Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Prediction

Nottingham Forest welcome Chelsea to the City Ground on Sunday. Chelsea won the last game against Bournemouth, but Reece James hobbled off after just an hour. Nottingham Forest are underdogs, while Chelsea are looking for their fifth win in nine Premier League away games.

Nottingham Forest are coming off a 3-0 defeat at Manchester United. Chelsea are without Reece James. Dean Henderson is unavailable for Forest. Jesse Lingard is injured. Forest have scored just 11 goals in 16 matches this season. The Blues have found the back of the net only 19 times in 15 matches. Chelsea haven't scored more than one goal in three of their last four away matches and less than 1 per game on the road. They haven’t scored multiple goals since the World Cup. Nottingham Forest haven scored 11 times this year in front of home fans. Only six of those goals have been scored in the home game.

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Nottingham Forest are without injured players. Chelsea are also without several key players, including James, Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, Armando Broja and N’Golo Kante. Nottingham Forest have Manchester City visiting on Thursday. Chelsea is the favorite.

Nottingham Forest are led in attack by Taiwo Awoniyi. He has scored just three goals in 14 matches this season. Chelsea have done a great job of holding teams below what they should have in the goal department. Forest have fewer than three shots on goal per match, whereas Chelsea average under four.

Nottingham Forest are without Cheikhou Kouyate, Jesse Lingard, Chris Richards and Reece James. Chelsea are missing N’Golo Kante, Ben Chilwell and Nemanja Matic.

It will be a chilly but dry afternoon in North Bridgford on Sunday. Temperatures will reach the low 40s. Winds will probably be in the teens.