On a quiet Wednesday dawn, a high-profile Premier League fixture took place on the green at Bradenton, with Bradenton and Nottingham Forest battling to a 0-0 draw. Nottingham Forest, the newly promoted team of this season, suffered from a nine-game winless streak in the league. According to the analysis of the famous soccer statistics organization OPTA, the probability of their relegation is as high as 84.85%, and it seems that they will return to the Championship next season.
After 23 years, Nottingham Forest returned to the Premier League, and the club made massive reinforcements this summer, signing more than twenty players, including midfielder Lian Ger, who transferred from Manchester United. However, the team's performance has never recovered, with only 1 win, 3 draws and 7 losses in 11 Premier League matches, scoring 7 goals and conceding 23, with the only win coming from a defeat against Westham.
Although Nottingham Forest are currently one point ahead of relegation zone leaders Leicester City, this prediction seems reasonable considering that Leicester City have played one game less and could overtake them at any time, and Forest are widely regarded as the favorites to be relegated.
In another Premier League match on the same day, Crystal Palace came back from a one-goal deficit to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at home thanks to second-half goals from Ibrahim Ibrahim and Wafet Shah. Wolverhampton Wanderers have lost 4 of their last 5 league matches, and the situation is also not optimistic.
