Nottingham Forest waiting anxiously on Gibbs-White availability for Aston Villa clash

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gibbs-white-morgan/beZNT1bB/"]Gibbs-White[/a] suffered a horrific facial injury during [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Forest[/a]'s impressive 3-1 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] on Monday during a collision with goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sanchez-robert/Q74F6aqr/"]Robert Sanchez[/a]. [/p][p]Vitor Pereira's playmaker was instantly bandaged up and needed several stitches for the wound, sharing a gruesome image on social media after the game. [/p][p]Unfortunately, this incident has put the 26-year-old in major doubt of featuring against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/nottingham-UsushcZr/?mid=SOEkFMVh"]Thursday night[/a], with manager Pereira sharing an update in his press conference. [/p][p][b]"We'll see. We'll see tomorrow if he's able to play. It is not a question for me, it's a decision between the player and the medical department,"[/b] the Portuguese boss said.[/p][p][b]"We will have a last meeting to decide. We have a plan with him and without him."[/b][/p][embed guid="ba22d963-426a-4bd3-adfb-79bc72b4e76a" url="https://x.com/NFFC/status/2051934998891307270" social-type="twitter" /][p]Gibbs-White has arguably been one of the Premier League's best attacking midfielders this term, scoring 16 goals in all competitions and providing seven assists. [/p][p]Forest will hope he is available as they aim to build on their 1-0 lead on aggregate at Villa Park.[/p]