Everton vs Nott'm Forest

21 April 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Idrissa Gueye 29’
  • Dwight McNeil 76’

Match summary

Everton saw off Nott'm Forest 2-0. Everton led 1-0 at half-time.

Idrissa Gueye put Everton ahead in the 29th minute and Dwight McNeil made it 2-0 in the 76th minute, set up by Abdoulaye Doucouré.

Nott'm Forest can feel hard done by, creating 1.29 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Everton's 0.47 from 7.

Match stats

Everton Nott'm Forest
7 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.47 xG 1.19
0.47 Non-penalty xG 1.19
0 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Everton Nott'm Forest
Kick-off
Idrissa Gueye1-0 (Everton)
29’
Half-time1-0
Dwight McNeil
Assist: Abdoulaye Doucouré
2-0 (Everton)
76’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Everton
  • Jarrad Branthwaite
  • Jack Harrison
  • Abdoulaye Doucouré
  • Youssef Chermiti
Nott'm Forest
  • Murillo
  • Ryan Yates

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.47 1.29 29’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), 1-0 29’ 76’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), 2-0 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.47 1.29 29’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), 1-0 Gueye 29’ 76’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), 2-0 McNeil 76’
Everton 0.47 xGNott'm Forest 1.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nott'm Forest attacking Everton attacking 
40’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 60’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 27’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 54’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 79’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 40’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 78’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 40’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 79’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Neco Williams (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 82’ Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 19’ Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 29’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 40’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 60’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 27’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 54’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 79’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 40’ Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 78’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 40’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 79’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Neco Williams (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 82’ Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 19’ Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 29’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jordan Pickford GK900 0.000.000
Ashley Young DEF900 0.000.000
James Tarkowski DEF900 0.000.000
Jarrad Branthwaite DEF901 0.030.000
Vitalii Mykolenko DEF901 0.030.000
Jack Harrison MID900 0.000.000
Idrissa Gueye MID9011 0.020.091
André Gomes MID690 0.000.000
Dwight McNeil MID9012 0.110.192
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID9010 0.000.021
Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD692 0.280.000
Beto Sub210 0.000.000
James Garner Sub210 0.000.000
Youssef Chermiti Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 42% Avg odds 2.27
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29
Nott'm Forest win 29% Avg odds 3.38

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.