Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest are going to play on Saturday the 7th of October at 12:30 pm in the 8th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in London at the Selhurst Park. The appointed referee is Craig Pawson.
Crystal Palace is in the 9th position in the league with 11 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 3 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Nottingham Forest sits in the 12th position in the standings with 8 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won twice, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Crystal Palace
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times).
Roy Hodgson is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Sam Johnstone, Tyrick Mitchell, Marc Guéhi, Joachim Andersen, Joel Ward, Will Hughes, Jaïro Riedewald, Cheick Doucouré, Jeffrey Schlupp, Jordan Ayew and Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Crystal Palace would be 27.73.
Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ Odsonne Édouard because of injury.
Dean Henderson, Nathan Ferguson, James Tomkins, Naouirou Ahamada, Eberechi Eze, Jefferson Lerma, Michael Olise and Matheus França will definitely miss the match.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 3-4-3 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 42.86%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-3 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 4-2-3-1 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Steve Cooper is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: Matt Turner, Harry Toffolo, Willy Boly, Murillo, Serge Aurier, Ibrahim Sangaré, Orel Mangala, Anthony Elanga, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Nottingham Forest would be 25.91.
Steve Cooper will probably not be able to employ Ola Aina and Nicolás Domínguez because of injury.
Ethan Horvath, Felipe, Nuno Tavares, Danilo and Ryan Yates will definitely miss the match.
Steve Cooper will not be able to have the presence of Moussa Niakhaté who is suspended.
