Aston Villa hosted Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Friday evening without facing Nikola Milenkovic or Matheus Cunha. Both players were absent from the visiting squad for the fixture at Villa Park.
Sky Sports noted the double absence ahead of the match on 12 September. No explanation was offered for why either player missed the trip, leaving the specific reasons unclear heading into kick-off.
The unavailability of two senior figures represented a notable blow for Forest before travelling to the West Midlands. Villa were therefore spared the threat of both players during a contest that came shortly after the summer transfer window closed on 1 September.
