Selhurst Park weather

    Live weather and game-time forecast for Selhurst Park, with kickoff conditions for every Crystal Palace home match.

    Home team: Crystal Palace
    London
    Capacity: 25,486

    Game-time forecast at Selhurst Park

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    The next English Premier League game at Selhurst Park is Nottingham Forest at Crystal Palace, Sunday 11 October at 2:00 pm venue time. Live conditions at the ground are briefly unavailable — the reading refreshes on its own.

    Next match at Selhurst Park: Palace v Forest

    Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest weather at Selhurst Park

    Crystal Palace host Nottingham Forest at Selhurst Park on Sunday 11 October at 2:00 pm venue time.

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    Live readings are context only. The game-time read uses the forecast at kick-off.

    Why Selhurst Park plays differently

    Selhurst Park is hemmed in by houses and four close stands, which makes it one of the more wind-sheltered pitches in the league despite its age. South London is mild and relatively dry, so weather rarely becomes the story here — winter rain is the main variable, and it tends to speed the pitch up rather than slow it down.

    Game-time weather read

    No fixture is scheduled at Selhurst Park yet. The game-time weather read is written automatically 3 hours before kick-off once a match is on the calendar.

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    Upcoming games at Selhurst Park

    • Nottingham Forest at Crystal PalaceSun, 11 Oct, 2:00 pm venue time
    • Newcastle United at Crystal PalaceSun, 25 Oct, 2:00 pm venue time

    Last games at Selhurst Park: conditions vs total

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    Selhurst Park weather FAQs

    Usually not at pitch level. The stands sit close and the surrounding streets break up airflow, so the pitch stays calmer than the London forecast suggests.

    Modern drainage means rain mostly makes the surface slick and quick. League-wide our 6,120-match study found rain does not significantly change goal totals.

    All kickoff times on this page are shown in UK local time (Europe/London), which is GMT in winter and BST in summer.

    About this page

    Selhurst Park weather is updated live and produces a game-time forecast read for every home fixture. The page uses one permanent URL for the ground; match-up details rotate as the schedule changes, so search results always point to current conditions. Our own studies of 6,120 English Premier League matches found rain, wind and temperature all leave goal totals statistically unchanged, so these pages stay honest: conditions and context, not exaggerated edge claims.

    What the research says

    The published studies behind the read on this page at Selhurst Park. Every figure is season-adjusted, with sample sizes and t-statistics shown.

    • English Premier League Rain & Goals

      Rain does not lower English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches since 2010 the season-adjusted gap against dry matches is +0.06 goals (t = 1.15), and wet matches go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = 1.61). A published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour weather at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Wind & Goals

      Wind does not lower English Premier League scoring. Matches in 20–30 km/h of kickoff wind sit -0.03 goals from calm matches of the same season (t = -0.52), and go Over 2.5 within noise of the closing odds (z = -0.50). Another published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Temperature & Goals

      Temperature does not move English Premier League scoring. Matches below 5°C sit +0.03 season-adjusted goals from the mild control (t = 0.46), and matches at 20°C or warmer sit -0.03 (t = -0.30). A third published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour temperature at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

    • English Premier League Rain, Wind & Goals

      Rain and wind together do not move English Premier League scoring. Across 1,451 wet matches the season-adjusted gap from the dry-and-calm control is +0.08 goals (t = 1.28); the wet-and-windy subset is +0.03 goals (t = 0.37). A fourth published null.

      6,120 league matches, 2010-11 to 2026-27, every one with kickoff-hour rainfall and wind at the stadium's own coordinates and closing Over/Under 2.5 odds

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