That’s all from me. Thanks for reading, and for your emails. Congrats to Forest, commiserations to Palace. Below is the updated league table. Until next time! Peter Lansley"s match report from the City Ground Looking at Wood’s goal again, it really is an absolutely stinking attempt at a save from Henderson. The Palace keeper, who started for England last week remember, got to the ball quite easily, but allowed the ball to creep under his forearm. Eeeeeeesh. Wood speaks to the cameras: We know we needed a home win. Thankfully we got it. We know how good [Gibbs-White and Ward-Prowse] are but we showed we’ve got great quality in the squad. I was unlucky in the first half with a couple of chances but you’ve just got to keep going. There’s always going to be another opportunity. I don’t score many from outside the box. I was just trying to hit it and hit the target. I think it trickled under Dean’s arm there. He’s asked about his celebration, which was the classic ball-under the jumper/thumb in mouth one. My wife and I found out we are expecting a baby girl a couple of days ago, so [the celebration] was a way of announcing that to the world. Peter Oh emails: “In a modern football twist on rock, paper, scissors, Forest wins this contest by ‘Wood beats Crystal’” Chris Wood is good. And I’m told he is a popular fantasy league pick, so there will be some happy neutrals tonight as well. I wrote this on the striker back in August. Chris Wood scored 15 goals (zero penalties) last season for Nottingham Forest. There is no doubt that they would be a Championship side without him, as Forest survived on 32 points last season, the lowest-ever safety total in the Premier League. In April, Opta crowned Wood the most clinical player in Europe, converting nearly 40% of his chances in 2023-24, which was also by far the best rate since their Premier League records began in 2003-04. Full-time: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace Chris Wood proves the matchwinner! Forest’s first home victory of the season, without Morgan Gibbs-White! 90+7 min: Palace have not been battered in any of their league games this season – three of their four defeats have been by a single goal – and this looks like it’s going to be the case again today. 90+5 min: Yellow card for Munoz, who catches Dominguez in Palace territory. 90+3 min: Chalobah swings in a hopeful but decent cross towards Mateta, and the Frenchman heads high and wide from around the penalty spot. 90+2 min: It’s all Palace now. Forest are defending deep, with Palace getting the ball wide. Forest repel the crosses, for now. 90 min: Seven minutes added on. Plenty of time for Palace to get an equaliser. 89 min: Sarr releases Agbinone on the left and the substitute cuts the ball back to Eze on the edge. No Premier League player has taken more shots this season from outside the area than Eze, and Dominguez sprints out to make a brilliant block on the Palace man as he pulls the trigger. Great energy from the Argentinian. 88 min: Palace make a final change: Agbinone, another academy graduate on for Kamada, who has been quite poor. 86 min: Forest are playing well here. Managing the game well in Palace’s half. Showing intent, but also valuing possession of the football to frustrate Palace. Williams and Jota Silva have looked lively since coming on. 84 min: Nasty clash of heads leaves Hudson-Odoi on the deck. The winger isn’t going to be able to continue and gets to his feet gingerly after some treatment. Replaced by Ramon Sosa. Awoniyi is also coming on for the goalscorer, Chris Wood. 82 min: Palace are finally beginning to mobilise after going behind. Mateta makes himself useful in winning a couple of 50/50s in Forest’s box. He cuts the ball back to Schlupp, who digs out a curler through a crowd of bodies towards goal. Sels sees it late but springs to his right and somehow turns the ball behind. Great save, that Schlupp effort was destined for … you guessed it … the Top Bin. 81 min: Mateta has barely had a kick since coming on but gets to the byline and digs out a cross to the near post, where Sels collects. Nobody in yellow was willing to gamble on that cross. 79 min: Some subs to keep you updated with. Forest: Elliot Anderson and Alex Moreno are off for Neco Williams and Morato. Palace: Schlupp and Ismaila Sarr replace Will Hughes and Tyrick Mitchell. 77 min: More good work from Anderson, who is my pick for the player of the match so far. The Forest man plays a neat one-two, leaves Lacroix on the deck before Guehi clears the danger. 75 min: “Interesting that you write ‘The Top Bin’ in describing Eze’s shot” emails Gary Naylor. “I always thought ‘Top Bins’ was the generic term for what used to be the ‘Top Corner’ and not a plural in the sense of a ‘Top (left) Bin’ and a ‘Top (right) Bin’. Is Susie Dent available at all?” I always thought that the origin of the term came from Soccer AM, the Saturday morning football show, in which contestants and guests would literally shoot towards a bin in the top left and top right of the goal. So fairly sure I’m right in saying that a singular top bin is fine. 73 min: Since the goal has gone in, it’s Forest that are pressing for a second, rather than Palace pushing for an equaliser. 72 min: A neat lay-off from Wood releases Anderson, and the midfielder shoots at goal. It takes a deflection off Guehi and Henderson is forced to react and save with his right boot. 70 min: Bit of housekeeping, Dominguez has been booked, although I’m not certain what for. Some are suggesting it was for kicking the ball away, although he did so from a Forest free kick … hmmm. 69 min: Palace make an immediate change: Mateta on for Nketiah, who I think is unfortunate to come off. Nketiah certainly thinks so, swearing and looking to the heavens as he slumps in his seat in the dugout. 67 min: Wood is just the third Forest player to score 20 Premier League goals, after Stan Collymore and Brian Roy. GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace (Wood 65) A goal out of nothing! Forest lump a hopeful ball forward, Wood latches onto a loose ball outside the box and shoots early, squeezing the ball in at the near post past a despairing Henderson. Replays show that it’s a bit of a goalkeeping howler from the former Forest man, with the ball going under Henderson’s elbow at the near post! Forest don’t care one bit, of course. 63 min: Forest make a change: Elanga off for Jota Silva. 62 min: “Re your David James video”, emails James Humphries, “to repurpose one of Big Nev’s all-timers: well done, David, they’re about 15 between them?” 60 min: So nearly a goal-of-the-season contender from Eze! But an absolutely magnificent save save from Sels denies the Palace man from range. Eze had hit a shot from a full 30 yards out, with the ball flying towards the top bin, but Sels just got a fingertip on it to turn it onto the bar and behind! What a shot, what a save! 58 min: Yates goes down right on the edge of Palace’s box under a challenge from Kamada, but the referee waves play on! Palace break, with Nketiah striving away from Anderson in midfield. The Forest man takes matters into his own hands, brings Nketiah down and takes his booking. 57 min: Delighted to say this game has got its mojo back. Woof. 55 min: Palace’s best move of the match! Nketiah sends Murillo to the shops with a neat stepover on the left flank, drives to the byline. The striker ignores a free Munoz at the back post, instead cutting the ball back to Hughes on the penalty spot, but Moreno makes a stupendous sliding block on the blonde Palace No 19. Great tackle, and an important one, Hughes’ fierce shot looked goalbound. 54 min: Chance for Palace! Munoz swings in a better crosss, Eze volleys towards goal! It’s a bit of a scuffed effort but still forces Sels into a save, the rebound falls kindly to Kamada, who has the whole goal at his mercy from five yards out … but the Japanese only knees the ball down into Sels again. Double save! Replays show that Kamada was offside, so the rebound wouldn’t have counted, but it was still some miss! 51 min: Better from Palace, who are smoothly moving it through midfield but can’t find the final pass. First Hughes plays a loose ball, then Munoz swings a wild cross over everyone after some promising touches. Glasner, on the sidelines, roars encouragement from the Palace dugout, clapping his hands willingly. 49 min: “I’m rarely as conscious of being haplessly addicted to the beautiful game as when I spend a