The break for international football will hopefully prove to be valuable as the Eagles head back on the road with a trip to Nottingham, seeking their first league win of the season.
MATCH INFORMATION
21 October 2024 – 8pm |
The City Ground, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FJ |
PREVIOUS MEETING
30/03/2024 – A point on the road is always valuable but the Eagles returned back South wondering how they did not win the game after Ebere Eze gave the visitors an early lead. There were chances either side of an equaliser from Chris Wood but ultimately the point was probably the fair result. |
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Ebere Eze (7.4) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee | Tim Robinson |
Assistant | Tim Wood |
Assistant | Craig Taylor |
Fourth Official | Michael Salisbury |
VAR | Darren England |
Assistant VAR | Richard West |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, Chris Richards, Matt Turner, Rob Holding, and Matheus Franca are all ruled out. Cheick Doucoure, Daniel Munoz and Adam Wharton could feature.
FOREST – Danilo, Ibrahim Sangare, James Ward-Prowse, and Morgan Gibbs-White are all expected to miss out. Matz Sels will be assessed but expected to play.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
RED CARDS – Morgan Gibbs-White (1), James Ward-Prowse (1) |
YELLOW CARDS (over 1.5) – Nico Williams (3), Will Hughes (3), Ibrahim Sangare (2), Matz Sels (2), Ryan Yates (2), Jefferson Lerma (2) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
30/03/2023 | Forest 1-1 Palace |
07/10/2023 | Palace 0-0 Forest |
28/05/2023 | Palace 1-1 Forest |
12/11/2022 | Forest 1-0 Palace |
19/07/2019 | Forest 1-0 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
05/10/2024 | Palace 0-1 Liverpool |
28/09/2024 | Everton 2-1 Palace |
21/09/2024 | Palace 0-0 Manchester United |
17/09/2024 | QPR 1-2 Palace |
14/09/2024 | Palace 2-2 Leicester |
Last FIVE results for Forest;
06/10/2024 | Chelsea 1-1 Forest |
28/09/2024 | Forest 0-1 Fulham |
22/09/2024 | Brighton 2-2 Forest |
14/09/2024 | Liverpool 0-1 Forest |
31/08/2024 | Forest 1-1 Wolves |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture Palace sit 18th in the Premier League with 3 points from 7 games while Forest are 10th with 10 points.
RECORD AGAINST FOREST
Played | 67 |
Won | 16 |
Drawn | 22 |
Lost | 29 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
Maxence Lacroix | 7.11 |
Callum Hudson-Odoi | 6.91 |
Nikola Milenkovic | 6.91 |
Marc Guehi | 6.88 |
ONE TO WATCH
NIKOLA MILENKOVIC |
FORMER CLUBS – FK Zarkovo, Partizan, Teleoptik, Fiorentina |
The big Serbian centre back made his name in Serie A with Fiorentina having made over 200 appearances for the Italian club before his arrival in Nottingham in the summer. |
KEY CLASH
EDDIE NKETIAH v NIKOLA MILENKOVIC |
It was no secret that the former Arsenal striker had interest from Forest before his short move across London, but he has yet to find the net in the Premier League this season. He will be up against the big Serb who is no slouch on the ground either but Nketiah will be keen to get off the mark for the Eagles. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 2 (22nd) |
Assists | Tyrick MITCHELL, Maxence LACROIX 1 (31st) |
Passes | Marc GUEHI 414 (21st) |
Tackles | Tyrick MITCHELL 23 (5th) |
Touches | Marc GUEHI 509 (19th) |
Shots | Ebere EZE 27 (3rd) |
Fouls | Daichi KAMADA 12 (13th) |
Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 11 (23rd) |
Saves | Dean HENDERSON 22 (6th) |
Clearances | Marc GUEHI 46 (2nd) |
Big Chances Missed | Ebere EZE 5 (4th) |
TEB PREDICTION
There has rarely been a flourish of goals in fixtures between these two sides in recent times so a betting man would have this on their slip for an accumulator this weekend. However, we have a feeling that Palace will find a way to get their first victory of the season particularly as the hosts miss a couple of key players – it has to happen at some point, right?
PREDICTED SCORE: 2-0 to Palace |