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Everton vs Nottingham Forest lineups

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Everton host Nottingham Forest at Hill Dickinson Stadium on 27 February 2027. The fixture is Matchweek 27 of the Premier League. They last met on 30 December 2025, when Everton won 2-0.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest match facts

Kick-off
Sat 27 Feb 2027, 15:00
Stadium
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 27

Everton vs Nottingham Forest lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest head to head

5
Everton wins
2
Draws
1
Nottingham Forest wins

12–5 on goals in 8 meetings since 20 August 2022

Recent Everton vs Nottingham Forest results

  1. Nottingham Forest0–2EvertonCity Ground
  2. Everton3–0Nottingham ForestHill Dickinson Stadium
  3. Nottingham Forest0–1EvertonThe City Ground
  4. Everton0–2Nottingham ForestGoodison Park
  5. Everton2–0Nottingham ForestGoodison Park

All in the Premier League

Everton vs Nottingham Forest history

Everton have won four of the last five, with none drawn. Nottingham Forest have not won any of their one visits to Hill Dickinson Stadium. One of the last five was decided by a single goal. Everton are unbeaten in the last three meetings. Everton hold the longest unbeaten run in the fixture, four meetings.

Last meeting: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Everton, December 2025

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Nottingham Forest, 4-2-3-1
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Everton, 4-2-3-1
Nottingham Forest crest
Nottingham ForestFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 13JohnG
  2. 3Neco WilliamsD
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovićD
  4. 5MurilloD
  5. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoD
  6. 8Elliot AndersonM
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezM
  8. 21Omari HutchinsonM
  9. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteM
  10. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiM
  11. 19Igor JesusF

Bench

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  3. 12Douglas LuizM
  4. 29Dilane BakwaF
  5. 24James McAteeM
  6. 15Arnaud KalimuendoF
  7. 4MoratoD
  8. 37Nicolò SavonaD
  9. 44Zach AbbottD

Coach: Vitor Pereira

Everton crest
EvertonFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 2Nathan PattersonD
  3. 6James TarkowskiD
  4. 15Jake O'BrienD
  5. 16Vitalii MykolenkoD
  6. 42Timothy IroegbunamM
  7. 37James GarnerM
  8. 20Tyler-Jay DiblingM
  9. 34Merlin RöhlM
  10. 7Dwight McNeilM
  11. 11Thierno BarryF

Bench

  1. 31Thomas KingG
  2. 12Mark TraversG
  3. 18Jack GrealishM
  4. 9BetoF
  5. 64Reece WelchD
  6. 92BatesM
  7. 39Adam Aznou Ben CheikhD
  8. 73Elijah Xavier CampbellD
  9. 58Braiden GrahamF

Coach: Leighton Baines

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Everton in a 4-2-3-1 when the clubs last met, on 30 December 2025 in the Premier League. Everton won 2-0. James Garner and Thierno Barry scored. John and Jordan Pickford started in goal.

Everton vs Nottingham Forest lineups — common questions

When is Everton vs Nottingham Forest?
Everton vs Nottingham Forest kicks off at 15:00 UK time on 27 February 2027 at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool. The match is Matchweek 27 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
What was the score in the last Everton vs Nottingham Forest match?
In the meeting before this one, Everton won 2-0 on 30 December 2025 in the Premier League. The time before that, Everton won 3-0 on 6 December 2025 in the Premier League. Everton have won 5 of the 8 meetings between the clubs and Nottingham Forest have won 1.

Nottingham Forest vs Everton at City Ground

Updated 9 August 2026