Wood heaps more misery on winless Palace


Chris Wood heaped more misery on a blunt Crystal Palace with the decisive goal in a scrappy 1-0 victory at the City Ground.

Despite Eberechi Eze and Eddie Nketiah’s best efforts – both hitting the woodwork – Oliver Glasner’s side were unable to unlock Forest’s stubborn backline, and have now picked up three points from their opening eight matches.

They are one of four Premier League teams – alongside Ipswich, Southampton and Wolves – yet to find a winning formula this season.

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Chris Wood opens the scoring for Nottingham Forest!

Eventual scorer Wood missed a hat-trick of chances before unleashing the winner, responsible for nearly all of Forest’s first-half xG value (1.15), going closest when connecting with Elliot Anderson’s teasing cross.

Dean Henderson will be disappointed not to have kept out Chris Wood's effort on his return to the City Ground
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Dean Henderson was at fault for allowing Chris Wood’s strike from distance to squirm beneath him

Ryan Yates hit the post from a looping header at one end, while Nketiah struck the frame of Matz Sels’ goal with a long-ranger at the other, but clear-cut chances continued to be at a premium.

A similar pattern continued after the break until Eze drew a wonderful fingertip save from Sels at full stretch, before Wood finally made persistence pay, his strike squeezing beyond a blundering Dean Henderson to earn Forest their first home win of the campaign.

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Matz Sels denies Eberechi Eze!

Wood has now scored seven of Forest’s last 10 league goals and five of their eight this season, to contrast with Palace’s obvious struggles in that department – since their top-flight return in 2013-14, they have failed to score in 150 games, 28 more than any other side.

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