Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Hospitality Tickets & Packages – Europa League

Villa Park Hospitality Dress Code

It is very important that all clients comply with the dress code rules and regulations, as if they do not, they will be denied entry.

Directors Club hospitality aims to maintain a high-profile environment and expects guests to follow the same standards, reflecting its prestigious reputation.

• Smart dress code
• No jeans with rips, tears or bleaching
• Clean footwear
• No replica football shirts

Children below 14 are allowed to wear home replica football shirt, but not the whole kit.

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa are set to welcome a Nottingham Forest side who are currently led by Vitor Pereira, to Villa Park in what is the Second Leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final tie for the 2025/26 season. This tie in the heart of the Second City will be held in B6 on the evening of Thursday, 7th May 2026, with kick-off at 8pm.

This would be Villa’s first European final since their historic UEFA Champions League triumph against Bayern Munich in 1982, where Peter Withe scored the winner for the Villans.

Unai Emery is the most successful manager in the history of the UEFA Europa League, having won it on a record 4 occasions, lifting the trophy during his spells in charge of Sevilla and Villarreal, both from his native Spain. Starting with the aforementioned Sevilla, he won this competition in three successive seasons in the 2013/14, 2014/15, and 2015/16 campaigns, beating the likes of Benfica (0 – 0 AET, 4 – 2 on penalties), FC Dnipro (3 – 2), and Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool (3 – 1), respectively.

With Villarreal, he led the Yellow Submarine to victory in the Europa League Final back in the 2020/21 season, beating Manchester United 11 – 10 on penalties after the game had ended in a 1 – 1 draw even after extra time, thanks to the goals of Gerard Moreno (29’) and Edinson Cavani (55’) for their respective clubs. It was Argentine Goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli who scored the winning penalty for Emery’s Villarreal in dramatic fashion.

Now that Aston Villa is in the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League, he hopes to extend his record by winning it for what would be an incredible 5th time. His Villans side, of course, began their journey in the tournament this term in the League Phase, with one of the victories coming against Bologna, who they beat 1 – 0 at Villa Park, thanks to a winning goal in the first half of this game in B6, thanks to a strike from Scotland international midfielder and club favourite John McGinn (13’).

Villa finished as high as 2nd place in the UEFA Europa League’s League Phase after earning a grand total of 21 points, only losing out on top spot on goal difference to French Giants Lyon.

Aston Villa won 7 games including that triumph over Bologna, with their other wins coming up against the likes of the Netherlands’ Feyenoord (2 – 0), Israel’s Maccabi Tel-Aviv (2 – 0), Switzerland’s BSC Young Boys and FC Basel, both being beaten 2 – 1 whilst also getting the better of Turkey’s Fenerbahce (1 – 0), and finally Austria’s RB Salzburg (3 – 2), with the winning goal being scored by Jamal Jimoh-Aloba in dramatic fashion late on in this game at which took place at Villa Park (87’). The other goals scored for Villa in that game came from the likes of Morgan Rogers (64’) and Tyrone Mings (76’).

Villa’s performances in the League Phase guaranteed that the second leg of every knockout tie up to the semi-finals is going to be played at Villa Park.

In the Round of 16, Unai Emery’s Aston Villa were drawn against France’s Lille, who they last faced in the UEFA Conference League Quarter Finals, dramatically beating them 4 – 3 on penalty kicks after ending up level at 3 – 3 on aggregate, even after extra time.

Now, in 2026, the first leg in France saw the Villa win 1 – 0 thanks to a great header from Ollie Watkins early in the second half (61’) to give themselves the advantage going into the second leg at Villa Park. Then, in B6, Villa were comfortable 2 – 0 winners thanks to goals from the likes of John McGinn (54’) and Leon Bailey (86’). The first goal of the night came from a spectacular ball from Emiliano Martinez, who found Jadon Sancho, who was then able to find club captain McGinn, who scored the goal to get some momentum going. It was a 3 – 0 win on aggregate in the end for Villa.

Now, Unai Emery’s Aston Villa are going to be taking on Premier League counterparts Nottingham Forest, which promises to be a thrilling night under the lights at Villa Park.

Nottingham Forest managed to squeeze past FC Porto in the quarter-finals with a 2-1 aggregate win.

The Reds travelled well away at Porto, drawing 1-1 with the Portuguese giants after Martim Fernandes scored an own-goal to equalise for Forest in the 13^th minute.

Morgan Gibbs-White was the difference in the second leg, scoring early on just after Jan Bednarek was sent off for a high challenge on forward Chris Wood.

Excitement and anticipation are already building ahead of the blockbuster second leg of this high-profile 2025/26 UEFA Europa League semi-final between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, with an electric atmosphere at Villa Park in B6. Book now to avoid disappointment.

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