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Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest Prediction and Match Preview

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest Prediction and Match Preview

Steffen Schmidt - May 11, 2023

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest
English Premier League
Date: 13 May 2023, Saturday
Kick-off at 15:00 UK / 16:00 CET
Venue: Stamford Bridge (London).

Frank Lampard finally celebrated the inaugural win in his second spell at Stamford Bridge last weekend when Chelsea dispatched Bournemouth 1-3 on the road.

The Blues have thus ended a horrible six-loss thread across competitions. More importantly, the team scored three goals for the first time since mid-March and a 1-3 victory at Leicester.

Chelsea will be hoping to back up the win at the Vitality on Saturday afternoon when they play host to relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest in Gameweek No 26 at the Stamford Bridge.

The visitors are in desperate need for points, being on the brink of the red zone with just three games left to play.

However, one can hardly back them in the capital knowing about their horrendous record on travels.

Steve Cooper’s men look like a completely different team when they play at The City Ground and on the road.

Nottingham Forest have 1 win, 3 draws, and 13 losses in 18 away outings this season with a terrible goal difference of 8-41 in the process.

This will be the music to the ears of Joao Felix who has finally notched his third Chelsea goal after a lengthy break from scoring. We expect Atletico Madrid’s loanee to start on Saturday and he is well worth backing as the anytime goalscorer in given circumstances.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest Head-to-head

Chelsea will go into this on the back of six wins and a draw in the previous seven encounters with the Reds.
However, Nottingham Forest did keep the Blues to a 1-1 stalemate in the return game played at the start of the year at The City Ground.
We did not see three or more goals in any of the previous three head to head affairs.