Everton vs Nottingham Forest Predictions

• Forest have won four of their last five games.
• Everton have lost two of their last three at home.
• Forest have kept three consecutive clean sheets away from home.

Dyche makes Everton return

Sean Dyche takes his Nottingham Forest side to former club Everton on Saturday afternoon in a match-up between two in-form sides.

Everton won 1-0 at Bournemouth in the midweek round of fixtures to make it three wins in their last four games, while Forest have four wins in their last five across all competitions.

This looks like it could be a close and potentially low-scoring game, but the underdogs may be able to pull off a minor upset as Forest seek to continue their revival under Dyche.

Forest boss has a point to prove

Everton axed Dyche back in January and appointed David Moyes as his replacement. This is Dyche’s first opportunity to take some revenge on his former club and that may also give the visiting players a little extra motivation.

Everton’s form at their new Hill Dickinson Stadium home has dipped a little of late with two defeats in their last three games and their record has been mixed all season with three wins in seven attempts at this venue in the league.

Forest claimed a stunning 3-0 win at Anfield when they last visited Merseyside and can follow that up by downing Everton, although perhaps not by such a wide margin.

Gibbs-White can fire Forest to victory

Goals could be in short supply at the Hill Dickinson as under 2.5 goals has been a winning bet in four of Everton’s last five games, while Forest have scored just six goals across their seven league trips.

The visitors have kept clean sheets in three successive away games and their solid backline may give them the platform for a victory here. One goal may be enough to win it for Forest but a 2-0 away win could be the better option, potentially with the visitors scoring late on to kill the game off.

Morgan Gibbs-White scored in that win over Liverpool and has four goals in his last eight games across all competitions, he could add to his haul for the season for Forest at Everton.