🇱 misses his 21st game for Huddersfield due to a foot injury.

Sam Lewis has rejoined Oxford City on a one-month loan.

USA International left back Jenna Nighswonger has joined Villa on loan. Jenna has swapped 3rd-placed Arsenal for Natalia Arroyo's 8th-placed side on a loan with an option to buy agreement for the remainder of the 2025-26 WSL season.

Domestic cups haven't been kind to Villa in recent years, but neither have Villa been kind to domestic cups. Villa's fifth successive away game in London could throw up a freak Cup result, but aside of a performance like the first 30 minutes of the second-half against Palace, Villa should qualify for the fourth round with room to spare.

The u21s visit to Brighton in PL2 on Friday is ⚠️ Postponed ⚠️ 🌨️. But, Saturday sees Villa open their 2025-26 FA Cup campaign at Tottenham. Sunday sees a double header as the Women meet Brighton at VP and the u18s take on Reading at Bodymoor.

Following the early termination of her season-long loan at Everton, Villa have announced that Katie Robinson has joined Bristol City on a permanent deal.

We weren't at our usual level but still had our moments. With City drawing nothing's changed, we're still neck and neck. Tomorrow is Arsenal-Liverpool, and there's not a bad outcome for us there. Win, win, win, even if the most important win didn't happen

With Rooney ruling himself out with a pulled-down baseball cap, a pork pie and a can of Stella, United are reportedly looking elsewhere for their saviour, but seriously, would you want any of them even taking care of your wheelie bin? Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjær…. Anfield had the Boot Room; Christ knows what you’d call United’s equivalent. Suffice to say, Rooney, tired and emotional in his camping chair, would do a better job than those three.

Tyrone Mings and Pau Torres will be assessed over the next 24 hours to see if they are ready to return, having missed 13 and 6 games, respectively.

A complete waste of six months in a career that has already been interrupted far too often, nine games, pretty much every one a defeat, no goals, no assists, in fact nothing to show for it but a nasty injury that's put Barry's development on time-lapse again.

Palace are 15 points behind Villa, 14th in the table, and are on a three-game losing run having not won at Selhurst in the League since 1st November and having not won a League game at all since 7th December.

Sil Swinkels has swapped Exeter City for Chesterfield after being recalled early from his season-long loan in Devon.

Aidan Borland has signed on loan with League Two side Swindon Town for the remainder of the 2025-26 season, joining fellow Academy star Finley Munroe, who has already proved a key component of Swindon's Season.

SJM scores a second half brace after his miss of the decade last time out. Villa make it 18 wins in 21 games, move second in the table with 18 games left to play.

Villa have confirmed the much-anticipated signing of 19-year-old Brazilian winger Alysson or Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha to give him his full name.

Forest are twenty-one points behind Villa after nineteen games and are on a three-game losing run coming into this game. Three points for the visitors then.

Matty Cash and Boubacar Kamara return from suspension, but Amadou Onana is doubtful after being Merino'd on Tuesday.

Rumours abound that Leon Bailey's loan move to AS Roma will be cut short after one assist in ten appearances, nine as substitute in an injury hit spell in Serie A for the Jamaican winger.

Villa lose for the first time in twelve but prove their class off the pitch as George Hemmings makes his debut on it.