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Premier League · Sat 8 May 2027 · The City Ground

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Key storylines

  • Nottingham Forest (19th) host Crystal Palace (18th)
  • Nottingham Forest without a home win in 4
  • Nottingham Forest without a win in 5
  • 4 of the last 6 meetings were draws
  • Both sides missing players: 2 for Nottingham Forest, 4 for Crystal Palace

Match info

Competition
Premier League
Gameweek
35
Date
Sat 8 May 2027
Kick-off
16:00 (BST)
Venue
The City Ground
Season
2026-27

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Nottingham Forest

LLLDL

Crystal Palace

DWLLL

This season's last five, oldest first.

Head to head

1Nottingham Forest wins4Draws1Crystal Palace wins

Last 6 meetings

The numbers per game

Nottingham ForestMeasureCrystal Palace
0.67Goals scored1.00
1.33Goals conceded2.33
1.66Expected goals (xG)1.24
1.05xG against2.15
0.67Points per game0.78
1Clean sheets1
19Yellow cards13
16.9Shots9.9
3.4On target3.4
48%Possession42%
4.7Corners3.1
14.0Fouls10.2
2.0Offsides2.5
Delap 2.7Top xGMateta 2.0
Gibbs-WhitePenalty takerMateta

This season's matches before this one (Statorium); xG by Opta via Fantasy Premier League. The xG table

Team news

Nottingham Forest

  • Igor JesusInjuredCalf injury - Unknown return date
  • SavonaInjuredKnee injury - Unknown return date
  • DominguezDoubtful (75%)Muscular injury - 75% chance of playing

Crystal Palace

  • MatetaSuspendedSuspended until 2 Dec
  • Strand LarsenDoubtful (75%)Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing
  • TimberDoubtful (75%)Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing
  • Chadi RiadInjuredKnee injury - Unknown return date
  • TomiyasuInjuredCalf injury - Expected back 8 Nov
  • UcheUnavailablehas returned to Getafe CF
  • SarrInjuredGroin injury - Expected back 8 Nov

Injuries and doubts: Fantasy Premier League's notes. Bans: from our card data by the FA's standard punishments. All suspensions

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