Crystal Palace's concerning start to their Premier League campaign continued as Chris Wood's second-half strike powered Nottingham Forest to a 1-0 win on Monday. (More Football News)
Oliver Glasner's side are n🐻ow winless in their first eight league games of the 2024-25 campaign after a profligate showing ended in defeat at the City Ground.
Opportunities were aplenty in an enthralling first half as both sides were denied by the woodwork, whi🌱le Wood spurned ꦫa pair of golden opportunities from close range.
Yet Wood atoned for his first-half struggles after 65 minutes, h⛎owever, when Palace goalkeepe🐼r Dean Henderson failed to keep out a tame from the edge of the box.
Eberechi Eze and Eddie Nketiah both went close for Palace before that Wood ꦏwi💙nner, but Matz Sels was in inspired form to keep Glasner's Eagles at bay.
The narrow victory lifted battling Forest up to eighth in the table, while Palace sit 18th and a poi🌳nt adrift of Ipswich Town.
Data Debrief: Profligate Palace punished
൩This was the 150th Premier League game that Palace have failed to score in since returning to the division in 2013-14, which is 28 more than any other side in the same ti🎃meframe.
That was not for a lack of trying, though, as Glasner's side accumulated 1.12 expected goals (xG) to Forest's 1.62🥂.
But it was a familiar tale as Wood proved the difference – since the start of last season only Erlin༺g Haaland (12), Cole Palmer and Dominic Solanke (both nine) have scored more openers in the Premier League than the Forest striker's eight.
