Villa play the first of three fixtures in four days and follow their midweek home defeat to Albion with another to Forest. Villa take the lead but are thwarted from increasing their advantage through the goalkeeping of teenager Peter Grummit before Forest score a late winner. Villa have no time to ponder what may have been as they one day to prepare for playing Bolton twice in two days.

Joe Mercer's Villa lose successive games as they play their fourth game in ten days and make it fourteen wins, eight draws and thirteen defeats in thirty five games following their return to the top flight.