In a weekend match in week 16, on Saturday Nov 12th, Nottingham Forest hosts 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. In their last match, 20th placed Nottingham Forest, recorded a 2-2 draw against Brentford. Morgan Gibbs-White struck first 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 . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 10th placed Crystal Palace is fresh off their 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 But luckily in the 94th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Aaron Cresswell. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Crystal Palace’s most prolific scorer has been Wilfried Zaha. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Nottingham Forest is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Taiwo Awoniyi and Zanka each only have 1 goal in their last five
Nottingham Forest will be without Moussa Niakhaté, Giulian Biancone, Lewis O’Brien, Harry Toffolo, Omar Richards and Jack Colback, while James McArthur and Chris Richards are unavailable to play for Patrick Vieira’s team.