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Nottingham Forest FC vs Chelsea FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Premier League · 2025-26
Sat 18 Oct 2025 · 11:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Nottingham Forest FC vs Chelsea FC — Premier League .

Match Details

  • Referee Chris Kavanagh
5 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 12.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Oct Chelsea FC H 0–3 L
05 Oct Newcastle United FC A 0–2 L
02 Oct FC Midtjylland H 2–3 L
27 Sep Sunderland AFC H 0–1 L
24 Sep Real Betis Balompié A 2–2 D
20 Sep Burnley FC A 1–1 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Oct Nottingham Forest FC A 3–0 W
04 Oct Liverpool FC H 2–1 W
30 Sep Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 1–0 W
27 Sep Brighton & Hove Albion FC H 1–3 L
20 Sep Manchester United FC A 1–2 L
17 Sep FC Bayern München A 1–3 L

Season Stats

Nottingham Forest FC Chelsea FC
#13 Position #10
5 Points 7
5 Played 5
1 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 2
4 Scored 10
5 Conceded 12
-1 GD -2
1.00 PPG 1.40
20% Win % 40%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Nottingham Forest FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Chelsea FC this season

Nottingham Forest FC are 13th (5 pts). Chelsea FC are 10th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/2
61-75
1/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Chelsea FC
0-15
5/–
16-30
–/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/2
61-75
2/1
76+
–/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nottingham Forest FC
Morgan Gibbs-White 1 G 2 A
Dan Ndoye 1 G
Chelsea FC
Joao Pedro 3 G 3 A
Morgan Rogers 3 G 1 A
Cole Palmer 2 G 2 A
Pedro Neto 1 G
Romeo Lavia 1 G

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Nottingham Forest FC Lineups

Chelsea FC Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.24 Nottingham Forest FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.71 Chelsea FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nottingham Forest FC28% Draw27% Chelsea FC45%
Actual: Chelsea FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 2.95
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Nottingham Forest FC or Draw
54%
Draw or Chelsea FC
72%
Nottingham Forest FC or Chelsea FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nottingham Forest FC21% Draw44% Chelsea FC35%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12%
1 – 2
9.1%
0 – 1
8.1%
0 – 2
7.5%
0 – 0
7%
2 – 1
6.6%
2 – 2
5.7%
1 – 0
5.6%
1 – 3
5.2%
0 – 3
Actual
2 – 0
4%
2 – 3
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Nottingham Forest FC

Handicap Nottingham Forest FC covers Push Chelsea FC covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 8% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 15% 73%
-0.5 27% — 73%
+0.5 53% — 47%
+1 53% 21% 26%
+1.5 74% — 26%
+2 74% 14% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

Nottingham Forest FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
Chelsea FC keeps clean sheet
30% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.