Crystal Palace vs Nottingham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-08-23 13:00.
[p]Crystal Palace host Nottingham Forest in their Premier League opener at Selhurst Park this season, with both sides buoyed by impressive starts to the campaign. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Life as a Crystal Palace fan has rarely been better than over the past six months, as lifelong supporters saw their side finally win their first major honour with last season’s FA Cup triumph. They quickly followed that up by beating Liverpool in the Community Shield at Wembley, preceding a creditable goalless draw at Chelsea in their Premier League opener. That feel-good factor has been tempered by the seemingly imminent departure of the talismanic Eberechi Eze, meaning the Eagles’ current six-match unbeaten home league run could come under pressure here (W4, D2). [/p]
[p]Nottingham Forest should provide them with a very tough test if their opening day performance is anything to go by, as they easily dispatched Brentford 3-1 thanks to a trio of first-half goals at the City Ground. That made it one defeat in five Premier League games for the Tricky Trees (W2, D2), and there is further reason for optimism given that their previous two away wins came in the capital. Should they triumph over the Eagles, then Forest would have won their opening two matches of a top-flight campaign for the first time since 1987/88. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Crystal Palace have failed to win any of their ten previous Premier League meetings with Nottingham Forest (D6, L4) – both the most they’ve ever faced a side without winning, and the most Forest have faced a side without losing in the competition.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Crystal Palace’s last seven Premier League matches have ended in draws (W2).[/p]
[p]Eleven of Crystal Palace’s last 15 home league games saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Only Liverpool (11) won more away Premier League games last season than Nottingham Forest (10).[/p]
[p]Three of the last four league goals Forest have conceded have come after the 75th minute.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Ismaïla Sarr has recorded seven direct goal contributions across his last eight outings for Palace (G4, A3), while his last goal on home soil proved to be the winner against Ipswich in March. Chris Wood struck a brace for Forest in their opening day win over Brentford, and has netted two goals across his last three H2Hs. [/p]
[p]Palace have a number of injury concerns, among them Eddie Nketiah who missed the match against Chelsea, while Nicolas Dominguez was absent from Forest’s win over Brentford with a knee problem. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With two of the last three meetings ending in a 1-1 draw, backing the draw/both teams to score seems like a good shout. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Nathan Evans[/i][/p]