Everton 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 April 2024

Result

Everton 2-0 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Sunday 21 April 2024, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Everton 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report

Everton defeated Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 April 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Idrissa Gueye opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Everton's goals came from Idrissa Gueye (29') and Dwight McNeil (76'). Nottingham Forest did not score.

Discipline: Everton received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 15th on 35 points from 32 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 30 points from 33. Everton went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 36.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dwight McNeil of Everton (8.0), ahead of Idrissa Gueye (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Everton win, 2 draws and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Everton's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Nottingham Forest's D-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Idrissa GueyeEverton · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréEverton
  • 76'Goal · Dwight McNeilEverton · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Ryan YatesNottingham Forest
  • 81'Yellow card · Jarrad BranthwaiteEverton
  • 82'Yellow card · Jack HarrisonEverton
  • 90+11'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
  • 90+16'Yellow card · Youssef ChermitiEverton

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Everton 1, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

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Everton line-up (4-4-1-1)

Jordan Pickford, Ashley Young, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Idrissa Gueye, Jack Harrison, Abdoulaye Doucouré, André Gomes, Dwight McNeil, Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matz Sels, Neco Williams, Moussa Niakhaté, Murillo, Ola Aina, Nicolás Domínguez, Danilo, Giovanni Reyna, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chris Wood