Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Predictions

• Crystal Palace are winless in their last 11 matches.
• The Eagles have lost four of their last five away games.
• Nottingham Forest have won their last two matches by a 6-0 aggregate scoreline.

Tricky Trees look to build a head of steam

A midweek thrashing of Ferencvaros in the Europa League provided a welcome confidence boost for 17th-place Nottingham Forest, and the Tricky Trees could make it three wins on the spin against a Crystal Palace side in freefall.

Sean Dyche’s side have won three of their last six games and five of their last ten at the City Ground, and they have the quality to see of the struggling visitors on Sunday.

Eagles in free-fall amid transfer turmoil

The Eagles, who won their first-ever major trophy at Wembley last season, have completely collapsed over the past couple of months, with their miserable form compounded by Oliver Glasner’s public criticism of the club hierarchy over the loss of his star players.

Eberechi Eze left in the summer, and Marc Guehi completed a move to Manchester City this month, while star striker Jean-Phillipe Mateta appears to be on his way out the door.

Palace head to the City Ground winless in 11 matches and with four defeats in their last five away games, including a humiliating loss at non-league Macclesfield in the FA Cup.

Backing a home win looks the best value, but another clean sheet may be unlikely against a side that have scored in their last three games. Two of these three have ended in 2-1 defeats, so a repeat of Forest’s 2-1 win over West Ham earlier this month could be on the cards.