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Hard-Fought Draw at City Ground: Nottingham Forest Holds Crystal Palace
Nottingham, England – In a match filled with emotion and controversy, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace drew 1-1 at the City Ground in a Premier League match corresponding to matchday 24 of the 2025 season.
The game began with an energetic Forest side, who took the lead early on in the 5th minute with a goal by M. Gibbs-White. However, the situation would become complicated for the home side near the end of the first half. A straight red card for N. Williams just before halftime left Nottingham Forest with ten men. Crystal Palace took advantage of the situation and equalized through a penalty goal by I. Sarr.
The second half saw Crystal Palace dominating possession of the ball (67% compared to Forest’s 33%), desperately seeking a winning goal. However, despite creating a greater number of scoring chances (14 total shots, 3 on target), the Forest defense, although under pressure, remained firm. The visiting team also engaged in a more aggressive game, receiving three yellow cards.
The match ended in a draw that leaves a bittersweet taste for both teams. Nottingham Forest, despite playing with ten men for much of the game, showed character and resilience, while Crystal Palace will regret not being able to take advantage of their numerical superiority and ball possession to take all three points.
Substitutions nottingham forest: at minute 45 N. Dominguez came in and Morato went out., at minute 46 M. Sels came in and A. Gunn went out., at minute 46 C. Hudson-Odoi came in and R. Yates went out., at minute 70 Igor Jesus came in and D. Ndoye went out.
Substitutions crystal palace: at minute 61 C. Riad came in and C. Uche went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Nottingham Forest
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