A fixture that could have been this year’s FA Cup final in an alternate reality, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest collide in Monday’s Premier League offering at Selhurst Park.
While the Eagles soared into this year’s showpiece by trouncing Aston Villa 3-0 last weekend, the Tricky Trees’ 2-0 loss to Manchester City in the semi-finals denied them a date with destiny against Palace.
Nuno Espirito Santo‘s men now have even more mistakes to rectify on Monday, having been beaten for the fourth time in five games on Thursday evening, going down 2-0 to Brentford in another bitter blow to their chances of securing Champions League football.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 68
Crystal Palace wins: 16
Draws: 22
Nott’m Forest wins: 30
To say that Nottingham Forest have been one of Crystal Palace’s bogey teams down the years would be a bit of an understatement, as the Tricky Trees are remarkably yet to lose to the Eagles in the Premier League.
From nine meetings overall in the competition, the Garibaldi have emerged victorious four times while playing out five draws, making Palace the opponent they have faced the most times without ever losing in the Premier League.
At the same time, the London club have unsurprisingly never faced another team in the competition without ever managing a single win, and they have prevailed in just 16 of their 68 meetings down the years.
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest have 30 successes to their name against Crystal Palace, and the two clubs have shaken hands on a draw 22 times, including in three straight Premier League games from May 2023 to March 2024.
That streak of stalemates was snapped in October 2024, when the Garibaldi prevailed 1-0 over their capital counterparts courtesy of a Chris Wood strike, one that helped extend Forest’s unbeaten streak in this fixture to eight matches.
In fact, not since the 2011-12 Championship season have Crystal Palace managed to come out on the correct end of the scoreline against Nottingham Forest, when Glenn Murray‘s strike was enough for a 1-0 win at the City Ground.
The Eagles have to go even further back to December 2003 for their most recent home victory over Forest, when Andy Johnson scored the only goal in a 1-0 success, but the wait for that elusive Premier League win is still ongoing.
Furthermore, Palace have never beaten Forest by more than three goals, whereas the Garibaldi have won by five goals on two occasions, 6-1 in a 1951 Division Three South game and 5-0 in a 1989 League Cup tie.
Last 20 meetings
Oct 21, 2024: Nott’m Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Mar 30, 2024: Nott’m Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Oct 07, 2023: Crystal Palace 0-0 Nott’m Forest (Premier League)
May 28, 2023: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott’m Forest (Premier League)
Nov 12, 2022: Nott’m Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Dec 29, 2012: Nott’m Forest 2-2 Crystal Palace (Championship)
Sep 18, 2012: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott’m Forest (Championship)
Mar 31, 2012: Crystal Palace 0-3 Nott’m Forest (Championship)
Dec 10, 2011: Nott’m Forest 0-1 Crystal Palace (Championship)
May 07, 2011: Crystal Palace 0-3 Nott’m Forest (Championship)
Dec 18, 2010: Nott’m Forest 3-0 Crystal Palace (Championship)
Mar 23, 2010: Nott’m Forest 2-0 Crystal Palace (Championship)
Oct 24, 2009: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott’m Forest (Championship)
Oct 28, 2008: Crystal Palace 1-2 Nott’m Forest (Championship)
Oct 04, 2008: Nott’m Forest 0-2 Crystal Palace (Championship)
Mar 13, 2004: Nott’m Forest 3-2 Crystal Palace (Division One)
Dec 13, 2003: Crystal Palace 1-0 Nott’m Forest (Division One)
Feb 08, 2003: Nott’m Forest 2-1 Crystal Palace (Division One)
Nov 09, 2002: Crystal Palace 0-0 Nott’m Forest (Division One)
Dec 20, 2001: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott’m Forest (Division One)
Last nine Premier League meetings
Oct 21, 2024: Nott’m Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Mar 30, 2024: Nott’m Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Oct 07, 2023: Crystal Palace 0-0 Nott’m Forest (Premier League)
May 28, 2023: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott’m Forest (Premier League)
Nov 12, 2022: Nott’m Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Apr 29, 1995: Crystal Palace 1-2 Nott’m Forest (Premier League)
Jan 02, 1995: Nott’m Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Mar 03, 1993: Nott’m Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Nov 21, 1992: Crystal Palace 1-1 Nott’m Forest (Premier League)
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