Chris Wood strikes for Nottingham Forest to keep Crystal Palace winless

Crystal Palace's winless start to the season continued after Dean Henderson misjudged Chris Wood’s second-half strike to hand Nottingham Forest a 1-0 home win.

Forest picked up a first win since their 1-0 victory over Liverpool in September - and just their third at the City Ground in 2024 - to move level on points with seventh-placed Spurs while 18th-placed Palace’s wait for a win goes on.

Both sides were eager to snap those respective winless runs and were both denied by the woodwork – Eddie Nketiah’s long-range effort hit the bar before Ryan Yates watched his header bounce off a post to send the sides in goalless at the break.

The crossbar came to Forest’s rescue again in the second period as Matz Sels magnificently denied Eberechi Eze his first goal of the season but Henderson was left shaking his head as he miscalculated Wood’s volley which rolled under his dive and into the net.

Republic of Ireland defender Andrew Omobamidele was an unused substitute for the winners.

Forest landed themselves in hot water with the Football Association last week over comments about refereeing and Nuno Espirito Santo served the first of his three-game touchline ban while owner Evangelos Marinakis started his five-game stadium ban.

Nuno was forced to bring in Nicolas Dominguez and Anthony Elanga in for suspended duo Morgan Gibbs-White and James Ward-Prowse while Adam Wharton dropped to the bench for the first time this season in place of Will Hughes in Oliver Glasner’s attempt to end a seven-game winless run.

Nottingham Forest fans made their feelings known about the recent FA sanctions as heavy boos rang round the stadium to drown out the Premier League anthem.

Eze was still waiting to open his account for the season and came a whisker away