NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest defeats Crystal Palace 1-0 after M. Gibbs-White scored just 1 goal (57′). Crystal Palace was truly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

W. Zaha missed a decisive penalty (40′). That would have allowed Crystal Palace to draw the match.​

The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was John Brooks with the support of Wade Smith and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Tom Nield. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Nottingham Forest

1 - 0

Crystal Palace

  • ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
  • 9 Total 8
  • 2 On Target 1
  • 7 Off Target 7
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 52 Attack 150
  • 28 Dangerous attack 51
  • 115 Ball safe 138
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 1 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 11 Total 13
  • 1 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Crystal Palace had a strong ball possession 68% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crystal Palace was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Nottingham Forest found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Nottingham Forest shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crystal Palace shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card (R. Yates). Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace received 4 yellow cards (T. Mitchell, J. Ward, M. Guehi and J. Schlupp).

Match Timeline

30'
T. Mitchell- Yellow
40'
Morgan Gibbs-White(goal)
57'
Morgan Gibbs-White(var)
55'
59'
Jean-Philippe Mateta- sub ->Jordan Ayew
60'
Joel Ward - sub ->T. Mitchell
Ryan Yates- Yellow
61'
64'
Joel Ward - Yellow
71'
73'
Marc Guéhi - Yellow
78'
78'
Will Hughes- sub ->N. Clyne
81'
85'
Odsonne Edouard- sub ->C. Doucouré
Neco Williams- sub ->R. Lodi
87'
86'
88'
Jeffrey Schlupp- Yellow
41'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Manchester City
89
38
Arsenal
84
38
Manchester United
75
38
Newcastle United
71
38
Liverpool
67
38
Brighton & Hove Albion
62
38
Aston Villa
61
38
Tottenham Hotspur
60
38
Brentford
59
38
Fulham
52
38
Crystal Palace
45
38
Chelsea
44
38
Wolverhampton Wanderers
41
38
West Ham United
40
38
AFC Bournemouth
39
38
Nottingham Forest
38
38
Everton
36
38
Leicester City
34
38
Leeds United
31
38
Southampton
25
38

After playing this match, Nottingham Forest will have 13 points to hold in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Crystal Palace will stay with 19 points like Fulham and Brentford to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest will play away against Chelsea on the 13th of May with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Chelsea (0 draws).

Crystal Palace will host AFC Bournemouth on the 13th of May with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Crystal Palace (5 draws).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest
G
Dean Henderson 1.England
6.8
D
Serge Aurier 24.Ivory Coast
6.9
D
Willy Boly 30.France
7.1
D
Joe Worrall 4.England
7.1
D
Renan Lodi 32.Brazil
7.0
87'
M
Cheikhou Kouyaté 21.Senegal
7.0
71'
M
Remo Freuler 23.Switzerland
7.0
M
Ryan Yates 22.England
6.6
61'
F
J. Lingard 11.England
6.7
81'
F
Morgan Gibbs-White 10.England
8.0
86' 57'
F
Brennan Johnson 20.Wales
7.1
Substitutes
G
Wayne Hennessey 13.Wales
D
Steve Cook 3.England
D
S. McKenna 26.Scotland
D
Neco Williams 7.Wales
6.5
87'
M
Lewis O'Brien 14.England
6.4
86'
M
Jack Colback 8.England
6.8
71'
F
D. Taylor 36.Northern Ireland
F
Taiwo Awoniyi 9.Nigeria
F
Sam Surridge 16.England
6.8
81'

Nottingham Forest adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Steve Cooper decided to play with the following team: Dean Henderson (6.8), Serge Aurier (6.9), Joe Worrall (7.1), Willy Boly (7.1), Renan Lodi (6.9), Ryan Yates (6.6), Remo Freuler (7.0), Cheikhou Kouyaté (7.0), Brennan Johnson (7.1), Morgan Gibbs-White (7.9) and Jesse Lingard (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Dale Taylor, Steve Cook, Lewis O’Brien, Jack Colback (6.6), Wayne Hennessey, Scott McKenna, Taiwo Awoniyi, Sam Surridge (6.7) and Neco Williams.

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 4 changes: C. Kouyate for J. Colback (71′), J. Lingard for S. Surridge (81′), M. Gibbs-White for L. O’Brien (86′) and R. Lodi for N. Williams (87′).

Best player: Morgan Gibbs-White​

The most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was Morgan Gibbs-White.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 21 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace
G
Vicente Guaita 13.Spain
6.5
D
Nathaniel Clyne 17.England
6.4
78'
D
Joachim Andersen 16.Denmark
6.6
D
Marc Guéhi 6.England
7.4
73'
D
T. Mitchell 3.England
6.6
60' 30'
M
Jeffrey Schlupp 15.Ghana
6.2
88'
M
Cheick Doucouré 28.Mali
7.2
85'
M
Michael Olise 7.France
6.4
F
Eberechi Eze 10.England
6.3
78'
F
Jordan Ayew 9.Ghana
6.9
59'
F
Wilfried Zaha 11.Ivory Coast
6.4
Substitutes
G
Sam Johnstone 21.England
D
James Tomkins 5.England
D
Joel Ward 2.England
6.7
60' 64'
M
Malcolm Ebiowei 23.England
6.2
78'
M
Jaïro Riedewald 44.Netherlands
M
Will Hughes 19.England
6.6
78'
M
L. Milivojević 4.Serbia
F
Jean-Philippe Mateta 14.France
6.2
59'
F
Odsonne Edouard 22.France
6.5
85'

Also Crystal Palace adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Patrick Vieira played with: Vicente Guaita (6.5), Nathaniel Clyne (6.2), Joachim Andersen (6.6), Marc Guéhi (7.4), Tyrick Mitchell (6.5), Michael Olise (6.4), Cheick Doucouré (7.3), Jeffrey Schlupp (6.2), Jordan Ayew (6.9), Wilfried Zaha (6.4) and Eberechi Eze (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Malcolm Ebiowei (6.4), James Tomkins, Sam Johnstone, Jaïro Riedewald, Joel Ward (6.6), Will Hughes (6.9), Luka Milivojević, Jean-Philippe Mateta (6.6) and Odsonne Édouard.

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 5 changes: J. Ayew for J. Mateta (61′), T. Mitchell for J. Ward (61′), E. Eze for M. Ebiowei (80′), N. Clyne for W. Hughes (80′) and C. Doucoure for O. Edouard (85′).

Best player: Marc Guéhi​

The most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Marc Guéhi.

His rating is (7.4) with 120 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​