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Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Preview: Team News & Prediction

by Trystan Pugh · January 31 2026, 01:07
Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Oliver Glasner takes his depleted Crystal Palace outfit to the City Ground to take on Nottingham Forest.

Kick-off date/time:

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / USA – Peacock

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / USA – Peacock Premium

Nottingham Forest team news: Three missing

Veteran striker Chris Wood is steadily progressing in his recovery but still has some way to go, while goalkeeper John Victor is out for the season.

Nicolo Savona is being kept out of action while a decision is made as to whether surgey is required on his knee.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sels; Sels, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Sangare, Anderson; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Jesus

Unavailable: Victor (Injured), Savona (Injured), Wood (Injured)

Questionable:

Crystal Palace team news: Personnel crisis worsens

The Palace squad was already down to its bare bones without taking into account Adam Wharton's suspension and Justin Devenny's recent injury.

To make matters worse, Oliver Glasner is choosing to leave Jean-Philippe Mateta out of this fixture, with the striker the subject of intense transfer speculation.

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Riad; Munoz, Lerma, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Pino; Johnson

Unavailable: Sosa (Injured), Kporha (Injured), Cardines (Injured), Wharton (Suspended), Doucoure (Injured), Kamada (Injured), Devenny (Injured), Nketiah (Injured), Mateta (Out of favour)

Questionable: Clyne (Injured)

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace prediction

Nottingham Forest are competing well on all fronts right now and have collected seven points from their last three Premier League games.

Sean Dyche's men followed up their 0-2 victory at Brentford last weekend with a 4-0 win over Ferencvaros in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, as they concluded their league phase commitments.

Injury-hit Crystal Palace are struggling for results right now and are currently winless in their last 11 games across all competitions.

It is eight without a win in the Premier League for the Seagulls, who have slipped down into a somewhat precarious position in the table.

The form book very much points towards a Forest victory here, and with Palace missing some key firepower, a win to nil could be on the cards.

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace tip: Nottingham Forest to win to nil

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