Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Predictions

• Forest have four points from two away games
• Palace have lost both of their home league games
• Forest are unbeaten in 11 against the Eagles

Glasner returns to Selhurst Park

Oliver Glasner faces his former club for the first time on Sunday as he takes his Nottingham Forest side to Crystal Palace.

Glasner guided Palace to Conference League glory last season having landed the FA Cup in the previous campaign. The Austrian will be looking to replicate that success at the City Ground but he’s endured a mixed start to his spell at Forest with a modest five points from four Premier League games, one more than the Eagles.

Both sides have largely managed to avoid picking up injuries during the extended international break, although Palace winger Anan Khalaili has emerged as a concern, and both will be looking to improve after respective indifferent starts.

Forest could be road warriors

Home advantage may not be much of a factor in this Sunday fixture as Forest have been better on their travels and Palace have struggled at Selhurst Park.

The Eagles have no points to show from two home league games, losing to Man City and Ipswich, but they have claimed a pair of cup wins over lesser opposition.

Meanwhile, Forest have been far better on the road having claimed a point at Anfield and all three at Villa Park. Glasner also has extensive inside knowledge of Palace so backing the visitors to come away with maximum points looks the best angle here.

Both teams can strike

Clean sheets have been hard to come by for Forest this season as they have just one in six games across all competitions. Palace rarely draw a blank at home and they’ve scored in each of their last seven at Selhurst Park stretching back into last season, and they scored on average exactly one goal per game at home last term in the Premier League.

That suggests we should see goals at both ends and a 2-1 away win is the correct score pick. Forest are yet to score more than twice in any game under Glasner but have scored exactly twice in each of their two trips, so a narrow away win seems likely.

Forest have scored four Premier League goals this season and Morgan Gibbs-White has been directly involved in 75% of them. Gibbs-White has one goal and two assists and he stands out as a contender for an anytime effort in South London.