Date/Time/Ground/Officials
07/10/2023
17:30 GMT
Selhurst Park SE25
Referee: Craig Pawson. Assistants: Richard West, Marc Perry. Fourth official: Chris Kavanagh. VAR: Michael Salisbury. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.
Coming off the back of a fantastic away win at Old Trafford, we now turn our focus to a home tie against Steve Coopers Nottingham Forest. With eight points from their opening seven games, they are currently sat a respectable 12th in the table.
With momentum with us however, I would love to see the boys come out and really attack this game in front of what is set to be a packed out Selhurst.
Team News
CRY:
With the update we’ve all been dreading, Roy Hodgson today confirmed in his press-conference that Ebere Eze’s hamstring problem is “a serious injury”. It looks as if Ebs will be out for the full expected length of six weeks whilst he recovers.
Hodgson also stated that Frenchman Michael Olise is still out for “(what)could be a considerable amount of time”.
However, Matheus França is now available for selection, which provides a huge lift to our attacking options.
NFO:
Steve Cooper suggested that Welsh defender Neco Williams will miss Saturday’s game after suffering a hamstring problem against Brentford.
Brazilian midfielder Danilo is out for the game tomorrow.
Stats
CPFC NFFC MATCH RECORD | |
Games Won | 16 |
Games Drawn | 20 |
Games Lost | 29 |
Recent Meetings
28 May 2023 Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott'm Forest
12 November 2022 The City Ground, Nott'm Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace
29 April 1995 Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace 1-2 Nott'm Forest
02 January 1995 City Ground, Nott'm Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace
03 March 1993 City Ground, Nott'm Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace
Palace’s last 5 games:
MUN V CRY 0-1
MUN V CRY 3-0
CRY V FUL 0-0
AVL V CRY 3-1
CRY V WOL 3-2
Forest’s last 5 games:
NFO V BRE 1-1
MCI V NFO 2-0
NFO V BUR 1-1
CHE V NFO 0-1
NFO V BUR 0-1
Match Prediction:
Optimism is always a very risky one when concerning Palace, however, I see us winning this game. Despite our injury situation, especially up front, I still believe we can dominate Forest in midfield and limit their attackers’ chances with our inform centre-half pairing. I see this one finishing 2-0 to us.
Enjoy everyone attending – Up the Palace 🔴🔵
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