Nottingham Forest vs Everton Prediction and Betting Tips | December 30th 2025

Nottingham Forest will host Everton at the City Ground on Tuesday in another round of the 2025-26 English Premier League campaign. The home side have enjoyed an encouraging run of results under new boss Sean Dyche since his appointment in October and have moved five points clear of the relegation zone.

Forest suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time under Dyche on Saturday, following up a 1-0 loss to Fulham with a 2-1 home defeat to Manchester City. After falling behind shortly after the restart, Omari Hutchinson drew the Reds level in the 54th minute, giving them a brief spell of dominance before their title-chasing opponents reclaimed the lead in the final 10 minutes.

In an otherwise solid season, Everton have endured a rocky patch of late, with goals proving particularly hard to come by. After successive defeats to Chelsea and Arsenal, the Toffees travelled to Turf Moor to face Burnley and played out a goalless draw, failing to find a way past Martin Dubravka in the opposition goal.

The visitors sit 11th in the table with 25 points and will be looking to turn things around this week and close out the year on a high.

Nottingham Forest vs Everton Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have faced each other 135 times. Forest have won 48 of those encounters while Everton have claimed victory 59 times, with their remaining 28 contests ending in draws.
• The Toffees secured a 3-0 victory when the two teams met in the league earlier this month, marking their fourth win in their last five games in this fixture.
• Both sides have scored 18 goals in the Premier League this season. However, Everton have a much better defensive record, having conceded 20 goals compared to Forest's 28.
• Forest have kept just one clean sheet in their last five games.

Nottingham Forest vs Everton Prediction

The Reds have lost their last two league games and four of their last six in the competition. They are slight favorites heading into the midweek clash, but will need to be at their best to overcome a capable Everton side.

The Merseyside club, meanwhile, are winless in their last three outings and could once again see their lack of cutting edge in front of goal cost them valuable points.

Prediction: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Everton

Nottingham Forest vs Everton Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Nottingham Forest to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Eight of the last 10 matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last six matchups)

Edited by Peter P