Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Full Match 2025-26

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Full Match 2025-26.

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Full Match Highlights — Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Full Match 2025-26

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest Full Match Replay.
Full Match & Highlights Premier League 2025-2026

Full Match Highlights – Full Match Replay
English Commentary
August 24, 2025

Crystal Palace host Nottingham Forest in their Premier League opener at Selhurst Park this season, with both sides buoyed by impressive starts to the campaign. Crystal Palace have failed to win any of their ten previous Premier League meetings with Nottingham Forest (D6, L4) – both the most they’ve ever faced a side without winning, and the most Nottingham Forest have faced a side without losing in the competition.

Life as a Crystal Palace fan has rarely been better than over the past six months, as lifelong supporters saw their side finally win their first major honour with last season’s FA Cup triumph. They quickly followed that up by beating Liverpool in the Community Shield at Wembley, preceding a creditable goalless draw at Chelsea in their Premier League opener. That feel-good factor has been tempered by the seemingly imminent departure of the talismanic Eberechi Eze, meaning the Eagles’ current six-match unbeaten home league run could come under pressure here (W4, D2).

Nottingham Forest should provide them with a very tough test if their opening day performance is anything to go by, as they easily dispatched Brentford 3-1 thanks to a trio of first-half goals at the City Ground. That made it one defeat in five Premier League games for the Tricky Trees (W2, D2), and there is further reason for optimism given that their previous two away wins came in the capital. Should they triumph over the Eagles, then Nottingham Forest would have won their opening two matches of a top-flight campaign for the first time since 1987/88.

Five of Crystal Palace’s last seven Premier League matches have ended in draws (W2). Eleven of Crystal Palace’s last 15 home league games saw both teams score. Only Liverpool (11) won more away Premier League games last season than Nottingham Forest (10). Three of the last four league goals Nottingham Forest have conceded have come after the 75th minute.

Ismaïla Sarr has recorded seven direct goal contributions across his last eight outings for Crystal Palace (G4, A3), while his last goal on home soil proved to be the winner against Ipswich in March. Chris Wood struck a brace for Nottingham Forest in their opening day win over Brentford, and has netted two goals across his last three H2Hs.

Crystal Palace have a number of injury concerns, among them Eddie Nketiah who missed the match against Chelsea, while Nicolas Dominguez was absent from Nottingham Forest’s win over Brentford with a knee problem.