Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Nottingham Forest face Crystal Palace in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace have won just one of their last nine league games against Nottingham Forest (D3 L5), with this their first meeting since a 2-2 draw in December 2012.
Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace
As for Palace, Vieira makes six alterations to the team that lost on penalties to Newcastle. Johnstone, who kept a clean sheet in the cup, makes way for Guaita who takes his regular Premier League spot. In the defence, there is a change at centre-back, with Andersen coming in for Tomkins. Playing as wing-backs on either side of a three-man defence in the previous match, Clyne and Mitchell revert to full-backs in a defensive four. As a result, Ward is replaced by Schlupp, with the Ghanaian going into the midfield. He is part of a trio alongside Eze and Doucoure who are preferred ahead of Milivojevic and Hughes. Zaha, who scored and assisted against West Ham, also starts, leading the attack instead of Mateta.
Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace
Forest make five changes to the team that beat Tottenham in the EFL Cup. Rested during the week, Henderson returns in the goalkeeping position, replacing Hennessey. The defence remains the same, with two alterations in the midfield. After getting sent off during the week, Orel Mangala comes out of the team alongside O'Brien, with Kouyate and Freuler starting. In the attack, Gibbs-White and Johnson take the place of Awoniyi and Surridge who drop to the bench.
Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Joel Ward, Odsonne Edouard, Luka Milivojevic, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Will Hughes, Jairo Riedewald, Sam Johnstone, Malcolm Ebiowei, James Tomkins.
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