Everton host Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park on the afternoon of Saturday, August 20, in the third round of the Premier League, where the first confrontation of this century.
Toffees lost their last meeting in 1999 and started the new season with two defeats. Forest responded to a toothless return in the top flight on the opening weekend with their first deserved Premier League win in twenty-three years against West Ham last Sunday.
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Details of the Everton-Nottingham Forest match in the Premier League:
- Location: Liverpool, England.
- Stadium: Goodison Park.
- Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022.
- Kick-off time: at 15:00 GMT, at 10:00 EST, at 07:00 Pacific time.
- Video technology referee: Tony Harrington.
- Stadium referee: Andre Mariner.
Everton news before Nottingham Forest match
Missing Yerry Mina after an injury in Everton's defeat to Chelsea on the first weekend of the season, the Colombian is likely to be sidelined for two months, as the ankle injury is strong.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin did not even make it to the first showdown of the season before suffering a knee injury. The striker is certain to return in mid-September, but Ben Godfrey (fibula) and Andros Townsend (knee) are unlikely to return before Christmas at the earliest.
Tom Davies returned to the fold for the Aston Villa game last weekend, but was forced to switch with Abdoulaye Doucoure when he suffered a hamstring problem. Midfielders Andre Gomes and Alan are also skeptical.
The scarcity of midfield options may motivate the Everton hierarchy to speed up their attempts to acquire the services of player Idrissa Jaye.
Everton's expected lineup vs Nottingham Forest
Everton starting 11: Pickford ; Holgate, Coady, Tarkovsky ; Paterson, Onana, Iwobi , mikulenko ; McNeil, Gordon, Gray
Bench: Begovic, Kane, Davies, Alli , Coleman, Wenger , Rondon, Mills , Gbamin
Nottingham Forest news before Everton match
The imposing full-back Moussa nyakati came off in the last ten minutes of forest's first win of the current season last weekend suffering from a right hamstring, which makes the former Mainz defender a doubt for Saturday's match.
Ryan Yates has been part of the Nottingham Forest Academy for a decade and a half, but he did not appear at the club this season while he was nursing a minor knee injury. Omar Richards was a player for forest for a few weeks before he suffered a hairline fracture to continue to be sidelined.
Nottingham Forest's expected lineup against Everton
Nottingham Forest starting lineup 11: Henderson; Worrall, Cook, McKenna; Williams, Mangala, O'brien, Toffolo; Lingard, Johnson.
Awoniyi substitutes: Hennessey, Biancone, Mbe Soh, Surridge, Mighten , Cafu , Taylor , Hammond , Colback.
Predictions of the result of the Everton vs Nottingham Forest match
- Everton may be one of three teams that have not collected any points from the opening two rounds of the season, but this contrasts with the periods of encouragement - especially defensive - experienced by the Toffees in the two meetings.
- While some people might scoff at Forest for their first Premier League win in two decades, West Ham scored a goal that was confirmed by the video assistant referee, shot twice and missed a penalty.
- It is rare for Frank Lampard's team to have such good luck this season, but his luck could change in front of forest's team without the help of a noisy crowd.
- Probability: Everton 1-0 Nottingham Forest
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