📏 Form Guide

Everton

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Everton will be hoping to bounce back here following a 6-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Chelsea.

In that match, Everton managed 41% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. Chelsea got 14 shots on goal with 10 on target. Cole Palmer (13', 18', 29', 64'), Nicolas Jackson (44') and Alfie Gilchrist (90') scored for Chelsea.

Everton have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opposing sides over the course of their last six matches. In those meetings, Everton have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 14. We shall soon find out if that trend can be sustained here.

Going into this one, Everton have not lost a league tie with Nottingham Forest in their previous 3 matches.

Nottingham Forest

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In the game prior to this, Nottingham Forest drew 2-2 in the Premier League match with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In that game, Nottingham Forest had 46% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Nottingham Forest, the goalscorers were Morgan Gibbs-White (45') and Danilo (57'). Wolverhampton W. had 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Matheus Cunha (40', 62') was the scorer for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Nottingham Forest have had no problems opening up opposition defences in their most recent fixtures, scoring 8 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Nottingham Forest have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same outings.

A look at their previous results shows us that Nottingham Forest:

• remain undefeated by Everton when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league games.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes going back to 01/02/1997 shows us that Everton have won 3 of them & Nottingham Forest 1, with the number of draws being 2.

A combined sum of 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 for The Toffees and 4 created by The Reds. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Premier League match day 14 on 02/12/2023 and the score finished Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton.

In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 62% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

On the other side, Everton got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Dwight McNeil (67') was the scorer.

The referee was Paul Tierney.

🗞️ Team News: Everton

Dele Alli (Partial muscle tear) and Nathan Patterson (Hamstring injury) are not available for Everton manager Sean Dyche.

In our view, The Toffees may well use a 4-4-1-1 system for this one, handing starts to Jordan Pickford, Ben Godfrey, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko, Jack Harrison, James Garner, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and D. Calvert-Lewin.

📋 Team News: Nottingham Forest

There’s a good chance that The Reds will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Matz Sels, Neco Williams, Andrew Omobamidele, Murillo, Ola Aina, Ryan Yates, Danilo, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Nottingham Forest should get enough chances to find the back of the net against this Everton team, however that may not be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Everton when the full-time whistle blows. Looking forward to this.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 12:01 21/04/2024