Selhurst Park is set to come alive this Monday night as Crystal Palace play host to Nottingham Forest in what promises to be an exciting Premier League showdown. With both teams eager to secure vital points before the international break, fans can expect a competitive clash under the floodlights. Will the Eagles soar at home, or can Forest upset the odds on the road?

Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 3-0 FA Cup triumph over Aston Villa.

In that match, Crystal Palace managed 30% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Crystal Palace, the goalscorers were Eberechi Eze (31') and Ismaïla Sarr (58', 94'). Aston Villa got 16 shots at goal with 5 of them 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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After a losing effort in their last game against Brentford in Premier League action, Nottingham Forest will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Nottingham Forest managed 55% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. At the other end, Brentford had 11 shots at goal with 3 of them 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

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 29/12/2012 shows that Crystal Palace have won 0 of these games & Nottingham Forest 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 4.

An aggregate of 10 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for The Eagles and 6 belonging to The Reds. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Premier League match day 8 on 21/10/2024 when the final score was Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace.

On that occasion, Nottingham Forest had 51% possession and 20 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Chris Wood (65').

For their opponents, Crystal Palace had 20 shots on goal with 7 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Tim Robinson.

📰 Team News: Crystal Palace

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

It’s our opinion that The Eagles could employ a 4-4-2 formation for this game, utilising 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

There’s a good chance that The Reds seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting 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.