Nottingham vs Chelsea 01.01.2023

After a scintillating boxing action laced with loads of goals, a new calendar year begins in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest taking on Chelsea in one of the exciting fixtures. With just 13 points from 16 games, Forest are second from bottom. Last time out, they lost 3-0 to Man United, further compounding their woes and denting their hopes for survival. Steve Cooper’s men have failed to score a league goal away from home since August. Hence, they will be counting on support from City Ground to get one over Chelsea and begin a long battle for safety.

For Chelsea, things took a horrible turn before the World Cup break as Potter’s men suffered 3 consecutive defeats, failing to score a goal. However, a 2-0 win at home to Bournemouth last time out halted this poor run, reigniting the top four hopes for the Blues. Given how competitive the race for the top 4 has become, Chelsea cannot afford anymore slip up. Therefore, they will be hoping to build on their win against the Cherries and begin the new year on a bright note.

While Forest are likely to be buoyed by their home support in their desperate search for points, Chelsea’s attacking flair will be too strong for them. To this end, we are backing the Blues to score at least 2 goals in this tie.

Main tip: Chelsea Over 1.5 Goals (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea

Both teams have met 4 times:

• Chelsea won all 4
• On average in these matches scored 3.25 goals per match
• Chelsea won the last meeting 2-0

Latest results Nottingham Forest

• 2 wins, and 3 losses in their last 5 matches
• 8 goals scored in their last 5 matches. Average 1.680 goals per match
• In their last match, they lost 3-0 to Man United

Latest results Chelsea

• 1 win and 4 losses in their last 5 matches
• 2 goals were scored in their last 5 matches. Average 0.40 goals per match
• Beat Bournemouth 2-0 in their last match

Premier League Standings and Latest Results

Nottingham: ranked 19th – 16 matches – 3 wins – 4 draws – 9 losses – 13 points
Form Guide (most recent first): L-W-W-L-L

Chelsea: ranked 8th – 15 matches – 7 wins – 3 draws – 5 losses – 24 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-L-L-L-L

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Possible squad Nottingham

Nottingham: Henderson; Worrall, Cook, McKenna; Williams, Yates, O’Brien, Toffolo; Lingard; Johnson, Awoniyi

Out: Kouyate (Hamstring), Biancone (ACL injury), Niakhate (Hamstring), Richards (Leg injury)

Coach: Steve Cooper

Possible squad Chelsea

Chelsea: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Silva, Cucurella, Koulibaly; Zakaria, Jorginho, Kovacic; Mount, Sterling, Havertz

Out: James (Knee), Broja (Knee), Fofana (Knee), Kante (Hamstring) Chilwell (Hamstring)

Coach: Graham Potter

Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Chelsea Over 1.5 Goals

Betwinner offers competitive odds for the bet “Chelsea Over 1.5 Goals”
The odd of 1.84 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 54% chance that Chelsea will score at least 2 goals here.

Odds comparison for Chelsea Over 1.5 Goals

Betwinner – odd 1.84
Bet365 – odds 1.83

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2) Bet on DC X2 & Over 2.5 Goals

• The Blues have dominated past meetings against Forest
• Forest lost their last game 3-0

Odds for this bet

Bet365 has competitive odds for “DC X2 & Over 2.5 Goals”

The odd of 2.30 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 43% chance that Chelsea will win or draw this game with at least three goals scored.

Odds comparisons for DC X2 & Over 2.5 Goals

Bet365 – odd 2.30
Paripesa – odd 2.29

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