Crystal Palace

vs

Nottingham Forest

Preview

Crystal Palace (Home)

• Crystal Palace are winless in two home games this season, losing both.
• The hosts come into this game on four points from five games in 15th place, while Forest are one place and one point ahead of them in 13th.
• Palace have conceded 3.50 goals per home game on average in the top-flight this season, so they have some concerns in the defensive third.

Nottingham Forest (Away)

• Nottingham Forest are unbeaten away in the Premier League 2026-2027, winning one and drawing one.
• Forest are one place and one point ahead of them in 13th.
• Glasner has had a slightly longer time in charge of Forest, having taken over on 6 July 2026, but his side have a mirror-image style of play.

Head-to-Head

• The last three H2H meetings have been all draws, with a 1-1 draw at the City Ground last Premier League 2025/26 campaign.
• All three of the last H2Hs were stalemates, with the most recent seeing both teams score.

Key Players

• Larsen has added a bit of bite to the top third of the pitch with four goals in their last five games, in which Palace have bagged nine times.
• Kamada has been Palace's main creator in the Premier League 2026-2027 with three assists in five, but they've lacked a consistent finisher in the box.
• Dan Ndoye leads the way for Forest with one in the league, but Morgan Gibbs-White has chipped in with two assists in five matches.
• Sage will want his team to play through their pressing triggers and then overload the wings with speedy runs.
• The tactician has got his Forest side organised in a disciplined back-three system, which can be compact or stretched, and they press in a compact shape while aiming to break out of the turnovers with direct vertical runs.

Betting Insights

• The visitors are favourites at 2.64, with Palace at 2.6 and the draw at 3.25.
• Both teams to score, yes, at 1.75 looks the best approach to this game as Forest have scored four times on the road and all three of the last H2Hs were stalemates, with the most recent seeing both teams score.

Prediction

• I'm taking Nottingham Forest to get a point from this Selhurst clash.
• Both teams to score, yes, at 1.75 looks the best approach to this game as Forest have scored four times on the road and all three of the last H2Hs were stalemates, with the most recent seeing both teams score.
• Palace have conceded 3.50 goals per home game on average in the top-flight this season, so the hosts' defensive worries make a Forest point seem likely.