English Premier League

Everton vs Nottingham Forest, 2023-24 English Premier League

· English Premier League
  • 29': Idrissa Gueye
  • 76': Dwight McNeil
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2 - 0

Everton grab 2-0 victory over Forest to boost survival hopes

Everton secured three important points when they beat relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest 2-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday to ease their own Premier League survival hopes and move five points clear of the drop zone.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Ashley Young (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest).
  • 1': Foul by Jack Harrison (Everton).
  • 1': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Foul by Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest).
  • 1': James Tarkowski (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Reyna.
  • 5': Foul by Jack Harrison (Everton).
  • 5': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Moussa Niakhaté.
  • 7': Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by André Gomes (Everton).
  • 8': Foul by Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest).
  • 8': James Tarkowski (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Chris Wood.
  • 9': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Matz Sels.
  • 11': Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton).
  • 11': Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': André Gomes (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 13': Foul by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
  • 17': Foul by André Gomes (Everton).
  • 17': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Foul by Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest).
  • 19': Attempt missed. Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 21': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
  • 21': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dwight McNeil with a cross.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Danilo.
  • 29': Goal! Everton 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Idrissa Gueye (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 31': Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton).
  • 31': Murillo (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 32': Foul by Ashley Young (Everton).
  • 35': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Murillo.
  • 39': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Ashley Young (Everton).
  • 40': Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giovanni Reyna with a headed pass.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
  • 44': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ashley Young.
  • 45': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Vitalii Mykolenko.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Everton 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Everton 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
  • 53': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Giovanni Reyna.
  • 54': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Ola Aina.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  • 56': Delay in match because of an injury Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton).
  • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton).
  • 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 65': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White is caught offside.
  • 66': Ashley Young (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest).
  • 67': Substitution, Everton. Beto replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  • 67': Substitution, Everton. James Garner replaces André Gomes.
  • 74': Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton).
  • 74': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Goal! Everton 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Dwight McNeil (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdoulaye Doucouré.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Dwight McNeil (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Idrissa Gueye.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 80': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  • 80': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Rodrigo Ribeiro replaces Danilo.
  • 80': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Divock Origi replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  • 80': Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
  • 80': James Garner (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80': Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Attempt blocked. Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dwight McNeil with a cross.
  • 82': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Neco Williams.
  • 82': Foul by Jack Harrison (Everton).
  • 82': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Jack Harrison (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton).
  • 85': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87': Foul by James Garner (Everton).
  • 87': Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
  • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+1': Beto (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
  • 90'+2': Foul by Jack Harrison (Everton).
  • 90'+2': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Beto (Everton).
  • 90'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
  • 90'+10': Substitution, Everton. Youssef Chermiti replaces Beto because of an injury.
  • 90'+10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+11': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
  • 90'+11': Youssef Chermiti (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+11': Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+16': Foul by Youssef Chermiti (Everton).
  • 90'+16': Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+16': Youssef Chermiti (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+18': Second Half ends, Everton 2, Nottingham Forest 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Everton 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 15
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 6
2 Saves 3
59.7 Possession 40.3
8 SHOTS 7
3 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
473 Accurate Passes 282
573 Passes 375
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 3
20 Crosses 22
0.3 Cross % 0.1
73 Long Balls 55
30 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
3 Blocked Shots 1
7 Effective Tackles 9
13 Tackles 20
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 9
16 Effective Clearances 25
16 Clearances 25

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Goodison Park
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 39,239

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 36 +60 83
2 Manchester City 35 +54 82
3 Liverpool 35 +41 75
4 Aston Villa 35 +21 67
Full Table

Line-Ups

EVE Everton (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Jordan Pickford (GK)
32 Jarrad Branthwaite Yellow Card
6 James Tarkowski
27 Idrissa Gueye
19 Vitalii Mykolenko
18 Ashley Young
21 André Gomes
16 Abdoulaye Doucouré Yellow Card
7 Dwight McNeil
11 Jack Harrison Yellow Card
9 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

NFO Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
26 Matz Sels (GK)
40 Murillo Yellow Card
19 Moussa Niakhaté
43 Ola Aina
7 Neco Williams
10 Morgan Gibbs-White
28 Danilo
16 Nicolás Domínguez
11 Chris Wood
14 Callum Hudson-Odoi
20 Giovanni Reyna

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