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Nottingham Forest FC vs Everton FC, Premier League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Premier League · 2023-24
Sat 2 Dec 2023 · 17:30 UTC City Ground HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 67' Dwight McNeil

Overview

Match Preview

Nottingham Forest FC vs Everton FC — Premier League at City Ground.

Match Details

  • Referee Paul Tierney
  • Assistant 1 Scott Ledger
  • Assistant 2 Mark Scholes
4 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 8.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Dec Everton FC H 0–1 L
25 Nov Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 2–3 L
12 Nov West Ham United FC A 2–3 L
05 Nov Aston Villa FC H 2–0 W
29 Oct Liverpool FC A 0–3 L
21 Oct Luton Town FC H 2–2 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Dec Nottingham Forest FC A 1–0 W
26 Nov Manchester United FC H 0–3 L
11 Nov Crystal Palace FC A 3–2 W
04 Nov Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 1–1 D
29 Oct West Ham United FC A 1–0 W
21 Oct Liverpool FC A 0–2 L

Season Stats

Nottingham Forest FC Everton FC
#13 Position #7
5 Points 9
5 Played 5
1 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 2 / 3 / 0
4 Scored 6
5 Conceded 3
-1 GD +3
1.00 PPG 1.80
20% Win % 40%

Key Stats

25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)
25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Nottingham Forest FC this season
60% Clean Sheets
Everton FC this season

Nottingham Forest FC are 13th (5 pts). Everton FC are 7th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/2
61-75
1/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Everton FC
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
–/–
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC
Morgan Gibbs-White 1 G 2 A
Dan Ndoye 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Nottingham Forest FC host Everton FC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' A quiet spell here at City Ground. Everton FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Nottingham Forest FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 15' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
  • 25' Idrissa Gana Gueye has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 3 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 30' Abdoulaye Doucoure has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 35' Ibrahim Sangare is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Nottingham Forest FC so far.
  • 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Everton FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 45' It is a cagey affair so far. Nottingham Forest FC in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past Everton FC's compact 4-4-1-1.
  • 46' Luis Felipe Monteiro is ready to make an impact after coming on for Willy Boly at the 46 minute mark.
  • 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 55' Poor challenge from Luis Felipe Monteiro. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 60' Nottingham Forest FC are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Everton FC's 4-4-1-1 shape.
  • 65' The whistle greets Ibrahim Sangare as he departs to be replaced by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  • 67' The deadlock is broken! Dwight McNeil gets on the scoresheet on 67 minutes.
  • 72' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Nottingham Forest FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 77' Nottingham Forest FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 77.
  • 82' Everton FC ring the changes. Beto has done his job and it is now time for Youssef Chermiti to step up.
  • 87' Both keepers have barely been tested. Nottingham Forest FC and Everton FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • It finishes all square. Nottingham Forest FC and Everton FC share the spoils 0-1.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.75 Nottingham Forest FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.14 Everton FC xG
I would bet for: Everton FC or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nottingham Forest FC25% Draw33% Everton FC42%
Actual: Everton FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes37% 0% No63%
Avg goals/match: 1.89
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 82%
18%
± 1.5 57%
43%
± 2.5 29%
71%
± 3.5 13%
87%
± 4.5 5%
95%

Double Chance

Nottingham Forest FC or Draw
58%
Draw or Everton FC
75%
Nottingham Forest FC or Everton FC
67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nottingham Forest FC16% Draw56% Everton FC28%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
17.6%
0 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
13.8%
1 – 0
10%
0 – 2
9.3%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 1
4.7%
2 – 0
4%
0 – 3
3.5%
2 – 2
2.8%
1 – 3
2.8%
3 – 1
1.2%

Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC

Handicap Nottingham Forest FC covers Push Everton FC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 5% 93%
-1.5 7% — 93%
-1 7% 15% 78%
-0.5 22% — 78%
+0.5 57% — 43%
+1 57% 24% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 13% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓
Everton FC keeps clean sheet
48% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.