Nottingham Forest against Aston Villa is a fascinating Midlands derby, due to the position of the two teams in the league right now.

Forest have delivered well below expectations since spending £150m on new players in the summer, failing to show signs of the quality that earned them promotion to the Premier League in the first place.

Interestingly, manager Steve Cooper was handed a new three-year contract this week, securing him to the club when others feared that his job could be under pressure after a poor run of form.

They must start to pick up points before long, however. They cannot afford to be left behind with teams all vying for points in a busy October.

Aston Villa are marginally better off and have now gone on a three-game unbeaten run.

Steven Gerrard can’t relax too much, however. There have only been two wins for Villa fans to cheer about, with just one in the last six.

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诺丁汉森林对阵阿斯顿维拉是一场迷人的米德兰德比，因为这两支球队目前在联赛中的位置。

森林队在夏天花了1.5亿英镑引进新球员后，表现远低于预期，未能显示出他们最初进入英超的实力。

有趣的是，主教练史蒂夫·库珀本周获得了一份为期三年的新合同，确保了他留在俱乐部，而其他人则担心他的工作可能会因为糟糕的状态而面临压力。

然而，他们必须在不久的将来开始取得进展。在繁忙的10月，所有球队都在争夺积分，他们不能被抛在后面。

阿斯顿维拉的情况略胜一筹，他们已经连续三场不败。

然而，杰拉德也不能太放松。维拉球迷只赢得了两场胜利，其中只有一场是在最近的六场比赛中。

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