Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Prediction & Betting Tips

Mixed form on both sides

Crystal Palace have won just one of their last five league games, with three defeats mixed into that run, including a heavy loss to Manchester City and defeats to Everton and Ipswich. They did beat Lech Poznan comfortably in the Europa League in between, but Premier League results have been harder to come by.

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Crystal Palace to win

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Crystal Palace: 20 completed matches; Nottingham Forest: 20 completed matches.

Crystal Palace

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

33

Difference

-2

Nottingham Forest

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

26

Difference

-2

Nottingham Forest's league form tells a similar story. One win, two draws and two defeats from their last five matches, including a home loss to Coventry in their most recent outing. They also drew with both Tottenham and Liverpool, showing they can hold their own against stronger sides without turning it into victories.

Comparative Team Statistics: Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest

A fixture that keeps ending level

Recent meetings between these two clubs have been strikingly even. The last three Premier League encounters, going back to May 2025, have all finished 1-1. Further back there are a couple of narrow 1-0 wins for Forest, but draws dominate the overall picture.

History suggests this fixture doesn't often produce decisive results.

Both stuck in the bottom half

Crystal Palace sit 15th with four points from five matches, while Nottingham Forest are 13th on five points from the same number of games. It's a tight picture near the bottom half of the table, with just a point separating the two sides this early in the campaign.

Neither team can afford too many more slip-ups if they want to move away from that end of the table.

Creative sparks and a few cards

Dango Kamada has been Crystal Palace's most creative outlet lately, with three assists in his last five appearances. For Forest, Morgan Gibbs-White leads the way with two assists over the same span. On the disciplinary side, Axel Disasi has already picked up a red card in just three matches for Palace, while Forest's James McAtee has two yellow cards in his last five. Worth noting rather than treating as confirmed absences.

Crystal Palace:

Best assist providers:

D. Kamada - 3

Penalty cards:

A. Disasi x 1

Nottingham Forest:

Best assist providers:

M. Gibbs-White - 2

Penalty cards:

J. McAtee x 2

Setting the scene for another tight one

Put the draw-heavy head-to-head record together with two teams short on form and it's easy to see why this could be another close contest. Crystal Palace haven't strung league wins together lately, and Forest have managed just one league win in their last five, away at Aston Villa. Both sides have shown moments of quality without much consistency, which fits the pattern of tight, low-margin results between these two clubs.