Nottingham Forest host Everton at City Ground on 19 December 2026. The fixture is Matchweek 16 of the Premier League. They last met on 30 December 2025, when Everton won 2-0.
Nottingham Forest vs Everton match facts
- Kick-off
- Sat 19 Dec 2026, 15:00
- Stadium
- City Ground, Nottingham
- Competition
- Premier League
- Round
- Matchweek 16
Nottingham Forest vs Everton 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.
Nottingham Forest vs Everton head to head
- 1
- Nottingham Forest wins
- 2
- Draws
- 5
- Everton wins
5–12 on goals in 8 meetings since 20 August 2022
Recent Nottingham Forest vs Everton results
- Nottingham Forest0–2EvertonCity Ground
- Everton3–0Nottingham ForestHill Dickinson Stadium
- Nottingham Forest0–1EvertonThe City Ground
- Everton0–2Nottingham ForestGoodison Park
- Everton2–0Nottingham ForestGoodison Park
All in the Premier League
Nottingham Forest vs Everton history
Nottingham Forest have won one of the last five, with none drawn. Everton last won at City Ground on 30 December 2025, by 2-0. 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
- 13JohnG
- 3Neco WilliamsD
- 31Nikola MilenkovićD
- 5MurilloD
- 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoD
- 8Elliot AndersonM
- 16Nicolás DomínguezM
- 21Omari HutchinsonM
- 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteM
- 7Callum Hudson-OdoiM
- 19Igor JesusF
Bench
- 26Matz SelsG
- 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
- 12Douglas LuizM
- 29Dilane BakwaF
- 24James McAteeM
- 15Arnaud KalimuendoF
- 4MoratoD
- 37Nicolò SavonaD
- 44Zach AbbottD
Coach: Vitor Pereira
- 1Jordan PickfordG
- 2Nathan PattersonD
- 6James TarkowskiD
- 15Jake O'BrienD
- 16Vitalii MykolenkoD
- 42Timothy IroegbunamM
- 37James GarnerM
- 20Tyler-Jay DiblingM
- 34Merlin RöhlM
- 7Dwight McNeilM
- 11Thierno BarryF
Bench
- 31Thomas KingG
- 12Mark TraversG
- 18Jack GrealishM
- 9BetoF
- 64Reece WelchD
- 92BatesM
- 39Adam Aznou Ben CheikhD
- 73Elijah Xavier CampbellD
- 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.
Nottingham Forest vs Everton lineups — common questions
- When is Nottingham Forest vs Everton?
- Nottingham Forest vs Everton kicks off at 15:00 UK time on 19 December 2026 at City Ground in Nottingham. The match is Matchweek 16 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
- What was the score in the last Nottingham Forest vs Everton 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. Nottingham Forest have won 1 of the 8 meetings between the clubs and Everton have won 5.
Everton vs Nottingham Forest at Hill Dickinson Stadium
Updated 9 August 2026