Crystal palace has been doing well to get a draw in big games lately and the Nothingham Forest match wasn't an exception, Forest are quite far from their excellent performance this season.
I guess we can say no EPL team were able to stay really consistent throughout this season in the EPL.
Chelsea is the only chance Nottingham Forest has because they would be depending on the losing of Chelsea but if Chelsea did not loss then all hope is gone for them, and at the same time if Nottingham forest loss again there wouldn't be reliance from Chelsea because one lost will not be a down for Chelsea, the whole situation about Nottingham forest is always hard because they're locking themselves, however the hope they have start on the Europa were they might be the best and will not suffer because even now they are more than all the Europa clubs and they will also be than all again.
Chelsea will likely not lose their game against Newcastle, though I understand that the game will be a very tough one since Newcastle and Chelsea are currently sharing the same number of points, any of the club that manages to win in their coming encounter will advance to the upper rank..
The match won't be easy if I should say how I really feel about this, and that Chelsea beat Liverpool last weekend isn't even a thing to consider because I still believe that Liverpool purposely didn't want to give their A game against Chelsea, else, they(Liverpool) would have won, but Chelsea's morale is high from that win, and if they face Newcastle with that energy, they (Chelsea) will surely win..
So in essence, if Nottingham forest is depending on Chelsea's loss to make it to the top 5 or 4, they likely will fail.