Everton vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st April 2024

When Nottingham Forest come to Goodison Park for the Premier League match this coming Sunday, Everton will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Everton took down Nottingham Forest in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Sunday.

Everton are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net eight times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.8 goals per game, as they conceded 20 goals. They managed one clean sheets in these matches.

Nottingham Forest are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 17 goals, and while Nottingham Forest claimed one clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.7 goals per match.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, The Toffees came away as 0-1 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Sunday.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Everton Form

Everton have seen it all in their last three matches, which added four points to their account. They first shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle, before claiming 3 points in a 1-0 win against Burnley. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 6-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea. Everton claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing three and losing two matches, in which they scored six and conceded nine goals.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest added four points to their account in their previous three matches, starting off beating Fulham 3-1. A 3-1 defeat against Tottenham followed, before sharing the points with Wolverhampton in a 2-2 draw. Nottingham Forest didn't manage a single away win in their last six Premier League matches, but managed two draws, while suffering four defeats. They conceded 13 and scored seven goals themselves.

You don't look for Everton or Nottingham Forest, to provide with a lot of entertainment currently, as both are playing mostly tight matches with few goals. The value-bet lies with under 2.5 goals this coming Sunday.

Everton won 13 points from their last six encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won four, scored ten and let in five goals. Nottingham Forest earned seven points from their last seven games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored nine goals in those matches, but also allowed ten goals against on their way to one wins. Everton have a record of nine wins, eight draws and 15 defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of seven wins, nine draws and 17 defeats in the Premier League.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Everton Squad

Sean Dyche will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Nottingham Forest from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Andy Lonergan (0/0), Joao Virginia (0/0), Jordan Pickford (0/32), Ashley Young (0/25), Ben Godfrey (0/12), James Tarkowski (1/32), Jarrad Branthwaite (2/29), Michael Keane (1/8), Nathan Patterson (0/20), Seamus Coleman (0/9), Vitalii Mykolenko (2/26), Abdoulaye Doucoure (6/26), Amadou Onana (2/25), Andre Gomes (1/9), Arnaut Danjuma (1/14), Dele Alli (0/0), Dwight McNeil (2/29), Idrissa Gana Gueye (1/19), Jack Harrison (3/25), James Garner (1/31), Tyler Onyango (0/1), Beto (3/27), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (5/27), Lewis Dobbin (1/11), Youssef Chermiti (0/12).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Here is the full team squad of Nottingham Forest. The 50 year-old Nuno Espirito Santo will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Matt Turner (0/17), Matz Sels (0/11), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/5), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Andrew Omobamidele (0/10), Felipe (0/7), Gonzalo Montiel (0/10), Harry Toffolo (1/20), Moussa Niakhate (1/16), Murillo (0/27), Neco Williams (0/24), Nuno Tavares (0/8), Ola Aina (1/18), Willy Boly (1/16), Cheikhou Kouyate (0/11), Danilo (2/24), Giovanni Reyna (0/7), Harry Arter (0/0), Ibrahim Sangare (0/15), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/32), Nicolas Dominguez (2/23), Ryan Yates (0/30), Anthony Elanga (5/31), Callum Hudson-Odoi (5/24), Chris Wood (12/26), Divock Origi (0/19), Rodrigo Ribeiro (0/0), Taiwo Awoniyi (6/17).

Everton vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Everton could have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of their match at home with Nottingham Forest this coming Sunday. Dominic Calvert-Lewin gets a day off from the Everton squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Ben Godfrey, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Arnaut Danjuma, Andre Gomes and Dele Alli are all absent from the Everton squad that faces Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park.

Apparently, Nottingham Forest have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Sunday.

Nottingham Forest need to do without Gonzalo Montiel and Chris Wood, who are not fit enough to travel to Goodison Park.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Everton vs Nottingham Forest H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, The Toffees came away as 0-1 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Sunday. Everton have a 33% win rate in the against Nottingham Forest, who won zero of these matches. The total record reads 1-2-0, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out two times in the last three matches between Everton and Nottingham Forest.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Chris Wood so far with 12 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target four times in his last six games, and no doubt Nottingham Forest want him to continue this productive spell against Evertonon Sunday.

In their last 10 matches at Goodison Park across all tournaments Everton won three times, drew four and lost three times. Nottingham Forest claimed two wins, four draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Everton on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target eight times in Nottingham Forest''s last 10 league games away from home.

In the last three encounters between Everton and Nottingham Forest over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Everton averaged 1.33 goals a game. Nottingham Forest scored an average of one goal in these, while both teams scored two times. Everton saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Nottingham Forest, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.