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Nottingham Forest v Chelsea : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Oct, 12:30 BST, The City Ground, Nottingham

It's an away match for Enzo Maresca's Chelsea side on Saturday lunch time, as they make their way to The City Ground for a English Premier League meeting with Ange Postecoglou's Nottingham Forest. Below there are predictions for 17 markets, supporting stats including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from leading bookmakers. All is accessible via the tabs below.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The KickOff predictive algorithm suggests there is a 78% probability of Nottm Forest and Chelsea scoring at least a couple of goals in this Premier League clash. Recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it would appear that the bookies are predicting the same. This over 1.5 goals tip is available with best odds of 1.25.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Chelsea coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Nottm Forest 29%	3.20	-
Draw 24%	3.80	-
Chelsea 47%	1.95	-
Draw 1-1 11%	8.00	-
Chelsea 2-1 9%	9.50	-
Chelsea 1-0 9%	9.50	-
Chelsea 2-0 8%	12.00	-
Nottm Forest 2-1 7%	13.00	-
Nottm Forest 1-0 7%	13.00	-
Draw 2-2 6%	15.00	-
Draw 0-0 6%	13.00	-
Chelsea 3-1 5%	17.00	-
Nottm Forest 2-0 4%	21.00	-
Chelsea 3-0 4%	21.00	-
Chelsea 3-2 3%	26.00	-
Nottm Forest 3-1 3%	29.00	-
Nottm Forest 3-2 2%	34.00	-
Chelsea 4-1 2%	34.00	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	1.73	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	2.10	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	2.20	-
Away 1st Goal 51%	1.73	-
No 1st Goal 3%	13.00	-
BTTS - Yes 57%	1.67	-
BTTS - No 43%	2.10	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	6.00	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.75	-
BTTS - Away Win 23%	3.75	-
Home/draw 53%	1.80	-
Away/draw 71%	1.36	-
Home/away 76%	1.25	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	1.25	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	4.00	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	3.00	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	1.40	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	5.00	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1.17	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	11.00	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1.05	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1.04	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	13.00	-
Home DNB 46%	2.50	-
Away DNB 64%	1.50	-
Nottm Forest win to nil 14%	6.00	-
Chelsea win to nil 23%	3.75	-
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest 14%	6.00	-
Nottm Forest / Chelsea 4%	23.00	-
Nottm Forest / Draw 6%	15.00	-
Draw / Nottm Forest 11%	8.00	-
Draw / Chelsea 16%	5.50	-
Draw / Draw 14%	6.00	-
Chelsea / Nottm Forest 3%	29.00	-
Chelsea / Chelsea 27%	3.25	-
Chelsea / Draw 6%	15.00	-

Win / draw / win Premier League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Nottm Forest Chelsea
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Arsenal	7	5	1	1	11	16	Jan 17	l 3-0A	Nov 30	Feb 28
2	Liverpool	7	5	0	2	4	15	Feb 21	Nov 22	w 2-1F	May 9
3	Spurs	7	4	2	1	8	14	Dec 13	Mar 21	May 17	Nov 1
4	Bournemouth	7	4	2	1	3	14	May 24	Oct 26	Dec 30	Dec 6
5	C Palace	6	3	3	0	5	12	Jan 31	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	Jan 24
6	Chelsea	7	3	2	2	4	11	Oct 18	May 2	-	-
7	Sunderland	7	3	2	2	1	11	l 0-1A	Apr 25	Oct 25	May 24
8	Man City	6	3	1	2	8	10	Dec 27	Mar 4	Apr 11	Jan 3
9	Man Utd	7	3	1	3	-2	10	Nov 1	May 17	Apr 18	l 2-1A
10	Everton	6	2	2	2	1	8	Dec 30	Dec 6	Dec 13	Mar 21
11	Brighton	6	2	2	2	0	8	Nov 30	Feb 28	l 1-3F	Apr 25
12	Fulham	7	2	2	3	-3	8	Mar 14	Dec 20	w 2-0F	Jan 7
13	Leeds	7	2	2	3	-4	8	Nov 9	Feb 7	Feb 11	Dec 3
14	Brentford	6	2	1	3	-2	7	w 3-1F	Jan 24	Jan 17	d 2-2A
15	Newcastle	6	1	3	2	-1	6	May 9	Oct 5	Mar 14	Dec 20
16	A Villa	6	1	3	2	-2	6	Apr 11	Jan 3	Dec 27	Mar 4
17	Nottm Forest	6	1	2	3	-5	5	-	-	May 2	Oct 18
18	Burnley	6	1	1	4	-7	4	Apr 18	d 1-1F	Feb 21	Nov 22
19	West Ham	7	1	1	5	-10	4	l 0-3A	Jan 7	Jan 31	w 1-5A
20	Wolves	6	0	1	5	-9	1	Feb 11	Dec 3	Nov 8	Feb 7

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Sunderland
Nottm Forest	0 - 3	West Ham
Nottm Forest	3 - 1	Brentford
Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Chelsea
Nottm Forest	2 - 2	Leicester
Nottm Forest	0 - 2	Brentford
Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Everton
Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Man Utd
Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Man City
Nottm Forest	0 - 0	Arsenal
Nottm Forest	7 - 0	Brighton
Nottm Forest	3 - 2	Southampton
Nottm Forest	1 - 1	Liverpool
Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Spurs
Nottm Forest	2 - 1	A Villa
Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Ipswich
Nottm Forest	1 - 3	Newcastle
Nottm Forest	3 - 0	West Ham
Nottm Forest	1 - 0	C Palace
Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Fulham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Sunderland
A	Nottm Forest	1 - 1	Burnley
A	Nottm Forest	0 - 3	Arsenal
H	Nottm Forest	0 - 3	West Ham
A	Nottm Forest	1 - 1	C Palace
H	Nottm Forest	3 - 1	Brentford
H	Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Chelsea
A	Nottm Forest	2 - 1	West Ham
H	Nottm Forest	2 - 2	Leicester
A	Nottm Forest	1 - 1	C Palace
H	Nottm Forest	0 - 2	Brentford
A	Nottm Forest	2 - 1	Spurs
H	Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Everton
A	Nottm Forest	1 - 2	A Villa
H	Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Man Utd
A	Nottm Forest	4 - 2	Ipswich
H	Nottm Forest	1 - 0	Man City
H	Nottm Forest	0 - 0	Arsenal
A	Nottm Forest	3 - 4	Newcastle
A	Nottm Forest	1 - 2	Fulham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man Utd	2 - 1	Chelsea
Brentford	2 - 2	Chelsea
West Ham	1 - 5	Chelsea
Nottm Forest	0 - 1	Chelsea
Newcastle	2 - 0	Chelsea
Fulham	1 - 2	Chelsea
Brentford	0 - 0	Chelsea
Arsenal	1 - 0	Chelsea
A Villa	2 - 1	Chelsea
Brighton	3 - 0	Chelsea
Man City	3 - 1	Chelsea
C Palace	1 - 1	Chelsea
Ipswich	2 - 0	Chelsea
Everton	0 - 0	Chelsea
Spurs	3 - 4	Chelsea
Southampton	1 - 5	Chelsea
Leicester	1 - 2	Chelsea
Man Utd	1 - 1	Chelsea
Liverpool	2 - 1	Chelsea
West Ham	0 - 3	Chelsea

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Chelsea	1 - 3	Brighton
A	Chelsea	1 - 2	Man Utd
A	Chelsea	2 - 2	Brentford
H	Chelsea	2 - 0	Fulham
A	Chelsea	5 - 1	West Ham
H	Chelsea	0 - 0	C Palace
A	Chelsea	1 - 0	Nottm Forest
H	Chelsea	1 - 0	Man Utd
A	Chelsea	0 - 2	Newcastle
H	Chelsea	3 - 1	Liverpool
H	Chelsea	1 - 0	Everton
A	Chelsea	2 - 1	Fulham
H	Chelsea	2 - 2	Ipswich
A	Chelsea	0 - 0	Brentford
H	Chelsea	1 - 0	Spurs
A	Chelsea	0 - 1	Arsenal
H	Chelsea	1 - 0	Leicester
H	Chelsea	4 - 0	Southampton
A	Chelsea	1 - 2	A Villa
A	Chelsea	0 - 3	Brighton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Nottm Forest

Chelsea

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

NFO

CHE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nottm Forest
	0 - 1	Chelsea
	2 - 3	Chelsea
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Chelsea
Nottm Forest	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Chelsea
Nottm Forest	3 - 0

Chelsea

Nottm Forest

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

3 / 8

NFO

CHE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Chelsea
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Nottm Forest
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Chelsea	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Chelsea	1 - 0
	0 - 2	Nottm Forest
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Nottingham Forest of late. It has been 5 English Premier League games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday lunch time against Chelsea.

Chelsea have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 17 consecutive English Premier League games. Their PG of 1.6 against Nottingham Forest on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Nottm Forest 17th	Chelsea 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Nottm Forest will score no more than 1 goal	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 81% probability that Chelsea will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-9 Nottm Forest’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-11 Chelsea have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Nottm Forest v Chelsea Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	2	1	3
M Sels	C Wood	E Anderson	N Williams

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Sels GLK	6			1 -
N Milenković DEF	6			1 -
N Williams DEF	6	1		3 -
E Anderson MID	6		1	1 -
M Gibbs-White MID	6		1	-
D Ndoye FWD	6	1	1	-
C Wood FWD	6	2		-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD	6	1		-
I Sangaré MID	5			-
I Jesus FWD	5			-
A Kalimuendo FWD	5			-
Murillo DEF	4			1 -
J McAtee MID	4			-
O Aina DEF	3			1 -
Morato DEF	3			1 -
O Hutchinson MID	3			-
R Yates MID	3			-
D Bakwa FWD	3			-
O Zinchenko DEF	2			-
N. Savona DEF	1			-
D Luiz MID	1			-
N Domínguez MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	6	1	2
C Wood	C Wood	E Anderson	C Hudson-Odoi

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Wood FWD	2	6
N Williams DEF	1	2		1
D Ndoye FWD	1	1	1	1
C Hudson-Odoi FWD	1	3		2
N Milenković DEF				1
E Anderson MID		2	1	1
M Gibbs-White MID		2	1	1
I Jesus FWD		2
O Hutchinson MID		2		1
D Bakwa FWD		3
O Zinchenko DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
492	19	45
E Anderson	E Anderson	E Anderson

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Anderson MID	492	19	45
N Milenković DEF	330	3	15
N Williams DEF	284	14	40
M Gibbs-White MID	265	2	17
I Sangaré MID	225	7	12
Murillo DEF	223	4	11
Morato DEF	192	5	10
O Zinchenko DEF	148	6	10
C Hudson-Odoi FWD	147	1	8
M Sels GLK	138
O Aina DEF	124	6	16
D Ndoye FWD	111	5	16
C Wood FWD	69		13
D Bakwa FWD	68		6
J McAtee MID	57	2	8
D Luiz MID	55	1	3
N Domínguez MID	38	2	2
A Kalimuendo FWD	27		3
R Yates MID	22		6
I Jesus FWD	21	1	6
N. Savona DEF	21	3	4
O Hutchinson MID	16	1	2

Chelsea Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
6	3	3	2
R Sánchez	E Fernández	J Pedro	R Sánchez

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Sánchez GLK	6			1 1
M Cucurella DEF	6		1	2 -
T Chalobah DEF	6	2		1 1
R James DEF	6		1	2 -
E Fernández MID	6	3	1	1 -
M Caicedo MID	6	2		1 -
J Pedro FWD	6	2	3	-
P Neto FWD	6	1		-
M Gusto DEF	5			-
A Santos MID	5			1 -
E. Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves FWD	5		1	1 -
T Adarabioyo DEF	4			1 -
J Bynoe-Gittens FWD	4			-
W Fofana DEF	3			-
J Hato DEF	3			2 -
C Palmer MID	3	1		-
T. George FWD	3			2 -
L Delap FWD	3			-
J. Acheampong DEF	2			-
F Jörgensen GLK	1			-
B Badiashile DEF	1			1 -
F Buonanotte MID	1			-
R Lavia MID	1			-
A Garnacho FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	4	3	3
E Fernández	E Fernández	J Pedro	R James

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Fernández MID	3	4	1	1
T Chalobah DEF	2	2
M Caicedo MID	2	2
J Pedro FWD	2	3	3	3
P Neto FWD	1	1		2
C Palmer MID	1	2
M Cucurella DEF		2	1	2
R James DEF		2	1	3
A Santos MID		1
E. Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves FWD		2	1	1
J Bynoe-Gittens FWD		1
T. George FWD		2
L Delap FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
414	24	41
T Chalobah	M Caicedo	M Caicedo

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Chalobah DEF	414	10	36
M Caicedo MID	382	24	41
T Adarabioyo DEF	346	5	22
E Fernández MID	338	10	25
M Cucurella DEF	259	12	23
R James DEF	229	5	21
R Sánchez GLK	168		3
J Pedro FWD	146	5	34
P Neto FWD	135	4	17
M Gusto DEF	129	6	12
J. Acheampong DEF	107	2	11
A Santos MID	97	4	10
W Fofana DEF	96	3	9
J Hato DEF	87	1	4
E. Almeida de Oliveira Gonçalves FWD	82	6	16
C Palmer MID	47	2	5
F Jörgensen GLK	34		1
J Bynoe-Gittens FWD	33	2	6
F Buonanotte MID	23	1	1
T. George FWD	21	1	4
L Delap FWD	14		3
R Lavia MID	12
B Badiashile DEF	6
A Garnacho FWD	4		1