Chelsea and Nottingham Forest will face on Saturday the 2nd of September at 10:00 am in the 4th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in London at the Stamford Bridge. The chosen referee is Tim Robinson.
Chelsea sits in the 10th position in the standings with 4 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Luton Town in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won once, drawn once, and lost once.
Nottingham Forest occupies the 14th place in the table with 3 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won once and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (2 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Robert Sánchez, Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Levi Colwill, Ben Chilwell, Conor Gallagher, Moisés Caicedo, Malo Gusto, Enzo Fernández, Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Chelsea would be 25.00.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero will probably not be able to employ Mykhaylo Mudryk because of injury.
Marcus Bettinelli, Benoît Badiashile, Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Carney Chukwuemeka, Reece James, Roméo Lavia, Christopher Nkunku and Armando Broja will definitely miss the match.
Nottingham Forest
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-3 (3 times).
Steve Cooper is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: Matt Turner, Willy Boly, Joe Worrall, Moussa Niakhaté, Serge Aurier, Ola Aina, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Ryan Yates, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga and Taiwo Awoniyi.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Nottingham Forest would be 27.45.
Steve Cooper will probably not be able to employ Scott McKenna, Felipe and Danilo because of injury.
Wayne Hennessey, Giulian Biancone, Orel Mangala and Jonjo Shelvey will definitely miss the match.