Delightful dogfight as daring Crystal Palace duel with determined Nottingham Forest

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team steals it or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table sides Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest battle at Selhurst Park.

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an entertaining game with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Crystal Palace at their home stadium (Selhurst Park) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Crystal Palace, as their goalkeeper Sam Johnstone has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Premier League.

Happy days for Crystal Palace in their previous game, a fixture away at Manchester United (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Andersen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.43/10. Andersen scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Palace handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Crystal Palace's 3 home games: {3 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Nottingham Forest played 1-1 against Brentford in their previous match. Midfielder Domínguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Domínguez scored one goal and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at Manchester City before that.

We have checked recent matches where Nottingham Forest have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Nottingham Forest's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Nottingham Forest have not lost in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) facing Palace.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceO. Édouard
O. Édouard
4 goals
Nottingham ForestT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
3 goals
Crystal PalaceJ. Andersen
J. Andersen
2 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Crystal Palace Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 4 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 3
7 3 0 Scored S 2 4 8
7 3 0 Conceded C 3 7 10
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 86%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 43%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 14%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 14%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 71%
43% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 14%
29% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 14%
 
3.6 2.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.4
5.6 4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 11 8 7.7
1.6 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4.2 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.9 12.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8 9.7
4.9 5.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3
21% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 38%
 
13 12 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18 15.2 13.7
3.3 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.5 4.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 7 6 0 1 17 5 3 3 0 0 8 1 4 3 0 1 9 4 12 18
2 Tottenham Hotspur 7 5 2 0 17 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 2 2 0 11 6 9 17
3 Arsenal 7 5 2 0 15 6 4 2 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 6 0 9 17
4 Liverpool 7 5 1 1 16 7 3 3 0 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 7 5 9 16
5 Aston Villa 7 5 0 2 18 11 3 3 0 0 13 2 4 2 0 2 5 9 7 15
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 5 0 2 19 14 4 3 0 1 11 6 3 2 0 1 8 8 5 15
7 West Ham United 7 4 1 2 13 10 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 13
8 Newcastle United 7 4 0 3 18 7 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 1 0 2 9 4 11 12
9 Crystal Palace 7 3 2 2 7 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 11
10 Manchester United 7 3 0 4 7 11 4 2 0 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 -4 9
11 Nottingham Forest 7 2 2 3 8 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 1 0 3 4 7 -2 8
12 Fulham 6 2 2 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 7 -5 8
13 Brentford 7 1 4 2 10 10 4 0 3 1 6 8 3 1 1 1 4 2 0 7
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 2 1 4 8 13 3 1 0 2 4 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 -5 7
15 Chelsea 6 1 2 3 5 6 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 5
16 Everton 7 1 1 5 6 12 4 0 0 4 1 5 3 1 1 1 5 7 -6 4
17 Luton Town 6 1 1 4 5 12 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 1 0 3 3 9 -7 4
18 AFC Bournemouth 7 0 3 4 5 15 4 0 2 2 1 7 3 0 1 2 4 8 -10 3
19 Burnley 6 0 1 5 4 15 4 0 0 4 3 12 2 0 1 1 1 3 -11 1
20 Sheffield United 7 0 1 6 5 19 4 0 1 3 3 13 3 0 0 3 2 6 -14 1

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.