Premier League Quick Preview: Crystal Palace Vs Nottingham Forest
Sunday afternoon at Selhurst Park brings together two sides in the bottom half who have made a habit of cancelling each other out.
Crystal Palace are 15th on four points, with a win at Fulham and a goalless draw at Leeds set against three defeats in which they conceded nine.
Nottingham Forest are a place and a point better off in 13th, but they have just lost at home to Coventry - a side who until that afternoon had neither a point nor a goal in the Premier League. The draw is available at around 5/2 on betting apps.
The 1-1 Habit
Of the 12 Premier League meetings between these two sides, 11 have produced under 2.5 goals, and the last three have all finished 1-1.
Forest have not scored a home league goal this season - three games, 48 shots, 2.68 xG, nothing to show for it. All three were 0-0 at the half-time break.
Palace are the opposite problem - 11 goals conceded in five outings, two or more in four of those, and a defence facing 9.46 xG against. Their games are averaging 3.4 goals to Forest’s 1.8.
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Forest Shoot, Nobody Scores
Palace have the worst shot balance of any side in these five fixtures: 10.6 a game registered, 16.8 allowed, and at least 12 against in every match.
Forest have been the better side on that measure all season - 16.4 a game, never allowing more than 13 - and had 24 shots against Coventry without scoring.
The corner count is where Palace really struggle, and it makes this the lowest-corner projection of the round at 7.6: Palace have won 12 in five games against 24 conceded, and none at all at Everton.
Hot Streaks & Stats:
- Palace possess the division’s worst first-half record so far this season (HT: D1, L4).
- Five of Palace’s last six home league matches produced over 2.5 goals.
- Forest are the only side yet to concede before half-time in the Premier League this term.
- Forest failed to score in five of their last six defeats across all competitions.
Early Season Team Streaks
- Crystal Palace 12+ shots allowed - 5 games
- Crystal Palace 9+ shots registered - 5 games
- Crystal Palace 2+ goalkeeper saves - 5 games
- Crystal Palace 6 or fewer corners won - 5 games
- Crystal Palace’s games 9 or fewer total corners - 5 games
- Nottingham Forest 2+ cards received - 5 games
- Nottingham Forest 10+ fouls committed - 5 games
- Nottingham Forest 10+ fouls won - 5 games
- Nottingham Forest 12+ shots registered - 5 games
- Nottingham Forest 13 or fewer shots allowed - 5 games
Early Season Player Streaks
- Adam Wharton 1+ foul won - 5 games
- Daichi Kamada 1+ foul won - 5 games
- Dan Ndoye 1+ foul won - 5 games
- Nero Williams 1+ foul won - 5 games
- Adam Wharton 2+ tackles - 5 games
- Anan Khalaili 2+ tackles - 5 games
- Chris Richards 1+ tackle - 5 games
- James McAtee 1+ tackle - 5 games
- Neto Williams 1+ tackle - 5 games
Off-the-field issues, including Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis suing Palace for a banner held up by Eagles fan has added more spice to this fixture.
Don't forget Forest took Palace's place in last season's Europa League because of multi-club ownership rules, so there promises to be a red-hot atmosphere waiting at Selhurst Park for Forest on Sunday.
