Abdoulaye Doucoure's stoppage-time goal boosted Everton a 1-0 win at the City Ground which throws a wrench into Nottingham Forest's quest to firm up their top-five plans.
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How to watch Nottingham Forest vs Everton live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 10am ET Saturday
Venue: City Ground — Nottingham
TV Channel: USA
Streaming: Watch live on NBC.com
Nottingham Forest vs Everton final score: 0-1
Abdoulaye Doucoure 90+4'
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Full time — Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton
A City Ground that opened the day in full throat is stunned into relative silence. How significant will this result be for Forest's Champions League hopes?
Abdoulaye Doucoure goal — Forest 0-1 Everton (90+4')
Out of nothing.
A half that had produced nearly nothing ends by shaking up the Premier League's top-five chase.
Forest are unlikely to take a point, as Toffees sub Dwight McNeil cues up a counter-attacking winner for Abdoulaye Doucoure!
Halftime — Nottingham Forest 0-0 Everton
This has been almost to a T, exactly the game many would've predicted during the week.
The only question would've been which team had more of the ball and which team was more on the counter. So far? Everton with 56% possession with Forest leading an unspectacular xG game 0.21-0.19.
Callum Hudson-Odoi forced a good save out of Jordan Pickford late but the chances have mostly been at a minimum.
Anyone’s game
Everton have won the possession battle and have a 5-3 shots edge, but Forest feel like they've produced just a bit more danger.
0-0, 35'.
Red card shout!
Jota Silva is chasing down a ball when he is blind-sided by Jarrad Branthwaite with a hard shoulder to the chest.
Branthwaite isn't even the closest defender to the ball, mind you, and this is a classic hockey interference or basketball moving pick.
VAR has a look. Initially not even a yellow, there's no red given to the big Everton back.
0-0, 12'.
Nottingham Forest lineup
Sels, Moreno, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Dominguez, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Jota, Hudson-Odoi, Wood
Everton lineup
Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gana Gueye, Garner, Doucoure, Harrison, Ndiaye, Broja
Nottingham Forest vs Everton preview
Forest's 57 points are good for third on the Premier League table, and the Tricky Trees hold a five-point cushion on sixth-place Manchester City. Their remaining fixture list bodes well for Nuno Espirito Santo's goal of reaching the Champions League.
Everton have been a baffling side this side of the Festive Fixtures. They've only lost one Premier League match in their last 11 outings, going 4W-6D-1L since January 19, but they're also winless in their last six.
The Toffees remain in a tough run of fixtures. Having lost to Everton and drawn Arsenal in their last two matches, Everton's match versus Forest precedes fixtures with Man City and Chelsea.
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