📊 Form Guide

Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 Premier League triumph against West Ham United.

In that game, Nottingham Forest managed 39% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Nottingham Forest, the scorers were Morgan Gibbs-White (11') and Nikola Milenković (61'). West Ham United got 16 shots on goal with 5 on target. Jarrod Bowen (86') was the scorer for West Ham United.

It’s not been often in recent times that Nottingham Forest have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Nottingham Forest have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals during that time. That kind of trend might not be continued into this game, however.

Looking at their past form shows that Nottingham Forest:

• have left without a victory over Chelsea in their last 2 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.

Chelsea

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Chelsea head into the clash following on from a 1-0 Premier League win with the downing of Manchester United in their last fixture.

In that game, Chelsea managed 47% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chelsea was Marc Cucurella (71'). Manchester United got 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

A sequence of reliable showings by the Chelsea defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 outings combined. In that time, their own forwards have managed to score 10.

Going into this encounter, Chelsea haven't been defeated by Nottingham Forest in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 05/01/2020 shows that Nottingham Forest have won 1 of these and Chelsea 2, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 for The Reds and 9 netted by The Blues. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league contest between the two was Premier League match day 7 on 06/10/2024 when it ended Chelsea 1-1 Nottingham Forest.

That day, Chelsea had 67% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 on target. Their only player to score was Noni Madueke (57').

At the other end, Nottingham Forest had 16 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Chris Wood (49') was the scorer.

The referee was Chris Kavanagh.

🗞️ Team News: Nottingham Forest

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Nottingham Forest gaffer Nuno Espírito Santo to contend with from a near full-strength group. Taiwo Awoniyi (coma) is out of contention.

It’s our opinion that The Reds will possibly make use of the 4-3-1-2 system for this one, utilising Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Neco Williams, Nicolas Dominguez, Ibrahim Sangare, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood and Anthony Elanga.

📋 Team News: Chelsea

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has not got a full squad to pick from. Christopher Nkunku (Knock), Omari Kellyman (surgery), David Datro Fofana (Knee injury) and Wesley Fofana (surgery) can’t be considered.

We believe The Blues could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho and Pedro Neto.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Nottingham Forest will really need to work well to find the net against this Chelsea lineup who we think will get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re therefore seeing a highly competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Chelsea when all is said and done.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Andre Moura, 14:01 25/05/2025