Everton v Nottingham Forest

Team news

Everton manager Sean Dyche is hopeful that Iliman Ndiaye and Seamus Coleman will be fit after both were substituted as a precaution during the Boxing Day draw with Manchester City.

Dwight McNeil has missed the last three games due to a knee injury and remains a doubt, while Ashley Young has served a one-match ban but may not feature due to a neck problem sustained against Chelsea.

Nottingham Forest have reported no new injury concerns ahead of the trip to Goodison Park.

Ryan Yates is suspended after collecting his fifth booking of the season in the win against Tottenham Hotspur, although Nicolas Dominguez is available following a ban.

Match facts

Head-to-head

• Everton have lost just one of the past nine Premier League meetings.

• They have kept a clean sheet in all eight of their Premier League wins in this fixture. Their record when conceding at least once against Forest is drawn two, lost four.

• Forest have kept just one clean sheet in the last 16 league encounters, a 1-0 victory at Goodison Park in January 1999.

Everton

• Everton have lost only two of their past 13 Premier League matches but have registered a joint-high eight draws.

• All three of their league victories this season were against teams currently below them in the table.

• Everton can equal their longest Premier League unbeaten run of five games under Sean Dyche.

• They are unbeaten in six consecutive Premier League home fixtures for the first time since a run of 11 between December 2019 and July 2020.

• Everton have drawn 0-0 in all three league matches this campaign versus the teams currently in the top five of the table.

• The Toffees have scored eight goals from set-pieces (excluding penalties), second only to Arsenal's 10.

• This is the first time that Everton are playing their final league game of a calendar year at home since a 4-3 defeat by Stoke City in 2015.

• They have only twice won their last league fixture of the year in the past decade, against Newcastle United in 2019 and Sheffield United the following year.

• Everton could draw four league games in a row for the first time since September 2022.

• Dyche is unbeaten in his last eight league matches as a manager against Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest

• Nottingham Forest have won four straight Premier League games for the first time since 1995. They can equal the club record of five successive victories in the division, set in April 1995.

• Forest are guaranteed to be in the top four of the top flight at the turn of the year for the first time since 1987-88 under Brian Clough.

• They have scored the opening goal in a league-high 14 matches this season.

• Forest are attempting to win league fixtures at both Liverpool and Everton in the same season for only the second time in their history, and first since 1898-99.

• Nuno Espirito Santo's side can win their final game in consecutive calendar years for the first time since 2010, following a 2-1 victory against Manchester United in 2023.

• Anthony Elanga has scored in three consecutive Premier League appearances for the first time. He had gone 28 matches without a goal beforehand.