Abdoulaye Doucoure

Nottingham Forest clinging onto third place in Premier League after losing 1-0 to Everton

By Sporting Life

Football

Sat April 12, 2025 · 8M ago

Nottingham Forest's grip on third place in the Premier League loosened with a late Everton goal on a bad day for the club's Champions League hopes.

Forest went into their 32nd game of the season knowing that Manchester City's 5-2 thumping of Crystal Palace had seen them close to within two points, and that remains the gap following Adoulaye Doucoure's stoppage-time goal.

It came from Forest's first corner of the match as Everton broke swiftly before Dwight Gayle teed up Doucoure to make it 21 points from a possible 39 since David Moyes' return to the club.

With Aston Villa also victorious thanks to three second-half goals at Southampton things couldn't have gone worse for Forest, whose fellow European rivals Chelsea and Newcastle are both in action on Sunday.

Forest travel to Tottenham a week on Monday and could feasibly be out of the top five by kick-off. They'll now look to Saturday's opponents Everton, who host City, for a favour when they play 48 hours earlier.

Forest's run-in ends with a home game against Chelsea at the City Ground, before which they host Brentford and Leicester, along with trips south to Spurs, Crystal Palace, and West Ham.

Also on Saturday, a much-changed Arsenal side were held 1-1 at home by Brentford, while a profligate Brighton missed the chance to move ahead of Fulham into eighth place when drawing 2-2 with Leicester.

Nottingham Forest fixtures

Apr 21 - Tottenham vs Nottm Forest
May 1 - Nottm Forest vs Brentford
May 5 - Crystal Palace vs Nottm Forest
May 11 - Nottm Forest vs Leicester
May 18 - West Ham vs Nottm Forest
May 25 - Nottm Forest vs Chelsea

Manchester City fixtures

Apr 19 - Everton vs Man City
Apr 22 - Man City vs Aston Villa
May 2 - Man City vs Wolves
May 10 - Southampton vs Man City
May 18 - Man City vs Bournemouth
May 25 - Fulham vs Man City

Aston Villa fixtures

Apr 19 - Aston Villa vs Newcastle
Apr 22 - Man City vs Aston Villa
May 3 - Aston Villa vs Fulham
May 10 - Bournemouth vs Aston Villa
May 18 - Aston Villa vs Tottenham
May 25 - Manchester United vs Aston Villa

Chelsea fixtures

Apr 13 - Chelsea vs Ipswich
Apr 20 - Fulham vs Chelsea
Apr 26 - Chelsea vs Everton
May 4 - Chelsea vs Liverpool
May 10 - Newcastle vs Chelsea
May 18 - Chelsea vs Manchester United
May 25 - Nottm Forest vs Chelsea

Newcastle fixtures

Apr 13 - Newcastle vs Man Utd
Apr 16 - Newcastle vs Crystal Palace
Apr 19 - Aston Villa vs Newcastle
Apr 26 - Newcastle vs Ipswich
May 4 - Brighton vs Newcastle
May 10 - Newcastle vs Chelsea
May 18 - Arsenal vs Newcastle
May 25 - Newcastle vs Everton

Dates subject to change; click here for complete Premier League fixtures

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