Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest: betting tip (cf 5.00) and bets on the English Premier League match

Current form

Crystal Palace is betting on the FA Cup at the end of the season. Glaziers beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the semi-finals and will play in the final for the third time in their history, where Manchester City awaits them in two weeks at Wembley.

In the Premier League, the Eagles spend the next season in the status of a strong average man. In 34 rounds, the Londoners scored 45 points, with which they are in 12th place for the upcoming game. It will be difficult to rise even one place higher, as the gap from Fulham, who are in 11th position, is four points. Obviously, the last few weeks all the thoughts of the players have been connected with the Cup, so it is not surprising that Crystal Palace have not won four rounds – two defeats and two draws. It is noticeable that Oliver Glasner's team is now playing much more boldly in attack, they are not afraid to miss. So, there were big defeats from Manchester City (2:5) and from Newcastle (0:5), a productive 2-2 draw with Arsenal. Only Bonmouth had a scoring drought (0-0).

Crystal Palace has a duel against an inconvenient opponent ahead of them. The last victory over Nottingham Forest dates back to 2011, when both teams competed in the Championship. In the first round on the road, the Eagles lost to the foresters with a minimum score of 0:1.

Disqualifications and injuries

Doucure and Riad will not be able to help their team today.

Interesting betting trends

• Crystal Palace have not lost in seven of their last nine Premier League matches (four wins and three draws)
• In three of the five previous matches involving the Eagles, more than one goal was scored in the first half.
• In 9 of Crystal Palace's last 11 home matches in the Premier League, both teams scored goals.
• Crystal Palace players fouled more often than their opponents in the previous four matches.

Approximate composition: Henderson – Gehey, Richards, Lacroix–Munoz, Kamada, Wharton, Mitchell – Eze, Sarr – Mateta.

Current form

For a long time, Nottingham Forest stayed in the top 4, was the main opener of the season and a real contender for a ticket to the Champions League. Towards the end of the season, it was increasingly possible to see failures in the well-organized team of foresters. At first, in February, the team lost two matches in a row, but then issued an impressive winless streak of four matches in a row. Two defeats followed again. It seemed that a 2-1 victory over Tottenham on the road would restore Nuno Espirito Santo's self-confidence. However, instead, two defeats in a row followed: in the Cup from Manchester City (0:2) and in the championship from Brentford with the same score.

The recent setbacks are alarming, of course, but so far all is far from lost for foresters. By the upcoming game in London, they are in sixth place in the table, but only three points behind the higher-ranked Newcastle and Chelsea. Another thing is that Nottingham Forest players have no experience of fighting at such a high level, and the competition for places in the top 5 is off the charts.

During the season, foresters do not experience any special problems in away matches. A pragmatic way of playing with an emphasis on defense, on the ability to maintain the advantage gained, works well just away. Nottingham Forest scored 29 points in other people's stadiums, the third highest score in the Premier League after Liverpool and Arsenal.

Disqualifications and injuries

The appearance of da Silva Moreira and Hudson-Odoi is questionable today.

Interesting betting trends

• In four of the last five matches, Nottingham Forest had not won in the first half
• In 13 consecutive matches on the road in the Premier League, the Foresters did not play a draw.
• In five consecutive matches involving Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, no more than three goals have been scored.

Provisional squad: Sels – Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams – Yates, Anderson – Jota Silva, Gibbs-White, Elanga –Wood.