English Premier League

Nottingham Forest vs Everton, 2024-25 English Premier League

· English Premier League
Nottingham Forest
    FT
    0 - 1
    Everton
    • 90'+4': Abdoulaye Doucouré

    Everton dent Forest's UCL hopes with late Abdoulaye Doucoure winner

    Nottingham Forest's Champions League qualification hopes were hit by a 1-0 defeat against Everton after Abdoulaye Doucoure scored a 94th-minute winner at the City Ground on Saturday.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Attempt blocked. Idrissa Gueye (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Idrissa Gueye (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Armando Broja.
    • 6': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Jack Harrison (Everton).
    • 8': Foul by Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest).
    • 8': Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by James Garner (Everton).
    • 9': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton).
    • 12': Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 15': Armando Broja (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
    • 16': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton).
    • 16': Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Jack Harrison (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Armando Broja.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 22': Foul by Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest).
    • 22': James Garner (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdoulaye Doucouré.
    • 24': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
    • 25': Attempt saved. James Garner (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Harrison.
    • 25': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
    • 26': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Murillo.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Moreno with a through ball.
    • 29': Foul by Iliman Ndiaye (Everton).
    • 29': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.
    • 31': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood is caught offside.
    • 33': Offside, Everton. Vitalii Mykolenko is caught offside.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Harrison with a cross.
    • 37': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White is caught offside.
    • 39': Foul by Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton).
    • 39': Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Moreno.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Everton 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Everton 0.
    • 46': Foul by Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton).
    • 46': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 51': Foul by Iliman Ndiaye (Everton).
    • 51': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Elliot Anderson.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Tarkowski with a through ball.
    • 55': Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
    • 55': Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Álex Moreno.
    • 58': Foul by Jake O'Brien (Everton).
    • 58': Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Moreno.
    • 59': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Jota Silva.
    • 60': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Iliman Ndiaye (Everton).
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Wood.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álex Moreno with a cross.
    • 64': Substitution, Everton. Beto replaces Armando Broja.
    • 65': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Murillo.
    • 67': Substitution, Everton. Carlos Alcaraz replaces Iliman Ndiaye.
    • 68': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Murillo.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Jake O'Brien (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 69': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Nicolás Domínguez.
    • 70': Beto (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 70': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).
    • 71': Foul by James Tarkowski (Everton).
    • 71': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 73': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Neco Williams.
    • 75': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Jack Harrison (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Abdoulaye Doucouré following a fast break.
    • 77': Delay in match because of an injury Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton).
    • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 78': Foul by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
    • 78': Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 81': Attempt missed. James Garner (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 82': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
    • 82': James Garner (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Álex Moreno (Nottingham Forest).
    • 83': Jack Harrison (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': Foul by Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest).
    • 86': James Garner (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
    • 87': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 87': Idrissa Gueye (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90': Substitution, Everton. Dwight McNeil replaces Jack Harrison.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Carlos Alcaraz (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Beto.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Vitalii Mykolenko.
    • 90'+4': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Everton 1. Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dwight McNeil following a fast break.
    • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Everton 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Everton 1.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 9
    3 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    7 Corner Kicks 1
    5 Saves 4
    57.6 Possession 42.4
    13 SHOTS 10
    5 ON GOAL 5
    0.4 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    362 Accurate Passes 249
    444 Passes 333
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    7 Accurate Crosses 4
    24 Crosses 12
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    62 Long Balls 47
    32 Accurate Long Balls 10
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.2
    4 Blocked Shots 3
    6 Effective Tackles 9
    9 Tackles 15
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    1 Interceptions 5
    29 Effective Clearances 43
    29 Clearances 43

    Game Information

    Competition: English Premier League

    Venue: The City Ground
    Location: Nottingham, England
    Attendance: 30,199

    Premier League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Arsenal 11 +15 26
    2 Chelsea 11 +10 20
    3 Manchester City 10 +12 19
    4 Sunderland 11 +4 19
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    NFO Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    26 Matz Sels (GK)
    5 Murillo
    31 Nikola Milenkovic
    19 Álex Moreno
    7 Neco Williams
    10 Morgan Gibbs-White
    8 Elliot Anderson
    16 Nicolás Domínguez
    11 Chris Wood
    14 Callum Hudson-Odoi
    20 Jota Silva
    Nottingham Forest Substitutes:
    Willy Boly, Carlos Miguel, Ryan Yates, Danilo, Anthony Elanga, Ibrahim Sangaré, Zach Abbott, Ramón Sosa, Morato.

    EVE Everton (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jordan Pickford (GK)
    32 Jarrad Branthwaite Yellow Card
    6 James Tarkowski
    19 Vitaliy Mykolenko
    15 Jake O'Brien
    16 Abdoulaye Doucouré Yellow Card
    37 James Garner
    27 Idrissa Gueye Yellow Card
    22 Armando Broja
    10 Iliman Ndiaye
    11 Jack Harrison
    Everton Substitutes:
    Ashley Young, Tim Iroegbunam, Carlos Alcaraz, Dwight McNeil, Michael Keane, João Virgínia, Nathan Patterson, Youssef Chermiti, Beto.

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