Having held Manchester City to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground, Nottingham Forest would have been confident of piling more pressure on West Ham United last weekend, but they ended up collapsing in the capital.
Indeed, Steve Cooper’s side suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat at the London Stadium, with the Hammers scoring all four of their goals in the space of 14 second-half minutes to keep Nott’m Forest in the relegation battle.
Although Forest have taken a solitary point from their last three outings – losing 2-0 at Fulham before the draw with Man City and the rout at West Ham – Cooper’s men have avoided defeat in each of their previous eight home league games.
In fact, the Tricky Trees have transformed the City Ground into a fortress, picking up four wins and four draws since their last loss at home, with positive results against Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City coming on Trentside.
There is no hiding the fact that Nottingham Forest have the worst away record in the Premier League, but the East Midlands outfit have proved that they can go toe-to-toe with the division’s top teams on home soil.
On the topic of poor away records, it is worth noting that Everton have managed to win just one of their 12 away league outings this season, with four draws and seven losses seeing them pick up one point more than Forest on their travels.
The Toffees’ sole away victory came at Southampton all the way back in October, and they have only taken two points from a possible 24 on the road since then, scoring a solitary goal across their previous eight away matches.
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To make matters worse, Everton have failed to claim a single point on their travels in 2023, with 2-0 losses against West Ham and Liverpool preceding Wednesday’s 4-0 thrashing at the hands of title-chasing Arsenal.
The Merseyside outfit won two of their first three games under Sean Dyche, securing 1-0 victories over Arsenal and Leeds United, but they still find themselves among the favourites for relegation following back-to-back defeats.
Everton have scored a measly six league goals on their travels this term, while Forest have kept four clean sheets in their previous seven home league games, so the visitors will struggle to find the back of the net on Sunday.
