{"id":1365349,"date":"2024-10-05T21:04:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T20:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1365349"},"modified":"2024-10-05T21:04:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T20:04:19","slug":"chelsea-vs-nottingham-forest-predicted-lineups-team-news","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/chelsea-vs-nottingham-forest-predicted-lineups-team-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest predicted lineups and team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea will look to extend their five-match winning run when they host Nottingham Forest, who have already caused a big surprise in this season\u2019s Premier League by winning at Liverpool last month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The game will kick off at 2pm (UK time) on Sunday, 6th October, at Stamford Bridge, but will not be available to watch live on TV in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It has been another summer of change at Stamford Bridge but it seems as if Chelsea are finally going in the right direction under Enzo Maresca and they will be confident that they can continue their progress against Nottingham Forest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Blues have won their last five games, the latest of which was a 4-2 Conference League success over Belgian side Gent, and Maresca has the luxury of utilising his big squad so that his stars can be rested for their Premier League assault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The decision to omit star midfielder Cole Palmer from their initial, pre-knockout European adventures appears to have been a good one and the former Manchester City man should be as fresh as a daisy for this challenge, which comes eight days since he scored all four goals in their 4-2 win over Brighton in their last league outing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starting the weekend two points behind leaders Liverpool after six games is much more like it from a Chelsea fan\u2019s perspective and they will see a home game against Forest as a good opportunity to push on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They will be warned that the Reds were seen off 1-0 by Forest in a shock Anfield win last month, but that success was just one of two wins Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s team have mustered in league and cup fixtures this term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They did earn a 1-0 win on their visit to Chelsea 13 months ago, but they need to pick themselves up from a 1-0 home loss to Fulham last week.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest team news<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After his outstanding performance against the Seagulls, Palmer will come back into the team and there should be a few changes to the Chelsea line-up following their Thursday exploits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reece James is one player who won\u2019t be included in Maresca\u2019s line-up as he is still a couple of weeks away from a return from the thigh injury he picked up in a pre-season friendly against Real Madrid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The biggest boost for Forest is that Morgan Gibbs-White will be back after he missed the Fulham defeat after his red card in the 2-2 draw at Brighton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Danilo (ankle) and Ibrahim Sangare (thigh) have been ruled out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest predicted XIs<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Chelsea (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Nottingham Forest (4-3-1-2):<\/strong> Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Anderson, Ward-Prowse, Dominguez; Gibbs-White; Awoniyi, Wood.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea will look to extend their five-match winning run when they host Nottingham Forest, who have already caused a big surprise in this season\u2019s Premier League by winning at Liverpool last month. 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