Nottingham Forest have played a decent early season and the team is in 12th place with a balance of 2-4-1. The team has been balanced on the field and especially tight in defense, and there is no big threat of relegation as it was last season. This season, Forest have already managed to defeat league leader Liverpool and played a 1-1 draw away from Chelsea in the previous round. The team has matured, and we can expect great performances during the season, especially at home.
Forest have conceded the third-fewest goals in the Premier League, which is an indication of the team's improved defensive game. Of course, the offensive power has also been relatively low, the team has only managed to finish with an average of one goal per match. Chris Wood has grabbed the position of the first striker for himself and the result has been four goals, otherwise, the team will run out of natural goal scorers. Danilo and Sangare are sidelined with injuries, but Gibbs-White and Ward-Prowse are also sidelined as both have full cumulative yellow card accounts. The absence of the latter two is a minus, especially in the attacking direction.
Crystal Palace's autumn season has been weak. The team is still without a win with a balance of 0-3-4, and the ranking in the series is the third last. Palace have not been successful, and especially attacking has been difficult and it has been ineffective and unimaginative except for the very first matches. Palace have scored the fewest goals in the Premier League, and not enough points are collected from even matches when poor scoring prevents victories from being achieved.
They have actually lost almost all the even games, and drawn the ones when they have been in big trouble!
Palace acquired Eddie Nketiah from Arsenal, but the striker, who sometimes played in a strange role for himself, has still been ineffective, and Mateta, who took the top spot for himself, has also frozen after a good start to the season. Palace's defense have been exemplary in recent years, and the team can count on a solid defense, even in away games. There are absences when Holding, Matheus Franca, Riad, Richards, Turner and possibly Doucoure are on the sidelines.
Class-wise there is no difference between these two no matter what the actual table currently says, and Palace do not look like a relegation candidate.
The matches between the teams in recent seasons have been really close and low-scoring matches. Last season, the points were distributed in both meetings in the form of 0-0 and 1-1 draws, and this time too, no big goal celebrations are expected. Forest hasn't conceded easy goals at home, and while Palace's attacking play is what it is it is hard to see goals pouring in either way tonight in Nottingham. Even a 0-0 draw is worth a try with small stakes.
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诺丁汉森林在赛季初踢得不错，球队以2-4-1的平衡排名第12位。球队在球场上保持了平衡，防守尤其严密，不像上赛季那样有很大的降级威胁。本赛季，森林已经击败了联赛领头羊利物浦，并在上一轮客场1-1战平切尔西。球队已经成熟了，我们可以期待在赛季中有出色的表现，尤其是在主场。
森林队的失球数在英超联赛中排名第三，这表明球队的防守水平有所提高。当然，球队的进攻能力也相对较低，每场比赛平均只进一个球。克里斯伍德为自己占据了第一前锋的位置，结果是进了四个球，否则，球队将会耗尽天然的射手。达尼洛和桑加雷因伤缺阵，但吉布斯-怀特和沃德-普劳斯也因累积黄牌而缺阵。后两者的缺席是一个不利因素，尤其是在进攻方向上。
水晶宫的秋季表现一直不佳。目前球队战绩为0胜3负，在系列赛中排名倒数第三。水晶宫没有取得成功，特别是进攻很困难，除了最初的几场比赛外，他们效率低下，缺乏想象力。在英超联赛中，水晶宫的进球数最少，即使在糟糕的进球阻碍胜利的比赛中，他们也没有得到足够的积分。
事实上，他们几乎输掉了所有的平局，当他们遇到大麻烦的时候，他们就平局了！
水晶宫从阿森纳引进了埃迪·恩凯提亚，但这位有时为自己扮演奇怪角色的前锋仍然没有发挥出作用，而为自己占据榜首位置的马塔也在本赛季的良好开局后冻结了。近年来，水晶宫的防守堪称典范，球队可以依靠稳固的防守，即使是在客场比赛中。霍尔德、弗朗卡、里亚德、理查兹、特纳，可能还有杜库尔都将缺阵。
无论目前的积分榜上显示的是什么，这两支球队在级别上都没有区别，而且水晶宫看起来也不像是降级的候选人。
最近几个赛季两队之间的比赛都是势均力敌的低分比赛。上个赛季，两队的积分都是以0-0和1-1平局的形式分配的，这一次也没有什么盛大的进球庆祝活动。森林在主场并没有轻易失球，而在今晚对阵诺丁汉的比赛中，虽然水晶宫的进攻发挥得很好，但很难看到进球涌入。即使是0-0的平局也值得一试。
