Everton vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more
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Follow live coverage as Everton face Nottingham Forest today in the Premier League. Forest travel to Merseyside searching for a fifth consecutive Premier League victory, a feat they have not achieved since 1995. After a 1-0 victory over Tottenham, Forest guaranteed they would be in the top four at the turn of the year for the first time since the 1987-1988 season under Brian Clough.
Everton’s tough run of fixtures continues against Nottingham Forest following recent trips to Arsenal and Manchester City and a home match against Chelsea. The Toffees have come out of those three matches unbeaten with three draws and two clean sheets following a 4-0 thrashing of Wolves at the start of the month.
Follow updates in the live blog, below. Forest make three alterations from the side that beat Tottenham 1-0 last time out. Captain Ryan Yates is suspended, and Callum Hudson-Odoi is not in the matchday squad meaning there are starts for Morato and Dominguez. Murillo has pulled out of the starting line-up in the warm up meaning Sosa steps up from the bench to take his place.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST SUBS: Taiwo Awoniyi, Willy Boly, Carlos Miguel, Jota Silva, Ramon Sosa, Harry Toffolo, James Ward-Prowse, Zach Abbott, Eric da Silva Moreira. NOTTINGHAM FOREST LINE-UP (3-4-2-1): Matz Sels; Morato, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic; Neco Williams, Elliot Anderson, Nicolas Dominguez, Ola Aina; Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga; Chris Wood.
Everton make two changes from the side that drew 1-1 against Manchester City last time out. Broja makes his first start for the club since joining on-loan from Chelsea, meaning Calvert-Lewin drops to the bench. Captain Seamus Coleman is not in the matchday squad so Young takes his place at right-back.
