Premier League preview: Can Crystal Palace edge out victory against Nottingham Forest?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

Premier League: What this game might lack in glamour it should compensate in pace and attitude. Bring on Crystal Palace - Nottingham Forest!

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (24) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest points (7) away in Premier League

Crystal Palace are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Nottingham Forest most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace have collected 27 points from their Premier League home games so far after 7-6-5. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Selhurst Park.

Palace drew their last game, 2-2 away at Fulham (placed 10th). Guéhi, defender, was given a rating of 7.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Guéhi hit one key pass and won 11 of 12 duels.

Before that, Crystal Palace had a home game versus AFC Bournemouth which ended with a victory 2-0.

Palace has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Crystal Palace have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

There's been little loot from Nottingham Forest's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 18 away games in the Premier League. Nottingham Forest only have 1 win to counter their 13 defeats and 4 draws.

The regulars enjoyed Nottingham Forest's previous fixture versus Arsenal (placed 2nd), a 1-0 win played at home. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Awoniyi and that is quite the accomplishment! Felipe was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Felipe hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chelsea that ended 2-2.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored in 10 of this club's last 13 league fixtures.

The attacking power of Nottingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nottingham Forest have conceded 43 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nottingham Forest have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Crystal Palace.

This was the result when the teams faced each other previously this season; Nottingham Forest - Palace 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Crystal PalaceE. Eze
E. Eze
10 goals
Nottingham ForestT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
9 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
8 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crystal Palace Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
11 7 5 Won W 0 1 9
11 6 1 Drew D 1 4 10
15 5 0 Lost L 5 13 18
39 20 11 Scored S 4 10 37
48 22 5 Conceded C 12 43 67
86% 83% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
68% 72% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 83% 78%
41% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 46%
19% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 39% 35%
11% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 16%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 39% 49%
24% 28% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
43% 39% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 32%
 
4.9 5.3 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.1 3.4
4.6 4.3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 6.8 6.3
2.2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.3 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.2 9.7
3.7 3.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 3.1
28% 31% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 22% 32%
 
12.3 12.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 16.2 14.7
4.4 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.9 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (24) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest points (7) away in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the most conceded goals (43) away in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the the worst goal difference (-33) away in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 36 28 4 4 93 31 19 17 1 1 60 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 62 88
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 18 7 11 70 50 18 10 3 5 36 20 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 61
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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Table
  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 36 28 4 4 93 31 19 17 1 1 60 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 62 88
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 18 7 11 70 50 18 10 3 5 36 20 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 61
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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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.