FA Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Chelsea - Nottingham Forest game

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 14:01 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Chelsea form and stats

Last season, Chelsea's FA Cup journey ended in the 5th round.

The story so far in the Premier League for Chelsea at their home stadium (Stamford Bridge) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. The Chelsea manager F. Lampard might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The home team returns to Stamford Bridge after sharing the points with Brighton & Hove Albion on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Arsenal with a 2-1 scoreline.

Everyone expects Chelsea to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found ten games: 8 home wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Chelsea have won with at least two goals margin 6 times in similar situations.

Chelsea has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round last season.

The visitors are W6-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Nottingham Forest are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Championship against Blackburn Rovers. Before that, Nottingham Forest secured a home win against Wigan Athletic with the score 1-0.

Nobody expects Nottingham Forest to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath seven times before, with the overall statistics of won 2, draw 4 and lost 1. When defeated, 0 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Nottingham Forest's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Nottingham Forest as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Chelsea 3 wins, 0 draws and Nottingham Forest 0 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
14 goals
ChelseaT. Abraham
T. Abraham
12 goals
ChelseaC. Pulisic
C. Pulisic
5 goals

Chelsea missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelsea Nottingham Forest
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
14 6   Won W   6 13
3 1   Drew D   4 6
8 6   Lost L   3 6
49 22   Scored S   19 35
32 16   Conceded C   16 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
80% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 68%
60% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 48%
28% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 24%
20% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 12%
64% 46%   BTTS BTTS   54% 44%
20% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 40%
16% 31%   Failed to Score F T   23% 20%
 
6.4 7.8   Corners For (avg) C F   3.9 5.2
3.4 2.4   Corners Against (avg) C A   7.8 6.4
1.9 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
0 0   Red Cards R C   1 1
 
425 253   Total Shots T S   150 317
148 86   Shots on Target S O   45 83
33% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 19 18 1 0 47 14 10 10 0 0 27 9 9 8 1 0 20 5 33 55
2 Leicester City 21 14 3 4 46 19 10 7 2 1 19 9 11 7 1 3 27 10 27 45
3 Manchester City 21 14 2 5 56 24 11 8 1 2 29 10 10 6 1 3 27 14 32 44
4 Chelsea 21 11 3 7 36 29 10 4 2 4 11 10 11 7 1 3 25 19 7 36
5 Manchester United 21 8 7 6 32 25 10 5 4 1 20 10 11 3 3 5 12 15 7 31
6 Tottenham Hotspur 21 8 6 7 36 30 10 6 2 2 21 10 11 2 4 5 15 20 6 30
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 7 9 5 30 27 10 4 4 2 16 14 11 3 5 3 14 13 3 30
8 Sheffield United 20 7 8 5 23 19 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 4 29
9 Crystal Palace 21 7 7 7 19 23 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 3 4 4 10 14 -4 28
10 Arsenal 21 6 9 6 28 30 11 4 4 3 17 17 10 2 5 3 11 13 -2 27
11 Everton 21 7 4 10 24 32 10 5 2 3 12 11 11 2 2 7 12 21 -8 25
12 Southampton 21 7 4 10 25 38 11 3 2 6 11 25 10 4 2 4 14 13 -13 25
13 Newcastle United 21 7 4 10 20 33 11 4 4 3 11 12 10 3 0 7 9 21 -13 25
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 6 6 9 25 29 11 4 4 3 15 12 10 2 2 6 10 17 -4 24
15 Burnley 21 7 3 11 24 34 11 5 0 6 14 17 10 2 3 5 10 17 -10 24
16 West Ham United 20 6 4 10 25 32 10 3 1 6 16 19 10 3 3 4 9 13 -7 22
17 Aston Villa 21 6 3 12 27 37 10 4 2 4 13 14 11 2 1 8 14 23 -10 21
18 AFC Bournemouth 21 5 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 10 14 11 3 1 7 10 18 -12 20
19 Watford 21 4 7 10 17 34 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 1 3 6 6 20 -17 19
20 Norwich City 21 3 5 13 22 41 11 2 3 6 17 25 10 1 2 7 5 16 -19 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

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