On the 20th of August, Everton hosts Nottingham Forest in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Everton sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Aston Villa. Danny Ings struck first for Aston Villa in the 31st minute on a feed from Ollie Watkins, then Emiliano Buendía added another in the 85th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while nottingham Forest sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against West Ham United. Taiwo Awoniyi scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed West Ham United couldn’t manage to score, and Nottingham Forest took the shutout win. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Brennan Johnson and Taiwo Awoniyi are the top scorers for Nottingham Forest in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Dele Alli has been the most prolific scorer on Everton in his last 5 matches with 2 goals
Everton will be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies, André Gomes, Ben Godfrey, Yerry Mina and Asmir Begović, while Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Ryan Yates and Omar Richards.