On Saturday Nov 12th, in week 16, Nottingham Forest will host Crystal Palace in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. 20th placed Nottingham Forest is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Brentford. Morgan Gibbs-White scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 20th minute, but Bryan Mbeumo got the equalizer for Brentford in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time . Nottingham Forest looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while crystal Palace sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against West Ham United. Saïd Benrahma struck first for West Ham United in the 20th minute, then Wilfried Zaha tied it up for Crystal Palace in the 41st minute on a feed from Eberechi Eze Finally they completed the comback victory in the 94th minute on a goal by Aaron Cresswell to cap off a wild match. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Wilfried Zaha has been the most prolific scorer on Crystal Palace in the last 5 matches with two goals. Taiwo Awoniyi and Zanka are the top scorers for Nottingham Forest in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Nottingham Forest will be without Moussa Niakhaté, Giulian Biancone, Lewis O’Brien, Harry Toffolo, Omar Richards and Jack Colback, while Crystal Palace will be without James McArthur and Chris Richards.