Chelsea overcomes Nottingham Forest after recovering from a 2-1 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

NOTTINGHAM. Chelsea managed to reverse the score against Nottingham Forest.

May 12, 2024

NOTTINGHAM. Chelsea was able to turn the tables against Nottingham Forest. Chelsea was decisively better in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 29,708 spectators. The referee was Tony Harrington with the assistance of Neil Davies and Marc Perry. The 4th official was Craig Pawson. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 19.66 degrees Celsius or 67.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.

Match Statistics

Nottingham Forest

2 - 3

Chelsea

! 32 Ball Possession 68

Shots

20 Total 12
4 On Target 5
11 Off Target 4
5 Shots blocked 3

76 Attack 113
47 Dangerous attack 48
102 Ball safe 144

9 Free Kicks 17
0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 6
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

14 Total 10
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 68% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chelsea won the match.

Nottingham Forest shot 20 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Chelsea shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards (Nicolás Domínguez and Moussa Niakhaté). On the other side, Chelsea received 3 yellow cards (Benoît Badiashile, Nicolas Jackson and Conor Gallagher).

Match Timeline

Mykhaylo Mudryk(goal)Cole Palmer

15'

Benoît Badiashile- Yellow

Willy Boly(goal)Morgan Gibbs-White

16'

34'

Conor Gallagher- Yellow

58'

Malo Gusto- sub ->Benoît Badiashile

58'

Christopher Nkunku - sub ->Noni Madueke

Anthony Elanga- sub ->Gonzalo Montiel

72'

Harry Toffolo- sub ->Ryan Yates

72'

73'

Raheem Sterling- sub ->Mykhaylo Mudryk

Callum Hudson-Odoi(goal)Morgan Gibbs-White

74'

Moussa Niakhaté- Yellow

77'

79'

Reece James - sub ->Conor Gallagher

80'

Raheem Sterling(goal)Moisés Caicedo

82'

Nicolas Jackson(goal)Reece James

83'

Nicolas Jackson- Yellow

Taiwo Awoniyi- sub ->Moussa Niakhaté

86'

Nicolás Domínguez- sub ->Callum Hudson-Odoi

87'

Nicolás Domínguez- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

AFC Bournemouth

Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After this encounter, Nottingham Forest stays with 29 points to sit in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea will has 57 points like Newcastle United to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest will play away with Burnley on the 19th of May with a 9-2 head to head stats in favor of Burnley (5 draws).

Chelsea will play away against Brighton & Hove Albion on the 15th of May with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Chelsea (5 draws).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest

Matz Sels 26.Belgium

6.1

Moussa Niakhaté 19.Senegal

6.5

86'

77'

Gonzalo Montiel 29.Argentina

6.4

72'

Willy Boly 30.France

7.6

16'

Murillo 40.Brazil

7.3

Ola Aina 43.Nigeria

7.2

Morgan Gibbs-White 10.England

7.9

Callum Hudson-Odoi 14.England

7.3

87'

74'

Ryan Yates 22.England

7.5

72'

Danilo 28.Brazil

6.2

Chris Wood 11.New Zealand

6.3

Substitutes

Matt Turner 1.United States

Harry Toffolo 15.England

6.2

72'

Andrew Omobamidele 32.Republic of Ireland

Ibrahim Sangaré 6.Ivory Coast

Cheikhou Kouyaté 8.Senegal

Nicolás Domínguez 16.Argentina

6.0

87'

90'

Taiwo Awoniyi 9.Nigeria

6.1

86'

Divock Origi 27.Belgium

Anthony Elanga 21.Sweden

5.9

72'

Nottingham Forest started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo decided to play with the following team: Matz Sels (6.1), Gonzalo Montiel (6.4), Willy Boly (7.6), Murillo (7.3), Moussa Niakhaté (6.5), Ola Aina (7.2), Morgan Gibbs-White (7.9), Ryan Yates (7.5), Danilo (6.2), Callum Hudson-Odoi (7.3) and Chris Wood (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Anthony Elanga (5.9), Matt Turner, Ibrahim Sangaré , Cheikhou Kouyaté, Taiwo Awoniyi (6.1), Harry Toffolo (6.2), Nicolás Domínguez (6.0), Divock Origi and Andrew Omobamidele.

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 4 changes: Moussa Niakhaté for Taiwo Awoniyi (86′), Gonzalo Montiel for Anthony Elanga (72′), Ryan Yates for Harry Toffolo (72′) and Callum Hudson-Odoi for Nicolás Domínguez (87′).

Player of the match: Morgan Gibbs-White

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was Morgan Gibbs-White.

His rating is 7.9 with 45 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea

Djordje Petrovic 28.Serbia

6.5

Marc Cucurella 3.Spain

6.6

Benoît Badiashile 5.France

6.4

58'

15'

Thiago Silva 6.Brazil

7.3

Trevoh Chalobah 14.England

6.8

Mykhaylo Mudryk 10.Ukraine

7.5

73'

Noni Madueke 11.England

6.1

58'

Cole Palmer 20.England

7.8

Conor Gallagher 23.England

6.4

79'

34'

Moisés Caicedo 25.Ecuador

7.9

Nicolas Jackson 15.Senegal

7.7

83'

82'

Substitutes

Marcus Bettinelli 13.England

Axel Disasi 2.France

Reece James 24.England

7.2

79'

Levi Colwill 26.England

Malo Gusto 27.France

6.2

58'

Lesley Ugochukwu 16.France

Christopher Nkunku 18.France

6.4

58'

Cesare Casadei 31.Italy

Raheem Sterling 7.England

7.7

73'

80'

Chelsea started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero played with: Djordje Petrovic (6.5), Trevoh Chalobah (6.8), Thiago Silva (7.3), Benoît Badiashile (6.4), Marc Cucurella (6.6), Moisés Caicedo (7.9), Conor Gallagher (6.4), Noni Madueke (6.1), Cole Palmer (7.8), Mykhaylo Mudryk (7.5) and Nicolas Jackson (7.7).

They had on the bench: Axel Disasi , Raheem Sterling (7.7), Marcus Bettinelli, Lesley Ugochukwu , Christopher Nkunku (6.4), Reece James (7.2), Levi Colwill , Malo Gusto (6.2) and Cesare Casadei.

Substitutions

Chelsea made 4 changes: Benoît Badiashile for Malo Gusto (58′), Conor Gallagher for Reece James (79′), Mykhaylo Mudryk for Raheem Sterling (73′) and Noni Madueke for Christopher Nkunku (58′).