That's a decent cross into the Forest box by Jack Harrison and it finds team-mate Iliman Ndiaye who is being closely marked by Neco Williams.

Ndiaye goes to ground and there are half appeals for a penalty.

No chance, says referee Craig Pawson.

It is all Brighton. Simon Adingra is able to twist and turn to create space for the shot from 12 yards out. He's aiming for the top corner, but the ball doesn't curl back in enough and wide it goes.

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A massive missed opportunity for Brighton. Simon Adingra does well to cross under pressure from the left and it falls to Yankuba Minteh, but he tries to flick the volley goalwards with the outside of his left foot, when it would've been much easier to connect with the right and the ball goes wide of the post.

It's all Villa in the early stages.

Morgan Rogers, fresh from his goal against Paris St-Germain in the week, has just pulled off a delightful stepover to skip past Jack Stephens.

Rashford then tests Ramsdale with a tame header.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at the City Ground

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Forest fans unfurled an incredible banner before kick-off which read "Nottingham Forest are magic" with boss Nuno Espirito Santo depicted as a magician.

Spine-tingling stuff.

Everton are well drilled, well organised, stubborn and hard-to-beat under David Moyes. And they've started well at the City Ground. They've spent an awful lot of time in Forest's half.

Leicester nearly make a mess of it as they gift the ball to Brighton in a good position.

It falls to Danny Welbeck, but the shot doesn't have the required conviction and it is a routine save from Mads Hermansen.

Leon Osman
Former Everton and England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

Everton have had a real resurgence and form and the amount of draws they have, they have only lost two more games than Nottingham Forest this season.

It will be interesting to see who's style takes control of this game.

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Nervy start by Forest who are on the back foot as Everton dominate in the early stages. The home side are scrambling to get clear.

The first shot of the game comes from Idrissa Gueye but it's blocked.

By the way, Gueye is wearing blue tights. It's one of the hottest days of the year.

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Early chance for Villa as Marcus Rashford latches on to a great long pass from Youri Tielemans but Jan Bednarek gets the block on as the on-loan Manchester United striker lets fly.

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Brighton are keeping hold of the ball well. Leicester can't go down today, but Ruud van Nistelrooy will be desperately hoping for a better showing from his side compared to the tame 3-0 home loss to Newcastle on Monday, when the Foxes were two behind and out of it after only 11 minutes.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter at the City Ground

Chants of, "Que sera sera, we're going to Wem-ber-ley" from the Forest fans five seconds into the game.

Great to see Everton playing in their traditional blue away from home.

It's adding to a colourful spectacle at the City Ground which is mostly decked out in red and white with a pocket of blue where the travelling Toffees fans are.

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Here we go! They're getting under way in the 3pm games.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at the Etihad Stadium

In his post-match press conference, Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner said he had made a mistake with his decision to take Jean-Philippe Mateta off at half-time.

He was asked why. Apparently it was nothing to do with taking Mateta off.

"He can do better than he did first half," said Glasner.

"He lost too many duels and too many balls.

"The mistake I made was to change the system, not in taking Mateta off."

Ellen White
Former Manchester City striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

I have been excited by the way that Iliman Ndiaye moves the ball. Hopefully Everton can keep hold of Ndiaye.

Right, time to buckle up!

The teams are in the tunnels at the Amex, City Ground and St Mary's.

Have the players remembered to slap on some Factor 50? It's pretty hot out there.

Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator on Final Score

I sense a few nerves around the City Ground. It is not the same euphoric feeling as when they beat Manchester City a few weeks ago.

Forest may be a little bit edgy to start with, especially in the stands.

They will hope to get it done today but Everton are a little bit different now, they are very hard to beat under David Moyes.

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Villa have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four matches against Southampton, while the Saints' last Premier League clean sheet came on 22 December 2024 in a 0-0 draw against Fulham.