Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more

05/13/2023

Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League today.

Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola’s side.

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.

It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.

It’s not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

Frank Lampard make five changes to the Chelsea side that beat Bournemouth last time out, headlined by the return of Edouard Mendy between the sticks. Raheem Sterling, Mateo Kovacic and Joao Felix all start for the Blues, as does youngster Lewis Hall at left-back, with Kepa, Mudryk and Havertz all dropping to the bench.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

SUBS: Wayne Hennessey, Jesse Lingard, Harry Toffolo, Sam Surridge, Brennan Johnson, Cheikhou Kouyate, Remo Freuler, Willy Boly, Andre Ayew.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (3-4-2-1): Keylor Navas; Joe Worrall, Felipe, Moussa Niakhate; Serge Aurier, Orel Mangala, Danilo, Renan Lodi; Ryan Yates, Morgan Gibbs-White; Taiwo Awoniyi.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

CHELSEA SUBS: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mykailo Mudryk, Hakim Ziyech, David Datro Fofana, Cesar Azpilicueta, Kai Havertz, Wesley Fofana.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

CHELSEA (4-3-3): Edouard Mendy; Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Benoit Badiashile, Lewis Hall; Mateo Kovacic, Enzo Fernandez, Conor Gallagher; Noni Madueke, Joao Felix, Raheem Sterling.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

Forest’s Premier League survival hopes were given a massive shot in the arm last time out, beating fellow strugglers Southampton 4-3 to climb out of the relegation zone. That victory was their second in three games having not won in 14 previous outings, and another here would take them five points clear of Leeds in 18th.

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