Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest - prediction, team news, lineups

Oliver Glanser is preparing to beryllium successful the absorption dugout for the archetypal clip astatine Selhurst Park connected Sunday afternoon, erstwhile his Nottingham Forest broadside sojourn Crystal Palace successful the Premier League.

The Eagles and the Tricky Trees are some looking to grounds their 2nd victories of the caller top-flight campaign, raring to spell aft an extended three-week planetary interruption spanning crossed September and October.

Match preview

Following FA Cup, Community Shield and Conference League titles nether the tutelage of Glasner, Crystal Palace person continued their cupful excellence with Pierre Sage astatine the instrumentality successful 2026-27, enjoying back-to-back wins implicit Middlesbrough and Lech Poznan successful the EFL Cup and Europa League respectively.

However, the recently-crowned European champions person struggled connected the top-flight beforehand truthful far, winning conscionable 1 of their opening 5 contests, leaving them successful an uninspiring 15th spot successful the Premier League standings.

Last month's goalless gully astatine Leeds United was a uncommon motion of antiaircraft betterment for a Crystal Palace outfit who person conceded connected 11 occasions successful 5 league fixtures, with lone Chelsea (12) conceding much goals successful the part to date.

Sage's troops person won some of their location cupful clashes by an aggregate scoreline of 7-0, though Premier League tests astatine Selhurst Park person been harder to pass, with Sunday's hosts defeated by Manchester City (1-4) and Ipswich Town (2-3) truthful far.

Another origin for South London interest up of this weekend's fight, Palace's astir caller triumph implicit Nottingham Forest came successful December 2011, erstwhile Glenn Murray netted the lone extremity of a Championship contention astatine the City Ground.

Nottingham Forest's East Midlands location was the country of a smash-and-grab triumph for newly-promoted Coventry City anterior to the planetary break, with Sky Blues full-back Jay Dasilva securing maximum points for the Frank Lampard's men.

Considering that they person failed to find the nett crossed 4 competitory location fixtures successful 2026-27, the Tricky Trees volition beryllium mightily relieved to beryllium hitting the roadworthy to South London connected Sunday afternoon.

Only Liverpool (7), Manchester City (6) and reigning champions Arsenal (6) person collected much than Forest's 4 points from distant matches this campaign, with Glasner's caller broadside triumphing astatine Aston Villa connected September 12.

Opening the scoring for the East Midlanders successful the Second City that afternoon, Liam Delap is up and moving for the Garibaldi, and the 23-year-old is simply a genuine imaginable heir to Harry Kane's England throne if helium tin enactment his disappointing Chelsea spell to 1 side.

A precocious inclusion successful the Three Lions' caller UEFA Nations League camp, Morgan Gibbs-White is the prima of the City Ground club, with the playmaker starring the mode for large chances created (5) successful the Premier League.

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Team News

Crystal Palace brag Sage has provided a mixed wounded update up of this weekend's Premier League return, with Anan Khalaili and Ismaila Sarr acceptable to feature.

On a antagonistic note, goalkeeper Dean Henderson (foot), Jean-Philippe Mateta (hamstring) and erstwhile Arsenal antheral Takehiro Tomiyasu (calf) stay sidelined.

The hosts' options astatine the backmost are reduced further by the lack of Chadi Riad (knee), portion chap centre-back Axel Disasi continues to service a red-card suspension picked against Ipswich.

Whilst the afloat complement of Forest's planetary stars returned from their duties unscathed, Igor Jesus (calf) and Nikola Milenkovic (bruised bone) sustained injuries connected location soil.

Serbian Milenkovic is expected to miss conscionable Sunday's match, whereas striker Jesus could beryllium retired of enactment for a month.

Wales planetary Neco Williams returned from UEFA Nations League work problem-free but has since developed a fever, making him a uncertainty for the travel to Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace imaginable starting lineup:

Benitez; Richards, Ahanor, Canvot; Khalaili, Timber, Wharton, Mitchell; Kamada, Sarr, Strand Larsen

Nottingham Forest imaginable starting lineup:

Sels; Cunha, Diomande, Murillo; Munoz, Schlager, McAtee, Williams; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Delap

We say: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Each of the past 3 Premier League meetings betwixt the sides person ended successful a 1-1 draw, truthful we are expecting a choky matter betwixt Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest connected Sunday.

With that successful mind, a stock of the Selhurst Park spoils would correspond a decent effect for some teams successful South London.

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