About Match
Nottingham Forest go into the game 16th in the table on 2 points; Chelsea sit 4th on 6 — a 4-point gap. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Nottingham Forest run at 0.67 scored and 1 conceded, Chelsea at 2.67 and 2.33. Victory would move Nottingham Forest to 5 points and up to 5th, with other results unchanged.
The last-five ledger: Nottingham Forest 5/15, Chelsea 12/15.
11 meetings are on record — 2 won by Nottingham Forest, 6 by Chelsea, 3 drawn, at 2.91 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 27% of the meetings went to the host.
The City Ground in Nottingham stages the fixture, a ground that holds 30,445.