Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th May 2025

Crystal Palace welcome Nottingham Forest on Monday in the Premier League, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 35 match.

Although only separated by a few points, Nottingham Forest will have their work cut out for them this coming Monday. Crystal Palace are favoured to maintain the lead they currently hold on Nottingham Forest in the Premier League standings.

Crystal Palace are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 15 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.5 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 17 goals, or an average of 1.7 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Nottingham Forest scored 13 goals, conceded 14 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Nottingham Forest came away as 1-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Monday.

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

In their last three matches, Crystal Palace drew 0-0 with Bournemouth before recording another draw with Arsenal in a 2-2 match and beat Aston Villa with a 3-0 scoreline. Crystal Palace won three of their previous six matches at Selhurst Park in the Premier League. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring nine goals to six against.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 1-2 win against Tottenham. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-2 against Manchester City, before suffering another loss in a 0-2 match against Brentford. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 16 goals conceded and 11 scored.

In our opinion, current form favours Crystal Palace slightly more than current odds with the bookmakers suggest. We back them to claim a home win against Nottingham Forest this coming Monday.

Crystal Palace fought their way to zero wins and five points from their last ten games against teams inside the top six. They were on target ten times in these matches, but also let in 24 goals. Crystal Palace are looking at a record of 11 wins, 12 draws and 11 defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest enjoy a record of 18 wins, six draws and ten defeats in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

Glasner will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Nottingham Forest from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Dean Henderson (0/34), Louie Moulden (0/0), Matt Turner (0/0), Remi Matthews (0/0), Ben Chilwell (0/6), Chadi Riad (0/1), Chris Richards (1/20), Daniel Munoz (4/33), Joel Ward (0/0), Marc Guehi (3/32), Maxence Lacroix (1/31), Nathaniel Clyne (0/13), Tyrick Mitchell (0/34), Adam Wharton (0/19), Caleb Kporha (0/2), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/13), Daichi Kamada (0/30), Jefferson Lerma (0/29), Justin Devenny (1/20), Romain Esse (1/4), Will Hughes (0/29), Eberechi Eze (4/30), Edward Nketiah (1/25), Franco Umeh-Chibueze (0/0), Ismaila Sarr (7/34), Jean-Philippe Mateta (14/33), Malcolm Ebiowei (0/0), Matheus Franca (1/2).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Below is the full team squad of Nottingham Forest. The manager Santo will pick his starting XI against Crystal Palace from these players:

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/34), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/15), Harry Toffolo (0/4), Morato (0/23), Murillo (1/33), Neco Williams (1/31), Nikola Milenkovic (4/33), Ola Aina (2/31), Willy Boly (0/6), Zach Abbott (0/0), Danilo (0/7), Elliot Anderson (2/33), Ibrahim Sangare (0/9), Morgan Gibbs-White (5/30), Nicolas Dominguez (0/30), Ramon Sosa (1/18), Ryan Yates (2/31), Anthony Elanga (6/34), Callum Hudson-Odoi (5/29), Chris Wood (19/32), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Joel Ndala (0/0), Jota Silva (3/28), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/25).

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Crystal Palace might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Nottingham Forest. Will Hughes and Ismaila Sarr can't be called up by the Crystal Palace-manager, with both serving a ban.

Crystal Palace are unable to field Cheick Oumar Doucoure this coming Monday against Nottingham Forest, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Nottingham Forest have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Crystal Palace this coming Monday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Nottingham Forest travelling party for their next match.

Danilo nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Nottingham Forest.

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Nottingham Forest came away as 1-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Monday. Crystal Palace enter the match against Nottingham Forest with a 0-3-2 record in their previous five encounters. A win rate of 0%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Results

In the last five matches between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, both teams to score came up two times.

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

Jean-Philippe Mateta is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Nottingham Forest look to Anthony Elanga, hoping he can add to his current total of three Premier League goals in his latest games.

Crystal Palace claimed all three points six times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Nottingham Forest won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing four in this series of matches. Goals are flowing freely for Crystal Palace on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target six times in Nottingham Forest''s last 10 league games away from home.

Crystal Palace saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Nottingham Forest, who managed to score one time in those matches.