Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest will face on Sunday the 28th of May at 4:30 pm in the 38th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in London at the Selhurst Park.
Crystal Palace sits in the 11th position in the table with 44 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 11 times, draw 11 times, and lost 15 times.
Nottingham Forest sits in the 16th position in the standings with 37 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 9 times, draw 10 times, and lost 18 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 43.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (16 times), 4-2-3-1 (15 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 5-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and (once).
Roy Hodgson is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Sam Johnstone, Tyrick Mitchell, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Joel Ward, James McArthur, Cheick Oumar Doucouré, Jordan Ayew, Eberechi Eze, Michael Olise and Odsonne Édouard.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Crystal Palace would be 27.36.
Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ James Tomkins and Jeffrey Schlupp because of injury.
Nathan Ferguson, Luka Milivojević and Wilfried Zaha will definitely miss the match.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 24.32%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times), 3-4-2-1 (8 times), 4-3-2-1 (6 times), 4-3-1-2 (5 times), 3-4-1-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 5-3-2 (once) and (once).
Steve Cooper is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: Joe Worrall, Moussa Niakhaté, Felipe, Renan Lodi, Ryan Yates, Orel Mangala, Serge Aurier, Morgan Gibbs-White, Brennan Johnson and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Nottingham Forest would be 26.50.
There are doubts about the presence of Keylor Navas.
Steve Cooper will probably not be able to employ Jack Colback, Gustavo Scarpa and Danilo because of injury.
Dean Henderson, Giulian Biancone, Scott Mckenna, Omar Richards, Jonjo Shelvey, Neco Williams and Chris Wood will definitely miss the match.