Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace round off the Premier League weekend when they face off at the City Ground on Monday night.
Forest have made a quietly impressive start to the season, losing just once across their opening seven top-flight contests of the campaign.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side battled their way to a hard-fought 1-1 draw away at Chelsea before the international break, in a game that brought up one of my player-based bets.
Back at their West Bridgford base on matchday eight, the Tricky Trees will be looking to return to winning ways when Crystal Palace come to town.
The Eagles have performed well below expectations this season so far, as they are still searching for their maiden league win of the campaign.
Oliver Glasner’s side slumped to a 1-0 defeat at home to Liverpool ahead of the international break, a setback that left them residing in the relegation zone.
How the bookies view it: Forest set for three points
Nottingham Forest are 13/10 favourites on Betano to bag what would be their first Premier League home win of the season on Monday night.
Crystal Palace are 2/1 outsiders on Betano as they bid to pocket their first three points of the season, while a City Ground stalemate has been priced up at 9/4 with the same oddsmaker.
Head to head: Another all square affair?
Each of the last three meetings between the pair have seen the spoils shared. It's also worth pointing out that Crystal Palace have failed to defeat Nottingham Forest in each of the last seven meetings between the duo across all competitions.
Players to watch: Trevoh to tackle his way into trouble?
Trevoh Chalobah committed two fouls during his debut for Crystal Palace against Liverpool two weeks ago. Thus, the Chelsea loanee, who could be up against flying Forest winger Anthony Elanga, looks a great option to give away at least one free-kick on Monday night at 10/11 on PaddyPower.
Chris Wood took his tally for the season to four when scoring against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge a fortnight ago. The Nottingham Forest forward is as big as 9/4 (Bet 365) to notch on Monday night.
Predicted line-ups
Nottingham Forest will be without midfielder James Ward-Prowse following his red card against Chelsea last time out.
Crystal Palace boss Glasner is hopeful that midfielder Cheick Doucoure could be in contention to return from injury against Nottingham Forest on Monday night.
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Clyne, Guehi, Chalobah; Lacroix, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell; Saar, Eze, Mateta
Anything else catch the eye?
Callum Hudson-Odoi holds plenty of appeal to register a minimum of one shot on target at even-money on UniBet on Monday night.
The Nottingham Forest forward has only started five league games this season so far, yet he has still managed to rack up four on-target efforts.
Hudson-Odoi has also attempted one or more shots in six of his overall seven top-flight appearances this term, making him worthy of support to work Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson at least once under the City Ground lights.
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