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Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest brings Gameweek 35 to a close this evening.

Kick-off at Selhurst Park is at 20:00 BST.

Palace boss Oliver Glasner assured us that he was going to go strong with his starting XIs in the run-up to the FA Cup final in his pre-match press conference on Friday.

He’s been as good as his word this evening, naming an unchanged side from the one that beat Aston Villa 3-0 at Wembley just over a week ago.

Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has made two changes from his side’s 2-0 defeat by Brentford on Thursday.

One is enforced as Callum Hudson-Odoi misses out with a hamstring issue.

Ryan Yates also drops to the bench as Nicolas Dominguez and Ibrahim Sangare come into the side.

Both sides have aspirations of European football next season, although Palace’s best hope of UEFA Europa League football is likely through winning the FA Cup and Forest’s pursuit of a UEFA Champions League qualification place is faltering.

Even a win for the Eagles tonight would still leave them five points adrift of eighth place.

Forest, meanwhile, will still be outside the top five even with a victory this evening (unless it’s 10-1!), although will at least be level on points with Newcastle United and Chelsea above them.

LINE-UPS

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.

Subs: Matthews, Lerma, Nketiah, Franca, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Chilwell, Devenny.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Anderson, Sangare, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Wood.

Subs: Miguel, Morato, Awoniyi, Toffolo, Silva, Yates, Sosa, Danilo, Boly.



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  1. The Red Devil
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Who'll take the pen for palace?
    Just give it to Munoz

    1. Goodfeathers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Eze

  2. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    and a booking 🙁 ffs sels been bad recently

  3. The Red Devil
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Oh damn it's eze

  4. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Ffs why couldn't Matera take it...

    1. Crystal Alice
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Missed pen at Wembley

  5. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Goal Eze

  6. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    eze g
    mitchell a

  7. Crystal Alice
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Missed at Wembley

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Oh yes of course...

  8. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Yesss Mitchell over Munoz punt finally gives something back

  9. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Double whammy - Eze non owner and Forest defence owner

  10. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Sell Salah or Saka for Mbeumo?

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Are people really selling Salah? I thought it was a joke.

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 20 days ago

        Playa Del Pool

      2. Mother Farke
        • 1 Year
        7 months, 20 days ago

        Leaves money ITB for...

        *loads*

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      no one else to sell? arsenal lose to psg midweek, would want to keep saka

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 20 days ago

        Might take a hit Mateta/Sarr to get Mbeumo

  11. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Mitchell A, Eze G

  12. Here is Cash, give McGinn
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Big goal in top 5 race. Cant see Forest scoring twice here

    1. Here is Cash, give McGinn
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Fk

  13. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Eze 😎

    1. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Bosh!

  14. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Mateta not even taking a pen, what a useless block

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Of course the guy I’m chasing has Eze, had enough of this season

      1. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
        • 5 Years
        7 months, 20 days ago

        Same

  15. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    A Munoz goal will do nicely

    1. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      YC

    2. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      And he gets YC thanks

      1. Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 20 days ago

        And Concedes as well thanks

  16. Here is Cash, give McGinn
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Mateta more easier sell now since not on pens anymore

    But who in from the Ws?

    Wissa/Wood/Watkins?

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Anyone really

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      wissa

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Not wood imo

  17. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Forest chucking a season’s effort away when it matters the most.

  18. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    munoz yc damn

  19. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Munoz YC

  20. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Murillo G

  21. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    murillo g
    williams a

  22. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    shouldnt have benched neco

  23. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Neco yay!

  24. JBG
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Hahahaha Eze and Murillo goal. Get in!

  25. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Munoz and Milenkovic. Excellent

  26. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Me hoping for a 0-0 with Sels and Munoz playing
    Reality = 1-1 with both getting yellow cards
    This game..!

  27. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Well God damn my luck.
    1 defender from each team. 2 points maximum from those 2 players now.

    Gameweek from hell again

  28. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Been on the wrong side of palace's peno roulette every time this season
    Then munoz yellow and CS busted
    There's more bad than good in this game really

  29. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Game is a fraud

    1. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 20 days ago

      Its a joke if we're honest to ourselves.

  30. DropkickMurphys
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 20 days ago

    Shouldn’t it be an own goal? Couldn’t really see if it was initially on target though.