Premier League football graces our screens again at 12.30pm on Saturday afternoon, when Nottingham Forest and Chelsea resume the domestic campaign at the City Ground.
The Tricky Trees are still yet to achieve success under the pressurised Ange Postecoglou, whereas the Blues are searching for a fourth win from five games across all tournaments.
Both the red half and the blue half of London were celebrating Chelsea’s feats at Stamford Bridge just before international football intervened, as Enzo Maresca‘s Blues prolonged Liverpool’s losing streak to ensure Arsenal would head into the hiatus in first place.
A Moises Caicedo stunner and last-gasp strike from Estevao – now the youngest Brazilian to score a winning goal in the Premier League – cancelled out Cody Gakpo’s leveller in a merited 2-1 triumph for the Blues, who snapped a three-game winless sequence in the top flight by taking down the champions.
By virtue of a third win from seven Premier League outings in 2025-26, the injury and suspension-hit visitors are within touching distance of the Champions League places again, currently ranked seventh in the top-flight standings and three points below fourth-placed Bournemouth.
The overall picture is slightly prettier for those of a Chelsea persuasion – three victories from four games in all tournaments – but the less said about the Club World Cup winners’ recent feats on the road, the better.
Once again, Chelsea did not get through their beating of Liverpool without the red card being brandished, although it was Maresca who was dismissed for his unbridled last-minute celebrations as opposed to one of his players.
Chelsea are still sweating on Enzo Fernandez (knee) Cole Palmer (groin), Andrey Santos (knock), Reece James (knock), Wesley Fofana (concussion) and Tosin Adarabioyo (calf) for the lunchtime kickoff.
The international break came at an ideal time for Forest and an inopportune time for Chelsea, whose surfeit of fitness doubts makes this one of the trickier pre-game predictions.
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