📏 Form Guide

Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest go into this match following a 1-1 Premier League draw against Luton Town.

In that game, Nottingham Forest had 40% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Nottingham Forest was Chris Wood (34'). At the other end, Luton Town had 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Luke Berry (89') was the scorer for Luton Town.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Nottingham Forest have been involved. Breaking down the goal split during this period, opposition teams scored a total of 8 and Nottingham Forest totted up 5. That pattern won’t necessarily be continued here, though.

Looking at their past form shows that Nottingham Forest:

• are unbeaten in the league by Crystal Palace in their last 6 games.
• have not won against Crystal Palace in their previous 2 matches in the league.

Crystal Palace

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In their last fixture, Crystal Palace drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Luton Town.

In that game, Crystal Palace had 51% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Crystal Palace was Jean-Philippe Mateta (11'). On the other side, Luton Town had 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Cauley Woodrow (96') was the scorer for Luton Town.

Illustrating their predisposition for fruitful matches, we’ve had goals 20 times in the prior 6 games in which Crystal Palace have played, yielding an average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposing teams have managed 12 of those goals.

Their previous form shows that Crystal Palace:

• have left without a victory over Nottingham Forest when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 8 league matches. It's not a good run at all.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 31/03/2012 shows that Nottingham Forest have won 2 of these games and Crystal Palace 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 4.

A combined sum of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 of them for The Reds and 4 belonging to The Eagles. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league match between these sides was Premier League match day 8 on 07/10/2023 when it finished Crystal Palace 0-0 Nottingham Forest.

That day, Crystal Palace managed 52% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

Nottingham Forest got 16 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by Craig Pawson.

📰 Team News: Nottingham Forest

Ibrahim Sangaré (Knee injury), Willy Boly (unknown injury) and Ola Aina (unknown injury) will not be taking part for Nottingham Forest gaffer Nuno Espírito Santo.

📋 Team News: Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has to currently contend with reduced team options. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Hamstring injury), Michael Olise (Hamstring injury), Marc Guéhi (Knee problems), Cheick Doucouré (Achilles tendon rupture) and Sam Johnstone (Elbow injury) are those who can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that Crystal Palace are certainly able to breach the defence of this Nottingham Forest outfit, however that may not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping a 2-1 victory for Nottingham Forest at the end of this one. Let’s see what happens here.

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Lucas Pereira, 14:04 30/03/2024