When Glasner took over at Selhurst Park in February 2024, Palace were 15th, having lost 10 of their previous 17 games under Roy Hodgson. <\/p>\n
Come the end of the season they finished 10th, winning six of their last seven games – beating Liverpool<\/a>, Manchester United<\/a> and Aston Villa<\/a>. <\/p>\n He utilised a back three, something he used with success at Frankfurt, but it is not something Glasner has immediately promised at Forest.<\/p>\n “We are not here to be Palace 2,” he said.<\/p>\n “The habits and the patterns are important, how to attack and defend, the spirit you create, to create a shared way of playing and understanding of what we want to do. <\/p>\n “I told the players I don’t know if we will play a back four or back three, we will get the players where they feel comfortable and it’s important they all play in their best positions. <\/p>\n “Get to know the players and find the right system but the patterns and the habits will be the same as at previous clubs.”<\/p>\n It feels, though, Glasner has the right players with Ola Aina and Neco Williams a perfect fit for wing-backs leaving Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic and Morato as the senior central defensive options. Zach Abbott is highly thought of but lacks top-flight experience.<\/p>\n Nuno toyed with a back three on occasion but it is not something this squad has regularly played. <\/p>\n In attack at Palace, Glasner inherited a forward line of Jean-Philippe Mateta, Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise. This time he has Chris Wood, Igor Jesus, Omari Hutchinson, Dan Nodye and Dilane Bakwa.<\/p>\n Add to that Morgan Gibbs-White and James McAtee, and he has the players to suit his style. Expect Glasner’s Forest to get up the pitch quicker. <\/p>\n His Palace side attacked the fastest (2.00 m\/s) of any side in the Premier League last season, with Forest 13th in that table (1.80).<\/p>\n Although Forest scored more goals and had more shots than Glasner’s Palace, they can still improve under him. <\/p>\n Both sides struggled to take chances as Forest created poor ones – only Burnley and Tottenham<\/a> created worse on average. Palace created good chances under Glasner but could not take them, ending the season with -17 xG. <\/p>\n Under four managers, Forest played the highest ratio of backwards passes in the Premier League last season, with 17.1% of their total, while Palace had the lowest score on that front, with just 14% of their 14,920 passes.<\/p>\n