Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa team news: Injury updates provided by Unai Emery, Vitor Pereira

Nottingham Forest caput manager Vitor Pereira has suggested that Murillo and Jair Cunha volition some beryllium sidelined for the archetypal limb of their Europa League semi-final against Aston Villa.

The 2 Midlands clubs are contesting the first all-Premier League European last-four tie since the 2008-09 Champions League semi-final betwixt Arsenal and Manchester United.

Pereira and other fig Unai Emery volition reason that they person alternate priorities. Forest are battling to past successful England's apical flight, portion Villa are bidding for a top-five decorativeness successful the Premier League table.

Nevertheless, this is simply a mammoth juncture for some clubs arsenic they bid to determination person to a last against either Braga oregon Freiburg.

Speaking astatine their respective property conferences connected Wednesday, Pereira and Emery acknowledged that they were dealing with fittingness concerns.

Pereira provides Forest wounded update

Pereira conceded that the crippled would travel excessively soon for cardinal centre-back Murillo, who sustained a hamstring wounded against Burnley connected April 19.

Meanwhile, Jair Cunha - a imaginable alternate - is besides a large uncertainty owed to the contented that helium sustained soon into the 2nd fractional versus Sunderland past Friday.

The Portuguese said: "He's (Murillo) trying to travel backmost arsenic soon arsenic imaginable but he's not acceptable now.

"I don't judge it volition beryllium long, possibly helium tin beryllium backmost successful a fewer days, we volition see."

"The aesculapian squad are working hard connected Jair Cunha, but helium doesn't cognize if helium volition beryllium acceptable for the semi-final."

Midfielder Ibrahim Sangare and winger Dan Ndoye trained distant from the main radical connected Wednesday and are besides doubts.

Emery provides Onana update

As for Aston Villa, Amadou Onana whitethorn miss retired with the genu wounded that kept him retired of Saturday's 1-0 decision to Fulham.

Emery said: "We bid this day and volition spot however helium is responding - whether helium feels bully capable to play tomorrow.

"He was tested yesterday, and we volition measure him again contiguous to spot however helium is feeling and whether we tin get players carrying knocks acceptable to play tomorrow."

Villa volition person two European feats successful their sights erstwhile they instrumentality to the transportation astatine the City Ground.