Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th March 2024

Mid-placed Crystal Palace travel to City Ground, Nottingham to face struggling Nottingham Forest in a round 30 game, which kicks-off this coming Saturday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.

Crystal Palace are aiming to extend the lead on Nottingham Forest in the Premier League table after they go toe-to-toe on Saturday. On the other hand, the hosts should be motivated to not let the current gap get any bigger than it already is.

Nottingham Forest are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 13 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.3 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 17 goals, or an average of 1.7 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to one clean sheets in this run.

The Eagles scored 15 goals, conceded 22 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Nottingham Forest played Crystal Palace. The pair split the points in a 0-0 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

A single point is all Nottingham Forest have to show from their last three games, where they came up short, losing 0-1 and 1-0 against Liverpool and Brighton respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 1-1 against Luton. Nottingham Forest only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Premier League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored nine and conceded ten goals.

Crystal Palace Form

Crystal Palace added four points to their account in their previous three matches, starting off beating Burnley 3-0. A 3-1 defeat against Tottenham followed, before sharing the points with Luton in a 1-1 draw. Crystal Palace are winless in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew two and lost four. They conceded 17 goals while scoring six themselves.

They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other, and with both Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace scoring freely over the past weeks, we expect a highly entertaining match.

Nottingham Forest won seven points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored nine and let in ten goals. Crystal Palace claimed five wins from 18 goals scored and 11 conceded from their past 11 matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them 19 points to their account. Nottingham Forest claimed six wins, seven draws as well as 16 defeats in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace enjoy a record of seven wins, eight draws and 13 defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

The 50-year-old coach of the home team, Nuno Espirito Santo, will select the lineup against Crystal Palace from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Matt Turner (0/17), Matz Sels (0/7), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/5), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Andrew Omobamidele (0/7), Felipe (0/6), Gonzalo Montiel (0/9), Harry Toffolo (1/18), Moussa Niakhate (1/16), Murillo (0/23), Neco Williams (0/20), Nuno Tavares (0/7), Ola Aina (1/14), Willy Boly (1/16), Cheikhou Kouyate (0/11), Danilo (1/21), Giovanni Reyna (0/3), Harry Arter (0/0), Ibrahim Sangare (0/13), Morgan Gibbs-White (3/28), Nicolas Dominguez (2/20), Ryan Yates (0/26), Anthony Elanga (5/28), Callum Hudson-Odoi (4/20), Chris Wood (9/22), Divock Origi (0/15), Rodrigo Ribeiro (0/0), Taiwo Awoniyi (6/17).

Crystal Palace Squad

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

Dean Henderson (0/8), Joe Whitworth (0/0), Remi Matthews (0/1), Sam Johnstone (0/20), Chris Richards (1/19), Daniel Munoz (0/6), James Tomkins (0/3), Joachim Andersen (2/28), Joel Ward (0/20), Marc Guehi (0/22), Nathan Ferguson (0/0), Nathaniel Clyne (0/10), Rob Holding (0/0), Tyrick Mitchell (1/27), Adam Wharton (0/6), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/11), Eberechi Eze (6/18), Jairo Riedewald (0/4), Jefferson Lerma (1/23), Jeffrey Schlupp (1/20), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (0/6), Matheus Franca (0/10), Michael Olise (6/11), Naouirou Ahamada (0/16), Will Hughes (0/21), Jean-Philippe Mateta (5/25), Jordan Ayew (4/26), Odsonne Edouard (6/22).

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Nottingham Forest, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Gonzalo Montiel and Chris Wood are all absent from the Nottingham Forest squad that faces Crystal Palace at City Ground, Nottingham.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Crystal Palace, who are looking at seven players nursing various problems.

Marc Guehi, Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze, Rob Holding, Cheick Oumar Doucoure, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Nathan Ferguson all face a spell on the sidelines for Crystal Palace due to various injuries.

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace H2H

It finished all square on when Nottingham Forest last faced Crystal Palace. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 0-0 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5. Nottingham Forest go into their upcoming match against Crystal Palace with a 33% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 1-2-0 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Results

In one of the previous three matches between Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace both teams scored.

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Callum Hudson-Odoi, who is performing well for Nottingham Forest. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Crystal Palace.The visitors will be looking to Jean-Philippe Mateta to find the net once again, after managing three Premier League goals for Crystal Palace in recent matches.

In their last 10 matches at City Ground, Nottingham across all tournaments Nottingham Forest won two times, drew two and lost six times. Crystal Palace claimed one wins, three draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Nottingham Forest on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Crystal Palace''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Nottingham Forest, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Crystal Palace, who scored 1.2 times on average in these matches.