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Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest

40%Crystal Palace
29%Draw
31%Nottingham Forest

Crystal Palace, just.

Tested

Crystal Palace win about 40 times in 100. The other 60: a draw (29) or a Nottingham Forest win (31).

Forecast by Vesta, published Wednesday 30 September 2026, 13:25 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals49%
Both teams score55%
Expected goals1.4 v 1.2
Most likely score1-114% chance

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Crystal Palace5-3-1-15-2-2-1Nottingham Forest

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Forecast by Vesta

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast.

Shots13.012.9
Shots on target4.14.1
Corners4.84.6
Fouls10.611.3
Yellow cards1.61.8

What's at stake

Model estimate

The chance of each team finishing first, in the top four or in the bottom three: today, and in the simulated seasons where this match ends in each result.

What Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest changes for both teams
Team and chanceNowCrystal Palace winDrawNottingham Forest win
Crystal Palace
Top 4<1%1%<1%<1%
Bottom 327%20%28%34%
Nottingham Forest
Top 42%1%2%4%
Bottom 313%17%12%8%

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals92%
2 or more goals75%
3 or more goals49%
4 or more goals28%
5 or more goals13%

Exactly

0 goals8%
1 goal16%
2 goals26%
3 goals22%
4 goals15%
5 goals8%
6 or more goals5%

Goals by team

Tested
Crystal Palace: 1 or more76%
Crystal Palace: 2 or more41%
Crystal Palace: 3 or more17%
Nottingham Forest: 1 or more71%
Nottingham Forest: 2 or more35%
Nottingham Forest: 3 or more13%
Both teams score55%
At least one team does not score45%

Winning margin

Tested
Crystal Palace by 3 or more7%
Crystal Palace by 212%
Crystal Palace by 120%
Draw29%
Nottingham Forest by 118%
Nottingham Forest by 29%
Nottingham Forest by 3 or more4%

Result combinations

Tested
Crystal Palace win or draw69%
Either team wins (no draw)71%
Nottingham Forest win or draw60%

Clean sheets

Tested
Crystal Palace keep a clean sheet29%
Nottingham Forest keep a clean sheet24%
Crystal Palace win without conceding21%
Nottingham Forest win without conceding16%
No goals at all8%

The first goal

Model estimate
Crystal Palace score first50%
Nottingham Forest score first42%
No goals8%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1531%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Crystal Palace goals down, Nottingham Forest goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
08.37.55.32.20.70.2
18.913.87.53.10.90.2
27.08.65.62.20.70.2
33.34.12.51.10.30.1
41.21.50.90.40.1·
50.30.40.30.1··

Halves

Tested
A goal in the first half69%
A goal in the second half76%
Crystal Palace ahead at half-time32%
Level at half-time43%
Nottingham Forest ahead at half-time25%
Crystal Palace win the second half33%
Second half level39%
Nottingham Forest win the second half28%
More goals in the first half29%
More goals in the second half43%
Same goals in both halves27%

Half-time and full-time

Tested
Crystal Palace ahead at half-time, Crystal Palace win24%
Level at half-time, Crystal Palace win14%
Nottingham Forest ahead at half-time, Crystal Palace win2%
Crystal Palace ahead at half-time, draw6%
Level at half-time, draw18%
Nottingham Forest ahead at half-time, draw5%
Crystal Palace ahead at half-time, Nottingham Forest win2%
Level at half-time, Nottingham Forest win11%
Nottingham Forest ahead at half-time, Nottingham Forest win18%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
Crystal PalaceNottingham Forest

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Jørgen Strand Larsen6019%2%3%22%1.6
Eddie Nketiah bench3715%1%10%23%1.2
Anan Khalaili7513%<1%5%17%1.1
Yeremi Pino6212%<1%16%27%1.6
Jean-Philippe Mateta bench1311%<1%<1%11%0.5
Daichi Kamada909%<1%12%20%1.3
Tyrick Mitchell868%<1%7%15%0.7
Adam Wharton886%<1%17%23%1.4
Quinten Timber526%<1%3%9%0.8
Chris Richards906%<1%2%7%0.6
Jaydee Canvot726%<1%1%7%0.5
Dwight McNeil bench182%<1%2%5%0.4
Honest Ahanor bench182%<1%<1%3%0.2
Takehiro Tomiyasu382%<1%2%4%0.2
Evann Guessand bench102%<1%2%4%0.2
Axel Disasi bench282%<1%<1%3%0.2
Daniel Muñoz bench122%<1%2%4%0.2
Jefferson Lerma bench91%<1%1%2%0.1
Chadi Riad bench15<1%<1%1%2%0.1
Walter Benítez bench36<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Dean Henderson54<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Morgan Gibbs-White9025%4%13%35%2.0
Liam Delap5518%2%4%21%1.7
Igor Jesus bench5015%1%5%19%1.3
Dan Ndoye6610%<1%9%18%1.0
Xaver Schlager758%<1%6%14%0.9
James McAtee858%<1%15%21%1.4
Neco Williams905%<1%9%13%1.1
Daniel Muñoz bench415%<1%6%10%0.4
Chris Wood bench124%<1%<1%5%0.3
Murillo903%<1%3%6%0.5
Jair723%<1%2%5%0.4
Ibrahim Sangare bench202%<1%2%3%0.2
Ousmane Diomande bench332%<1%2%3%0.2
Ola Aina632%<1%2%3%0.4
Nikola Milenkovic54<1%<1%<1%2%0.2
Matz Sels90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0