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Everton vs Nottingham Forest — match prediction
· Kicks off in 3666h 9m
Home advantage: Everton
Lean
The prediction
Win probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Everton 45%, draw 27%, Nottingham Forest 28%.
Model comparison
1.58Expected goals1.21
56%Projected control44%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 53% · Under 2.5: 47%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- balanced
- Confidence
- Low
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Everton 1642 vs Nottingham Forest 1637 (gap ~5).
- Everton gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Everton 119 matches of history, Nottingham Forest 119. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedEverton hold a slight edge at home, but this is a genuinely congested affair. Forest will press and disrupt; Everton will probe and try to control. The margins are so fine that one loose pass or a lapse in concentration flips the whole thing.
Key matchup
Everton's midfield composure under Forest's press will determine whether they can build and sustain possession.
Biggest factor
The model's high upset risk flag tells the real story — this is far too close for comfort, even for the home side.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
Display-only — none of this is used in the prediction above.
Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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