It's Aston Villa's first major European final since it triumphed over Bayern Munich in the European Cup in 1982.

Languishing in ninth place, Chelsea's wretched run has left them on the verge of failing to reach next season's Champions League.

Nottingham Forest seized the advantage in their Europa League semi-final against Aston Villa as Chris Wood's penalty sealed a 1-0 win in the first leg on Thursday.

Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, two clubs rich in European history, are one step from a first continental final in decades as they meet in the last four of the Europa League.

Aston Villa demolished Bologna and Nottingham Forest beat Porto in the Europa League on Thursday to set up an all-English showdown in the semi-finals.

Tottenham suffered a potentially seismic 3-0 defeat to Premier League relegation rivals Nottingham Forest on Sunday, failing to rise to a rallying call from their massed ranks of fans.

Relegation-haunted Tottenham Hotspur face a crunch clash against fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest as the fight for Premier League survival reaches boiling point.

La Liga sides Real Betis and Celta Vigo also advanced to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

UEFA Europa League Round of 16: Nottingham Forest and Real Betis suffered defeat to Midtjylland and Panathinaikos respectively.

Nottingham Forest held off a Fenerbahce fightback to qualify for the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-2 win on aggregate despite losing Thursday's second leg.

Vitor Pereira made an impact in his first game in charge, leading Nottingham Forest to a 3-0 victory at Fenerbahce in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.

Nottingham Forest sacked manager Sean Dyche on Wednesday after a dismal home draw with Wolves left them hovering three points above the Premier League relegation zone.

Leeds bolstered their bid for Premier League survival with a vital 3-1 win against relegation rivals Nottingham Forest on Friday.

Emery has won the Europa League a record four times as a manager and Rogers believes that is a considerable advantage for Villa.

Aston Villa secured their place in the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday with a 1-0 win at Fenerbahce, while Nottingham Forest slid to a costly defeat away to Braga.

Arsenal opened up a seven-point Premier League lead despite failing to break down a resilient Nottingham Forest in a 0-0 draw at...

Wrexham's fairytale ride under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney continued as they knocked Premier League Nottingham Forest out of the FA Cup with a dramatic 4-3 penalty shootout win on Friday.

Nuno Espirito Santo insisted troubled West Ham can still avoid relegation after Morgan Gibbs-White's late penalty fired Nottingham Forest to a crucial 2-1 win on Tuesday.