Nottingham Forest v Chelsea: Premier League – live

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Ange Postecoglou talks to TNT Sports

It’s great to get [Murillo, Zinchenko etc] back. We’ve had a good couple of weeks with a lot of those guys and done some really good work with them.

[On the precedent of the Betis 2-2 draw, when a number of those players were involved and Forest were excellent in the first half especially] Yeah, that’s our way forward. We dominated the ball and created chances against a very good side; that’s what we want to do. We’ve had elements of that in every game but not enough.

[On yesterday’s press conference monologue] At some point you’ve gotta stand up for yourself. It’s not something I’ve done regularly but if you believe in something, and you want to stand up for yourself, there’s nothing wrong with that. In fact I preach it all the time to my family, to my kids. Don’t let the bullies get you.

More importantly I just wanted to make sure people are clear. Hopefully the main message I got out yesterday is that I’m still very excited about what we’re doing here and I see a way forward where we have success.

We need to start the game well, get some energy in the stadium and hopefully the fans respond to that because they can play a big part in the result.

Some pre-match stats from Opta

• Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last eight Premier League meetings with Chelsea (D3 L4), a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge in September 2023.

• Chelsea have won three of their last four Premier League away games against Nottingham Forest (D1), including both of their last two in a row. The Blues have never before won three successive away league games against the Tricky Trees.

• Nottingham Forest have lost four of their last five Premier League games (D1), failing to score in each defeat. The Tricky Trees could fail to score in three consecutive matches in the top-flight for the first time since April 1999.

• Chelsea have won just three of their last 14 away games in the Premier League (D4 L7). Indeed, in 2025, just 27% of their points have come away from home (12/45) – the lowest ratio of any ever-present side in the top-flight.

• Nottingham Forest have lost five of their last seven Premier League home games (W1 D1), as many as their previous 22 at the City Ground beforehand (W11 D6). The Tricky Trees could lose three successive home league games for the first time since December 2023 (a run of 4).

Chelsea team news: Enzo not in the squad

Enzo Maresca makes three changes to the Chelsea team that beat Liverpool a fortnight ago.

Trevoh Chalobah, Romeo Lavia and Andrey Santos replace Benoit Badiashile, Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez. Caicedo is on the bench; the others are absent.

Nottm Forest team news: Awoniyi and Murillo start

Taiwo Awoniyi, who hasn’t played for Forest since suffering a ruptured intestine against Leicester in May, goes straight into the starting XI. Murillo also returns from injury in defence. Overall there are five changes from the XI that started the 2-0 defeat at Newcastle before the international break. Ibrahim Sangare, Douglas Luiz and Oleksandr Zinchenko also come into the net; the men dropping out are Jair Cunha, Ryan Yates, Dan Ndoye, Nicolo Savona and Chris Wood.

Nottm Forest (possible 3-5-1-1) Sels; Milenkovic, Morato, Murillo; Williams, Sangare, Douglas Luiz, Anderson; Gibbs-White; Awoniyi.

Substitutes: John, Hudson-Odoi, Wood, Ndoye, Dominguez, I. Jesus, Yates, Jair Cunha, Savona

Nottingham Forest fans head to the game. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

Chelsea will be without Cole Palmer today, and for the next six weeks.

Ange Postecoglou’s pre-match defence

Preamble

Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of the Nottingham Forest v Chelsea at City Ground. It’s our professional duty to remind you that Ange Postecoglou, who was appointed Forest manager on 9 September 2025, is reportedly fighting for his job, however ludicrous and depressing that might be.

Ange’s future – and his monologue at yesterday’s press confererence – is the dominant context before today’s game against Chelsea, who themselves will hope to pick off where they left off before the international break.

Chelsea’s thrilling victory over Liverpool relieved some of the (ludicrous, depressing) scrutiny on their manager Enzo Maresca, though his celebration of their winning goal means he will be banned from the touchline for today’s game. Mind the laundry baskets.

Kick-off: 12.30pm BST.