Everton beat Nottingham Forest 3-0

Match report

Everton beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 in Premier League matchday 15 on Saturday, 6 December 2025 at Hill Dickinson Stadium. N. Milenkovic (2' og), T. Barry (45') and K. Dewsbury-Hall (80') scored for Everton. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Everton had 41% of the ball and 11 shots (5 on target) against Nottingham Forest’s 7 (3 on target). Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Everton) was the top-rated player with 8.2. The result leaves Everton 7th in the Premier League table on 9 points and Nottingham Forest 13th on 5.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Everton

7th · 9 points · P 5 W 2 D 3 L 0

Form

Nottingham Forest

13th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
6	Liverpool	5	+3	9
7	Everton	5	+3	9
8	Hull City	5	+2	8
12	Manchester United	5	0	5
13	Nottingham Forest	5	-1	5
14	Sunderland	5	-4	4

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Tue, 30 Dec 2025, Nottingham Forest 0-2 Everton

Full Everton vs Nottingham Forest head-to-head

Match events

1'yellow cardNicolò SavonaYellow Card
2'own goalN. Milenkovic(own goal)Own Goal
45'goalT. BarryAssist: I. Ndiaye
45+3'yellow cardMoratoYellow Card
46'substitutionI. SangareOff: R. Yates
46'substitutionD. NdoyeOff: C. Hudson-Odoi
46'substitutionN. SavonaOff: Z. Abbott
54'yellow cardNikola MilenkovićYellow Card
57'yellow cardThierno BarryYellow Card
62'substitutionT. BarryOff: Beto
62'substitutionOff: N. Dominguez
73'yellow cardJames TarkowskiYellow Card
73'substitutionC. AlcarazOff: D. McNeil
80'goalK. Dewsbury-HallAssist: J. O'Brien
84'yellow cardVitaliy MykolenkoYellow Card
86'substitutionJ. GrealishOff: T. Dibling
90+3'yellow cardJake O'BrienYellow Card

Lineups

Everton

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Leighton Baines

Starting XI

Substitutes

Nottingham Forest

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Vitor Pereira

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

41%Possession59%
1.12Expected goals (xG)0.53
11Total shots7
5Shots on target3
2Shots off target2
4Blocked shots2
7Shots inside the box6
4Shots outside the box1
6Corners3
3Offsides1
17Fouls15
4Yellow cards3
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves3
306Passes441
238Accurate passes357
78%Pass accuracy81%
-1.20Goals prevented-1.20

Player statistics

Everton

Everton player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Jordan PickfordG	90	6.9				32 · 50%
5Michael KeaneD	90	7.5				26 · 88%		1	8/12
6James TarkowskiD	90	7.6				27 · 78%			5/9
15Jake O'BrienD	90	7.0		1		28 · 79%	1		2/6
16Vitaliy MykolenkoD	90	7.3				35 · 80%		2	6/11
10Iliman NdiayeM	90	7.3		1	1 (1)	25 · 84%	1	2	4/11
18Jack GrealishM	86	7.0				27 · 67%	3	1	3/11
22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallMTop rated	90	8.2	1		3 (2)	29 · 83%		4	10/16
24Carlos AlcarazM	73	6.3				23 · 87%	1	1	4/14
37James GarnerM	90	7.0			1 (1)	33 · 91%		3	5/10
11Thierno BarryF	62	6.9	1		1 (1)	9 · 56%			3/14
12Mark TraversG	–	–
31Tom KingG	–	–
2Nathan PattersonD	–	–
39Adam AznouD	–	–
73Elijah CampbellD	–	–
20Tyler DiblingM	8	6.3				2 · 50%
7Dwight McNeilF	17	6.7				8 · 100%	2	1	1/5
9BetoF	28	6.2			1 (0)	2 · 50%			2/6

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
26Matz SelsG	90	5.9		31 · 58%
3Neco WilliamsD	90	6.9		43 · 79%	1	2	7/8
4MoratoD	90	6.6		68 · 88%		2	5/8
31Nikola MilenkovićD	90	5.9		52 · 87%			9/12
37Nicolò SavonaD	45	6.2		22 · 82%	1	2	3/5
6Ibrahim SangaréM	45	6.3		30 · 87%		2	5/7
8Elliot AndersonM	90	7.6	1 (1)	68 · 88%	1	6	12/20
10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteM	90	5.9		32 · 78%		1	3/11
14Dan NdoyeM	45	6.7		6 · 83%		2	4/7
21Omari HutchinsonM	90	5.9		24 · 83%		1	7/17
19Igor JesusF	90	6.5	2 (1)	8 · 50%	1	2	7/16
13John VictorG	–	–
23JairD	–	–
30Willy BolyD	–	–
44Zach AbbottD	45	6.7		19 · 68%		1	5/6
16Nicolás DomínguezM	28	6.3	1 (1)	11 · 64%		2	2/3
22Ryan YatesM	17	6.9		10 · 90%		1	3/3
24James McAteeM	–	–
7Callum Hudson-OdoiF	45	6.2	1 (0)	17 · 76%			0/2
15Arnaud KalimuendoF	–	–