Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest pre-match info: Visitors in for a strenuous 90 minutes at Stamford Bridge

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

Chelsea are ready to contest Nottingham Forest in this Premier League match. All you can know about the game is here!

It's no vacation for neither Chelsea nor Nottingham Forest as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Chelsea form and stats

Only two Premier League home games for Chelsea so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Chelsea's previous match was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 against AFC Wimbledon. The home side are looking to build on that result. Madueke (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.24/10. Madueke scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 47 successful passes (of 55 total).

Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Luton Town in a game that was won 3-0.

Chelsea are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 4 and lost 2.

Early season league goal statistics from Chelsea's 2 home games: {4 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

No Premier League points yet away for Nottingham Forest, from their first 2 matches.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Carabao Cup home defeat versus Burnley with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, the Nottingham manager Cooper faced defeat when travelling to Manchester United and losing 2-3.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Nottingham Forest played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.

Nottingham Forest have the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Chelsea have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (4-2-0) when facing Nottingham Forest.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
3 goals
ChelseaR. Sterling
R. Sterling
2 goals
ChelseaC. Chukwuemeka
C. Chukwuemeka
1 goals

Chelsea missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Chelsea Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 1 2 3
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
5 4 3 Scored S 2 3 5
4 1 0 Conceded C 3 5 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 33%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.3 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4
3.7 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 11 9.5 8.7
2.7 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
15.3 14.5 19 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.5 10.3
5.3 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.3
31% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 50%
 
12 12 11 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.5 13.3
2.7 1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 8 6.3
Chelsea Last season Nottingham Forest
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 6   Won W   1 9
11 7   Drew D   5 11
16 6   Lost L   13 18
38 20   Scored S   11 38
47 19   Conceded C   44 68
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
66% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 79%
42% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 45%
21% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 34%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 16%
47% 42%   BTTS BTTS   42% 50%
26% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 21%
37% 37%   Failed to Score F T   53% 32%
 
5.5 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 3.4
4.8 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 6.3
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.9 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.6
4.2 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 3.1
24% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 32%
 
11.8 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   16.2 14.7
4.3 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 West Ham United 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 7
3 Tottenham Hotspur 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 7
4 Liverpool 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
5 Arsenal 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
7 Aston Villa 3 2 0 1 8 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 6
8 Manchester United 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
9 Brentford 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
10 Chelsea 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 4
11 Crystal Palace 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
12 Fulham 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
13 Newcastle United 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
14 Nottingham Forest 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 -1 3
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 3
16 AFC Bournemouth 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 1
17 Sheffield United 3 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
18 Burnley 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0
19 Luton Town 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0
20 Everton 3 0 0 3 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.