Key events
10 min: All a bit quiet so far, to be perfectly honest.
8 min: Edouard is definitely going for a cross, which suddenly turns into a scuffed shot looking to catch Turner dozing. But it flies over.
7 min: The ball nearly breaks nicely for Wood up front, but Palace quickly recover to snuff out any danger.
6 min: Palace dominating possession so far as Ayew tries to whip in a cross from the right – but nothing comes from it.
5 min: Sky bringing up a list of Palace’s injuries – Eze, Olise, Lerma among them. Tough beat for the hosts.
4 min: Palace knock it about before Guéhi goes long and finds Ayew, who holds it up well – but the end of the play is a goal-kick for Forest.
1 min: Forest work it to the right, where Aurier whips a decent-looking ball but Palace clear.
Schlupp kicks off for Palace. Here we go!
First, a minute of applause.
And we’re about to kick off. Palace in their red and blue stripes, Forest in those wavy sky-blue and white garms.
So that’s both sides missing key threats in attack. Fingers crossed we’ve still got a few goals coming in…
Steve Cooper says Awoniyi has picked up a groin injury which rules him out for “probably a month”.
Roy Hodgson speaks to Sky, first on his 400 games in Our League:
“I’m proud of course, it’s such a competitive league, it’s grown so much since I came back in 1997 at Blackburn Rovers so it’s been fantastic to have been a part of that journey and racked up so many games.”
On his lengthy injury list:
“We know what we’ve got to do, it is what it is, you can’t keep crying or bleating about it. It happens to all teams and I think our team to start the game is a strong one and if we can keep those guys on the field and if they can get through the 90 minutes without putting too much stress on our bench then I’m still confident we can do well.”
From Blackburn to Fulham, Liverpool to West Brom, Palace to Watford… and then back to Palace again. Well in, Roy.
Elsewhere, scenes at Old Trafford.
So three changes for Forest, with Toffolo, Wood and Gibbs-White in, Niakhaté, Awoniyi and Elanga out.
From the side that defeated Manchester United, there’s no Ward, Eze and Doucouré. Clyne, Riedewald and Édouard are in.
The teams
Crystal Palace: Johnstone, Clyne, Guéhi, Andersen, Mitchell, Hughes, Riedewald, Ayew, Schlupp, Édouard, Mateta
Subs: Matthews, Holding, Tomkins, Richards, Ozoh, Rak-Sakyi, Ebiowei, Ola-Adebomi, Raymond
Nottingham Forest: Turner, Aurier, Boly, Murillo, Toffolo, Sangaré, Mangala, Domínguez, Gibbs-White, Wood, Hudson-Odoi
Subs: Worrall, Williams, Kouyaté, Andrey Santos, Elanga, Yates, Vlachodimos, Origi, Montiel
Referee: Craig Pawson
Preamble
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to our coverage of Crystal Palace’s clash at home against Nottingham Forest. Palace had a more than decent day out at Old Trafford last Saturday, with Joachim Andersen belting a half-volley past André Onana for a 1-0 victory. Forest, on the other hand, settled for a point at home against Brentford after they went down to 10 men, Moussa Niakhaté sent off in the 56th minute.
The bad news for Palace: they’re without Eberechi Eze, who’s picked up a hamstring injury, the 25-year-old joining Michael Olise, another creative force, on the sidelines. Forest turned up in London last month and knocked over Chelsea; they’ll be eyeing up further joy in the capital.
Kick off is at 5.30pm BST – I’ll be here to keep you company all the way.