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LONDON. Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson with the help of Richard West and Marc Perry. The 4th official was Chris Kavanagh. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.89 degrees Celsius or 49.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Crystal Palace was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Nottingham Forest that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Crystal Palace was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Crystal Palace to win the match​.

Crystal Palace shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Nottingham Forest shot 16 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card (Ryan Yates).

Standings

After playing this match, Crystal Palace will have 12 points like Newcastle United and Manchester United to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Nottingham Forest will have 9 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away with Newcastle United on the 21st of October with a 9-4 head to head record in favor of Newcastle United (9 draws).

Nottingham Forest will host Luton Town on the 21st of October with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Luton Town (2 draws).

Crystal Palace – Formation

Crystal Palace started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Roy Hodgson decided to play with the following team: Joel Ward, Cheick Doucouré, Sam Johnstone (8.2), Nathaniel Clyne (7.0), Joachim Andersen (7.8), Marc Guéhi (7.8), Tyrick Mitchell (7.5), Jeffrey Schlupp (6.4), Will Hughes (6.8), Jaïro Riedewald (7.0), Jordan Ayew (6.7), Jean-Philippe Mateta (6.6) and Odsonne Édouard (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Rob Holding, James Tomkins, Malcolm Ebiowei, Chris Richards (6.8), Remi Matthews, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (7.5), David Ozoh, Ademola Ola-Adebomi and Jadan Raymond.

Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (injured).

Substitutions

Crystal Palace made 2 changes: Jeffrey Schlupp for Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (26′) and Jaïro Riedewald for Chris Richards (75′).

Best player: Sam Johnstone​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Crystal Palace was the goalkeeper: Sam Johnstone. His rating is 8.16. He performed 5 saves.

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Steve Cooper played with: Taiwo Awoniyi, Matt Turner (7.5), Serge Aurier (7.3), Willy Boly (7.7), Murillo (8.1), Harry Toffolo (7.3), Ibrahim Sangaré (7.0), Orel Mangala (7.5), Nicolás Domínguez (7.3), Morgan Gibbs-White (7.3), Chris Wood (6.8), Callum Hudson-Odoi (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Cheikhou Kouyaté (7.0), Joe Worrall, Neco Williams, Andrey Santos, Anthony Elanga (6.4), Ryan Yates (6.4), Odysseas Vlachodimos, Divock Origi (6.4) and Gonzalo Montiel (6.7).

Nottingham Forest could not rely on the presence of Anthony Elanga (injured), Gonzalo Montiel (injured) and Cheikhou Kouyaté (injured).

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 5 changes: Callum Hudson-Odoi for Anthony Elanga (66′), Serge Aurier for Gonzalo Montiel (46′), Ibrahim Sangaré for Ryan Yates (76′), Chris Wood for Divock Origi (76′) and Orel Mangala for Cheikhou Kouyaté (83′).

Best player: Murillo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nottingham Forest was Murillo.

His rating is (8.1) with 58 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Manchester United – Brentford – 2-1
• Luton Town – Tottenham Hotspur – 0-1
• Fulham – Sheffield United – 3-1
• Everton – AFC Bournemouth – 3-0
• Crystal Palace – Nottingham Forest – 0-0
• Burnley – Chelsea – 1-4