Everton v Nottingham Forest, 29 December 2024

Score2-0 to Nottingham Forest
RefereeTony Harrington
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGoodison Park
Attendance39,352

View Everton v Nottingham Forest head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 15 Everton won: 8 Drawn: 2 Nottingham Forest won: 5 Everton scored: 22 Nottingham Forest scored: 13 . Nottingham Forest had now kept a clean sheet in two of the last 17 league meetings; the other was a 1-0 win at Goodison Park on 30 January 1999.

0 Everton

Manager: Sean Dyche

2 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Goals:

Chris Wood 15 G
Morgan Gibbs-White 61 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Jarrad Branthwaite
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender James Tarkowski
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Ashley Young
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder Jack Harrison
Midfielder Orel Mangala
Midfielder/Forward Iliman N'Diaye
Forward Armando Broja

Starting lineup:

Matz Sels Goalkeeper
Nikola Milenković Defender
Morato Defender
Ola Aina Defender/Midfielder
Neco Williams Defender/Midfielder
Elliott Anderson Midfielder
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder
Anthony Elanga Midfielder/Forward
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder/Forward
Ramón Sosa Midfielder/Forward
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Jesper Lindstrøm for Jack Harrison 46
Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Idrissa Gueye 68
Nathan Patterson for Ashley Young 68
Beto for Armando Broja 75

Substitutions:

Willy Boly for Ramón Sosa 69
Taiwo Awoniyi for Chris Wood 76
Jota Silva for Morgan Gibbs-White 76
Harry Toffolo for Neco Williams 82
James Ward-Prowse for Elliott Anderson 82

Cards:

James Tarkowski 8 Y
Idrissa Gueye 47 Y
Jarrad Branthwaite 54 Y
Jordan Pickford 65 Y

Cards:

Willy Boly 70 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper João Virgínia
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Jake O'Brien
Defender Nathan Patterson
Midfielder Harrison Armstrong
Midfielder/Forward Jesper Lindstrøm
Forward Beto
Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Youssef Chermiti

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Miguel
Defender Zach Abbott
Defender Willy Boly
Defender/Midfielder Eric da Silva Moreira
Defender/Midfielder Harry Toffolo
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Jota Silva

Comments:

League position: 16th . Everton won eight games in the Premier League in 2024; their fewest in a year since 1997 (also eight). . The Toffees could have drawn four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2022. . They had now failed to score in seven of their last nine games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Nottingham Forest had now equalled the club record of five consecutive wins in the Premier League, set in April 1995. . They were now in the top four of the top division at the end of a year for the first time since 1987. . Chris Wood scored 18 goals in the Premier League in 2024; the most by a Forest player in a year in the top division since Nigel Clough in 1987 (19). . Murillo was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Ramón Sosa was promoted to the starting XI.

0 Everton

Manager: Sean Dyche

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Jarrad Branthwaite
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender James Tarkowski
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Ashley Young
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder Jack Harrison
Midfielder Orel Mangala
Midfielder/Forward Iliman N'Diaye
Forward Armando Broja

Substitutions:

Jesper Lindstrøm for Jack Harrison 46
Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Idrissa Gueye 68
Nathan Patterson for Ashley Young 68
Beto for Armando Broja 75

Cards:

James Tarkowski 8 Y
Idrissa Gueye 47 Y
Jarrad Branthwaite 54 Y
Jordan Pickford 65 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper João Virgínia
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Jake O'Brien
Defender Nathan Patterson
Midfielder Harrison Armstrong
Midfielder/Forward Jesper Lindstrøm
Forward Beto
Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Youssef Chermiti

Comments:

League position: 16th . Everton won eight games in the Premier League in 2024; their fewest in a year since 1997 (also eight). . The Toffees could have drawn four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since September 2022. . They had now failed to score in seven of their last nine games in the Premier League.

2 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Chris Wood 15 G
Morgan Gibbs-White 61 G

Starting lineup:

Matz Sels Goalkeeper
Nikola Milenković Defender
Morato Defender
Ola Aina Defender/Midfielder
Neco Williams Defender/Midfielder
Elliott Anderson Midfielder
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder
Anthony Elanga Midfielder/Forward
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder/Forward
Ramón Sosa Midfielder/Forward
Chris Wood Forward

Substitutions:

Willy Boly for Ramón Sosa 69
Taiwo Awoniyi for Chris Wood 76
Jota Silva for Morgan Gibbs-White 76
Harry Toffolo for Neco Williams 82
James Ward-Prowse for Elliott Anderson 82

Cards:

Willy Boly 70 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Carlos Miguel
Defender Zach Abbott
Defender Willy Boly
Defender/Midfielder Eric da Silva Moreira
Defender/Midfielder Harry Toffolo
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Jota Silva

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Nottingham Forest had now equalled the club record of five consecutive wins in the Premier League, set in April 1995. . They were now in the top four of the top division at the end of a year for the first time since 1987. . Chris Wood scored 18 goals in the Premier League in 2024; the most by a Forest player in a year in the top division since Nigel Clough in 1987 (19). . Murillo was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Ramón Sosa was promoted to the starting XI.