Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th May 2025

When Chelsea come to City Ground, Nottingham for the Premier League match on Sunday, Nottingham Forest will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Nottingham Forest will try to spring a surprise on favourites Chelsea on Sunday and continue in their series of matches without defeat. Three more points would be massive for the team and their upcoming Premier League challenges.

Nottingham Forest only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded 12 for an average of 1.2 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

The Blues are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 11 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.1 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of seven goals, and while Chelsea claimed five clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.7 goals per match.

Nottingham Forest and Chelsea had to settle for a draw each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 13/5.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

In their last three matches, Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace before recording another draw with Leicester in a 2-2 match and beat West Ham with a 1-2 scoreline. Nottingham Forest managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored four and conceded five goals.

Chelsea Form

Their past three matches saw Chelsea beating Djurgarden 1-0, losing 2-0 against Newcastle, and beating Manchester United by 1-0. Chelsea managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring nine time and letting in three.

With the results that Chelsea have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Nottingham Forest at City Ground, Nottingham.

Nottingham Forest fought their way to three wins and 12 points from their last 11 games against teams inside the top six. They were on target 11 times in these matches, but also let in 18 goals. Chelsea took 21 points from their last 17 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won six, scored 22 goals and conceded 25. Nottingham Forest are looking at a record of 19 wins, eight draws and ten defeats in the Premier League this season. Chelsea have a record of 19 wins, nine draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

The 51-year-old coach of the home team, Nuno Espirito Santo, will select the lineup against Chelsea from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Carlos Miguel (0/0), Matz Sels (0/37), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/15), Harry Toffolo (0/4), Morato (0/26), Murillo (2/35), Neco Williams (1/34), Nikola Milenkovic (5/36), Ola Aina (2/34), Willy Boly (0/6), Zach Abbott (0/0), Danilo (0/8), Elliot Anderson (2/36), Ibrahim Sangare (0/12), Morgan Gibbs-White (7/33), Nicolas Dominguez (0/33), Ramon Sosa (1/19), Ryan Yates (2/34), Anthony Elanga (6/37), Callum Hudson-Odoi (5/30), Chris Wood (20/35), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/2), Joel Ndala (0/0), Jota Silva (3/30), Taiwo Awoniyi (1/26).

Chelsea Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Chelsea players that the manager Enzo Maresca will choose from for the upcoming game:

Filip Joergensen (0/6), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Lucas Bergstroem (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/31), Aaron Anselmino (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/5), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Genesis Antwi (0/0), Josh Acheampong (0/4), Levi Colwill (1/34), Malo Gusto (0/31), Marc Cucurella (5/35), Reece James (1/18), Tosin Adarabioyo (1/21), Trevoh Chalobah (3/25), Wesley Fofana (0/14), Cole Palmer (15/36), Enzo Fernandez (6/35), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (0/12), Mathis Amougou (0/1), Moises Caicedo (1/37), Noni Madueke (7/31), Omari Kellyman (0/0), Romeo Lavia (0/15), Tyrique George (1/8), Christopher Nkunku (3/27), David Datro Fofana (0/0), Jadon Sancho (3/30), Marc Guiu (0/3), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/7), Nicolas Jackson (10/30), Pedro Neto (4/34), Shumaira Mheuka (0/0).

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Team News

At the time of writing, Nottingham Forest have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Chelsea on Sunday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White can't be called up by the Nottingham Forest-manager, with both serving a ban.

Sidelined with an injury, Nottingham Forest can't field Danilo this coming Sunday against Chelsea.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea H2H

It finished all square on when Nottingham Forest last faced Chelsea. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 13/5. Nottingham Forest have a 20% win rate against Chelsea, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 1-3-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Results

In the past five matches between home side Nottingham Forest and Chelsea both teams found the back of the net four times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 8/13.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Betting Tips

Chris Wood found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Pedro Neto just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Nottingham Forest won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at City Ground, Nottingham. They drew three and lost three as well, while Chelsea won four of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost five. Both teams scored in three of the last 10 home league matches for Nottingham Forest. Both teams also found the back of the net four times in the previous 10 league games away for Chelsea.

Over 2.5 goals came out two times in the last five encounters between these two teams. Nottingham Forest managed an average of 1.4 goals, with Chelsea averaging 1.4 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Nottingham Forest, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Chelsea, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.8 times goals per game.