📏 Form Guide

Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-0 FA Cup victory over Aston Villa.

In that match, Crystal Palace had 30% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Crystal Palace, the goalscorers were Eberechi Eze (31') and Ismaïla Sarr (58', 94'). At the other end, Aston Villa had 16 shots on goal with 5 on target.

Fixtures featuring Crystal Palace have tended to be lively ones of late with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum total of 22 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 9 of those coming from Crystal Palace.

Analysis of their past results shows that Crystal Palace:

• have not beaten Nottingham Forest in their last 8 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Nottingham Forest

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Brentford in Premier League action, Nottingham Forest and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Nottingham Forest managed 55% possession and 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For their opponents, Brentford had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Kevin Schade (44') and Yoane Wissa (70') scored for Brentford.

The strike force from Nottingham Forest have suffered from a shortage of goals in their past 6 encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those fixtures, The Reds have also seen the collective goal aggregate against them equal 6. That trend might not be carried forward here, however.

Pre-game facts show that Nottingham Forest:

• have not won against Crystal Palace when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• remain unbeaten by Crystal Palace when having played them away from home in the previous 7 league games. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 29/12/2012 tells us that Crystal Palace have won 0 of them & Nottingham Forest 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 4.

In all, 10 goals were scored between them in these games, with 4 from The Eagles and 6 belonging to The Reds. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 21/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace.

That time, Nottingham Forest managed 51% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Chris Wood (65').

At the other end, Crystal Palace got 20 shots at goal with 7 on target.

The referee was Tim Robinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Crystal Palace

Cheick Doucouré (Knee surgery) and Chadi Riad (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Crystal Palace gaffer Oliver Glasner.

It looks as if The Eagles should opt for a 4-4-2 formation for this one and select Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi, Daniel Munoz, Daichi Kamada, Adam Wharton, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

🗞️ Team News: Nottingham Forest

We believe The Reds could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Nicolas Dominguez, Ryan Yates, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Nottingham Forest might have a difficult job to find the net against this Crystal Palace lineup who should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a 1-0 victory for Crystal Palace when the referee blows for full-time.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Renata Leite, 18:01 05/05/2025