Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea

Despite missing out on UEFA Champions League qualification, next season will see Nottingham Forest involved in a European competition for the first time since 1995-96, when they reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals under Frank Clark.

Chelsea’s 1-0 victory – which confirmed their qualification for the UEFA Champions League – was the first time they’ve won and kept a clean sheet in a Premier League away game since September (3-0 v West Ham). Indeed, it was just their second win in their last 11 league games on the road (D3 L6).

This was Nottingham Forest’s first home defeat to an opponent starting the day in the top six in the Premier League this season, having previously been unbeaten in five matches coming into today (W2 D3).

Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last seven Premier League games against Chelsea (D3 L3), beating them 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in September 2023.

Chelsea won this exact fixture 3-2 last season. Only once have they won consecutive away league games against Nottingham Forest, beating them 3-2 in February 1912 and then 4-0 over 10 years later (December 1922).

Nottingham Forest have won 19 Premier League matches this season, more than they did in 2022-23 and 2023-24 combined (18). They last won 20+ games in 1994-95 (22), while they’ve never done so in a 38-game top-flight season.

Nottingham Forest beat Burnley 2-1 in their final game of 2023-24. They’ve not won their last league game in consecutive campaigns since 2015-16/2016-17, while they last did so as a top-flight side in 1989-90/1990-91.

Chelsea are winless on the last three occasions they’ve ended their Premier League campaign with an away game, losing 3-0 v Newcastle in 2017-18, drawing 0-0 at Leicester in 2018-19 and losing 2-1 at Aston Villa in 2020-21.