Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are also two Premier League teams among the favorites in this tournament.
Forest were the most favoured one according to bookies before the league phase draw started. But after it finished they've immediately gone down to the 6th favoured with 12.00 odds.

Aston Villa are at the top with 7.00 for now. But I must add that they've started the PL horrible... Currently one of the worst teams there. If they don't recover I won't think the same as bookies to tell the truth.
I don't think Villa will stay with those odds for long right ? They lost 2 important players and didn't make any big transfers in return + awful start in Premier League makes me think they will have a tough season ahead and they should start recover as soon as possible because Premier League has no mercy and they can wake up in December being in top 6-10.