Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace: Premier League – live | Premier League

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Alex Moreno, Yates, Dominguez, Elanga, Anderson, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
Subs: Boly, Sosa, Jota Silva, Toffolo, Omobamidele, Awoniyi, Williams, Morato, Carlos Miguel.

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Lacroix, Guehi, Chalobah, Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell, Kamada, Eze, Nketiah.
Subs: Matthews, Ward, Sarr, Mateta, Schlupp, Clyne, Wharton, Kporha, Agbinone.

We are seven games into the season and still no one knows what these teams are or where they will end up. Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace could both finish in the top half or be slightly relegated come May 2025, and most people would just shrug their shoulders and think: “Yeah, that makes sense.”

Palace finished last season like a train under Oliver Glasner, with Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze and Adam Wharton all under the Austrian coach. But this time Olise is out, Eze is completely out of shape and Wharton, struggling with a groin injury sustained at the European Championships in the summer, has not yet found the form or fitness that will take him into the latest 'Golden Boy” list. New signings Maxence Lacroix and Eddie Nketiah are talented but have so far failed to fill the gaps left by Joachim Andersen and (whisper it) Jordan Ayew. But the truth is that Glasner, along with the rest of us, is still trying to figure out what's wrong.

Forest is another mystery. A very mediocre home form and excellent away form (four games, including a win at Anfield and Southampton and draws at Chelsea and Brighton) mean that Nuno Espírito Santo's side could move up to eighth place with a win tonight.

Any victory will be without their talisman Morgan Gibbs-White (who is suspended for his red card against Brighton), coach Nuno (who is suspended for the first of three games for his reaction to that red card) and a stadium ban for owner Evangelos Marinakis ( who was found guilty of inappropriate behavior after Forest's defeat to Fulham in September).

Still, the City Ground is always fun under the lights, especially with Big Chris Wood at the helm. Spirits are high in the East Midlands. Join us kick-off at 8pm BST. I have absolutely no idea what will happen.