On Sat Aug 20th, in week 3, Nottingham Forest will travel to Liverpool to battle Everton in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 18th placed Everton, recorded a 1-2 loss against Aston Villa. Danny Ings struck first for Aston Villa in the 31st minute on a feed from Ollie Watkins, then Emiliano Buendía added another in the 85th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while nottingham Forest sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against West Ham United. Taiwo Awoniyi struck first for Nottingham Forest in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, West Ham United was frustrated by Nottingham Forest’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Nottingham Forest ended the match with the shutout victory. Nottingham Forest is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Brennan Johnson and Taiwo Awoniyi are the top scorers for Nottingham Forest in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Everton’s most prolific scorer has been Dele Alli. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Frank Lampard’s squad will be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies, André Gomes, Ben Godfrey, Yerry Mina and Asmir Begović, while Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest squad will be without Ryan Yates and Omar Richards.