Premier League · Matchday 6 Match report

Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Crystal Palace

3-1Full time

Nottingham Forest

Sunday 11 October 2026, 13:00 UTC Selhurst Park, London

Our picks against the result

8 of 12 right

Result Crystal Palace win43% 3-1
Double chance Crystal Palace or draw (1X)72% 3-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.552% 4 goals
More corners Crystal Palace52% Nottingham Forest (5-8)
Yellow cards Around average 4 yellow cards · league 3.8
Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 3.5 Over54% 4.5 Under65% 5.5 Under80%
Corners Around average 13 corners · league 9.4
Corners 13 corners 8.5 Over59% 9.5 Under52% 10.5 Under63%

Match stats

Crystal Palace Nottingham Forest

3 Goals 1
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
5 Corners 8

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest comes to Selhurst Park on Sunday 11 October 2026 for Matchday 6 of the Premier League, and we back a home win, with Crystal Palace win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model leans towards a Crystal Palace win, mainly because they play at home and sit above the Premier League average in our strength rating, though Nottingham Forest are slightly ahead on that measure. The strongest argument against is Palace's recent attacking play: over their last five matches they have produced fewer shots and fewer touches in the opposition box than the league average. Forest also defend well, limiting opponents to below-average shot numbers and clearly fewer big chances. Palace still create big chances at an above-average rate, and at home against a side with four goals in five games that holds the pick. It is a narrow call.

Form guide

Crystal Palace

D 0-0 at Leeds United (A) Premier League · 20 Sep
W 4-0 vs Lech Poznań (H) Europa League · 17 Sep
L 2-3 vs Ipswich Town (H) Premier League · 12 Sep
W 3-0 vs Middlesbrough (H) EFL Cup · 8 Sep
W 3-2 at Fulham (A) Premier League · 5 Sep

Nottingham Forest

L 0-1 vs Coventry City (H) Premier League · 19 Sep
W 2-1 at Aston Villa (A) Premier League · 12 Sep
D 0-0 vs Tottenham Hotspur (H) Premier League · 5 Sep
D 2-2 at Liverpool (A) Premier League · 29 Aug
L 0-2 vs Leeds United (H) EFL Cup · 25 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Crystal PalaceNottingham Forest

Attack 26 42 1.2 goals per match this season0.8 goals per match this season

Defence 37 63 2.2 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Premier League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.