Everton vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Goals from Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White gave Nottingham Forest a 2-0 win over Everton on Sunday to move up to the heady heights of second in the Premier League after another superb performance away from home.
The win gives Forest 37 points after 19 games, five behind leaders Liverpool, who have two games in hand and who face West Ham United later on Sunday, and one ahead of third-placed Arsenal, who are not in action again until New Year’s Day.
The visitors took the lead in the 15th minute as Chris Wood nodded a long ball to Anthony Elanga, and the Swedish winger headed it back into his path, teeing Wood up to deftly lift it over the advancing Jordan Pickford and into the net.
Gibbs-White made it two on the hour mark as Wood rescued a broken-down counter-attack by sliding the ball through to him in the penalty area to fire home, and Everton could not find their way back into the game as their four-match unbeaten run came to an end.
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Everton vs Nottingham Forest
The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just moments away.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
Forest make three alterations from the side that beat Tottenham 1-0 last time out. Captain Ryan Yates is suspended, and Callum Hudson-Odoi is not in the matchday squad meaning there are starts for Morato and Dominguez. Murillo has pulled out of the starting line-up in the warm up meaning Sosa steps up from the bench to take his place.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
NOTTINGHAM FOREST SUBS: Taiwo Awoniyi, Willy Boly, Carlos Miguel, Jota Silva, Ramon Sosa, Harry Toffolo, James Ward-Prowse, Zach Abbott, Eric da Silva Moreira.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
NOTTINGHAM FOREST LINE-UP (3-4-2-1): Matz Sels; Morato, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic; Neco Williams, Elliot Anderson, Nicolas Dominguez, Ola Aina; Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga; Chris Wood.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
Everton make two changes from the side that drew 1-1 against Manchester City last time out. Broja makes his first start for the club since joining on-loan from Chelsea, meaning Calvert-Lewin drops to the bench. Captain Seamus Coleman is not in the matchday squad so Young takes his place at right-back.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
EVERTON SUBS: Harrison Armstrong, Beto, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Youssef Chermiti, Michael Keane, Jesper Lindstrom, Jake O’Brien, Nathan Patterson, Joao Virginia.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
EVERTON LINE-UP (4-3-3): Jordan Pickford; Vitalii Mykolenko, Jarrad Branthwaite, James Tarkowski, Ashley Young; Abdoulaye Doucoure, Idrissa Gueye, Orel Mangala; Iliman Ndiaye, Armando Broja, Jack Harrison.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest travel to Merseyside searching for a fifth consecutive Premier League victory, a feat they have not achieved since 1995. After a 1-0 victory over Tottenham, Forest guaranteed they would be in the top four at the turn of the year for the first time since the 1987-1988 season under Brian Clough. The Tricky Trees are in excellent form at a pivotal moment in the season despite striker Chris Wood only scoring twice in his last seven games. Winger Anthony Elanga has stepped up, netting in the past three games, two of which were match winning strikes. Forest though have only won one of their last nine meetings with Everton.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
Everton’s tough run of fixtures continues against Nottingham Forest following recent trips to Arsenal and Manchester City and a home match against Chelsea. The Toffees have come out of those three matches unbeaten with three draws and two clean sheets following a 4-0 thrashing of Wolves at the start of the month. They could equal their longest Premier League unbeaten run of five games under manager Sean Dyche and ensure they enter the new year above the bottom three. Dyche also has an excellent record against Forest having not lost in his last eight league matches as a manager against the East Midlands side.
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