10 min: Palace have scored a goal for every 14.2 corners taken this season and they come close to bettering that statistic, as Lacroix’s flick on at the near post leads to bedlam in the Forest box. Murillo misses his clearance and there is a brief pinball melee as Richards mis-kicks a shot at goal before Forest eventually get the ball away.
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Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live | Football Key events 8 min: Forest commit men forward for a corner and Palace clear the ball and gallop up the field on a counter attack. Sarr sprints clear of Dominguez and the Argentinian blatantly pulls the Palace man to the ground. That’s a good yellow card to take, from Forest’s perspective. They were in deep trouble there if Sarr got clear. 6 min: Wharton is just a class act isn’t he. The best players always seem to have time on the ball, and the former Blackburn Rovers midfielder always looks so relaxed, like he’s just pinging a few passes around his back garden. 4 min: A slow start to the game, both sides compressing the space in midfield and snapping into challenges. No chances for either side … yet. 2 min: Williams slides in on Munoz and gets a bang on the head for his troubles. The Welshman, operating at left-back for Forest tonight, is going to be OK to continue. Peeeeeeep!And we’re off at Selhurst Park! Nuno was quizzed just now on the absence of Callum Hudson-Odoi. It sounds like the Forest winger might possibly be out for the season, certainly the next two games.
The Mateta head accessories – the protective gear and Victorian-style moustache – are absolutely iconic. The Palace striker has certainly confirmed his status as a Barclaysman, if he hadn’t done that already with the tucked-in shirt. “Crystal Palace v Forest sounds like something out of The Chronicles of Narnia”, emails Peter Oh. “Even the managers’ names give off sorcerer vibes. Glasner and Espírito Santo”. In case you missed this. One of the week’s best stories.
All three of Forest’s remaining games after this one are winnable – Leicester (h), West Ham (a), Chelsea (h) – certainly not the easiest but not bad either. Let’s compare them to the other four contenders for the top five. Manchester CitySouthampton (a) That’s not bad at all. You would expect City to take at least seven points from those three. NewcastleChelsea (h) Tricky. A lot rests on their next result, at home to Chelsea. ChelseaNewcastle (a) That is dastardly but not impossible. Aston VillaBournemouth (a) Another tough set of fixtures. Given they are seventh with a poor relative goal difference, I’d say that will be an uphill battle. Palace are unchanged from the XI that beat Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final. Hardly a shock call from Glasner, Palace were absolutely brilliant at Wembley. Forest make two changes from the team that lost at home to Brentford, with Nicolas Dominguez and Ibrahim Sangare replacing the injured Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ryan Yates. The teams!Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1): Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta. Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Dominguez, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Anderson, Wood. PreambleWho would you rather be? Crystal Palace, marooned in mid-table but with an FA Cup final to come (victory in which would secure Europa League qualification) or Nottingham Forest, out of the FA Cup but still with a very good chance of qualifying for the Champions League? I say very good and not excellent because Forest have been on something of a stinker of late, just one win and three losses in their last four league games, which isn’t really Champions League form, chaps. That said, they are very much still in it. Four points behind third-placed Manchester City, just three points behind both fourth-placed Newcastle and fifth-placed Chelsea. This game, away at Palace, is their game in hand. It is absolutely vital that they win tonight, not only to put points back on the board, but also change the momentum which has recently seen them hurtle out of the top five. Palace and Forest have both had excellent seasons by their previously middling expectations and this is a fine time to be a fan of either club. Let’s hope for a good game. Kick-off: 8pm BST. Source link Posted: 2025-05-05 20:16:35 |
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