Nottingham Forest v Everton, 30 December 2025

Score2-0 to Everton
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueCity Ground
Attendance30,617

View Nottingham Forest v Everton head to head

Kick-off: 7.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 18 Nottingham Forest won: 5 Drawn: 2 Everton won: 11 Nottingham Forest scored: 13 Everton scored: 28 . Everton had now won on three consecutive league visits to the City Ground for the first time.

0 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Sean Dyche

2 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Goals:

James Garner 19 G
Thierno Barry 79 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper John Victor
Defender Nikola Milenković
Defender Murillo
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Elliott Anderson
Midfielder Nicolás Domínguez
Midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi
Midfielder Omari Hutchinson
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Gibbs-White
Forward Igor Jesus

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Vitaliy Mykolenko Defender
Jake O'Brien Defender
Nathan Patterson Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
James Garner Defender/Midfielder
Tim Iroegbunam Midfielder
Tyler Dibling Midfielder/Forward
Dwight McNeil Midfielder/Forward
Merlin Röhl Midfielder/Forward
Thierno Barry Forward

Substitutions:

Douglas Luiz for Nicolás Domínguez 46
Taiwo Awoniyi for Igor Jesus 62
Dilane Bakwa for Callum Hudson-Odoi 75

Substitutions:

Jack Grealish for Nathan Patterson 72
Beto for Thierno Barry 85

Cards:

Douglas Luiz 61 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matz Sels
Defender Zach Abbott
Defender Morato
Defender Nicoló Savona
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Dilane Bakwa
Midfielder/Forward James McAtee
Forward Arnaud Kalimuendo

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom King
Goalkeeper Mark Travers
Defender Elijah Campbell
Defender Reece Welch
Defender/Midfielder Adam Aznou
Midfielder Callum Bates
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Forward Beto
Forward Braiden Graham

Comments:

League position: 17th . This was the first time that Nottingham Forest have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in the top division in the same month since versus Luton Town in League Division One in May 1988. . Forest failed in their attempt to win their last league game of a year in three consecutive seasons for the first time since 2010 (all in the League Championship). . They had now failed to score in ten of their 19 games so far in this Premier League season: no team had failed to score in more, equal with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Comments:

League position: 8th . This was the second time that Everton have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in the Premier League in the same month; previously versus Aston Villa in May 2021. . The Toffees avoided losing their final league game of a year in three consecutive seasons for the first time. . They avoided failing to score in four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2024.

0 Nottingham Forest

Manager: Sean Dyche

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper John Victor
Defender Nikola Milenković
Defender Murillo
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Elliott Anderson
Midfielder Nicolás Domínguez
Midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi
Midfielder Omari Hutchinson
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Gibbs-White
Forward Igor Jesus

Substitutions:

Douglas Luiz for Nicolás Domínguez 46
Taiwo Awoniyi for Igor Jesus 62
Dilane Bakwa for Callum Hudson-Odoi 75

Cards:

Douglas Luiz 61 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matz Sels
Defender Zach Abbott
Defender Morato
Defender Nicoló Savona
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder/Forward Taiwo Awoniyi
Midfielder/Forward Dilane Bakwa
Midfielder/Forward James McAtee
Forward Arnaud Kalimuendo

Comments:

League position: 17th . This was the first time that Nottingham Forest have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in the top division in the same month since versus Luton Town in League Division One in May 1988. . Forest failed in their attempt to win their last league game of a year in three consecutive seasons for the first time since 2010 (all in the League Championship). . They had now failed to score in ten of their 19 games so far in this Premier League season: no team had failed to score in more, equal with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

2 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

James Garner 19 G
Thierno Barry 79 G

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Vitaliy Mykolenko Defender
Jake O'Brien Defender
Nathan Patterson Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
James Garner Defender/Midfielder
Tim Iroegbunam Midfielder
Tyler Dibling Midfielder/Forward
Dwight McNeil Midfielder/Forward
Merlin Röhl Midfielder/Forward
Thierno Barry Forward

Substitutions:

Jack Grealish for Nathan Patterson 72
Beto for Thierno Barry 85

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom King
Goalkeeper Mark Travers
Defender Elijah Campbell
Defender Reece Welch
Defender/Midfielder Adam Aznou
Midfielder Callum Bates
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Forward Beto
Forward Braiden Graham

Comments:

League position: 8th . This was the second time that Everton have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in the Premier League in the same month; previously versus Aston Villa in May 2021. . The Toffees avoided losing their final league game of a year in three consecutive seasons for the first time. . They avoided failing to score in four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2024.