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CHELSEA 1 - 3 FOREST - Mon May 04, 2026 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon May 04, 2026 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Chelsea
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stamford Bridge
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

Sources:: Nottingham Forest Official Site
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Season:: 2025-26
Referee:: Anthony Taylor
Sponsor:: Bally's
Attendance:: 39,605
League Week:: 35 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 16 16
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Aston Villa (Europa League)
League:: Newcastle United

GAME COUNT:
League:: 5080 (of 5082)
League Tier 1:: 2332 (of 2334)
Competitive:: 5820 (of 5823)
Total:: 7615 (of 7618)
Played:: 18 days ago

Review
Holey Moley. A day after all the complaints against Villa for making 7 changes and losing at home to Spurs, we make 8 changes and win away at Chelsea! I have no problem with Villa's changes, but didn't like that we did it. The rest was because we're playing Villa in the 2nd leg of the Europa League on Thursday, so understandable, but after we got two goals before a quarter-of-an-hour, then it worked. Awoniyi kept up an impressive run of scoring just when we needed it, but we also had some help from VAR today. We got our penalty decision from them, as well a disallowed goal from Chelsea with 10 minutes to go which might have made things tricky for us. But as it stands we're 6 points ahead of West Ham with three games left. If we win a game, we're safe. If they lose a game, we're safe. Infact, it's going to be VERY hard for us to get relegated now!

FOREST
Manager: Vitor Pereira
Prior form: DDWDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Taiwo Awoniyi (2')
Igor Jesus (15') (Pen)
Taiwo Awoniyi (52')

CHELSEA
Manager: Calum McFarlane
Prior form: WLLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jo�o Pedro (90'+3')

Penalties Missed:
Cole Palmer (45')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
26	GK	34	Matz Sels
4	D	24	Morato 10
23	D	21	Jair Cunha off for Nikola Milenkovic (46')
25	D	22	Luca Netz	First start
44	D	19	Zach Abbott off for Neco Williams (45')
16	M	27	Nicol�s Dom�nguez off for Elliot Anderson (46')
22	M	28	Ryan Yates
24	M	23	James McAtee
9	F	28	Taiwo Awoniyi (2') (52')
19	F	25	Igor Jesus (15') off for Morgan Gibbs-White (46')
29	M	23	Dilane Bakwa off for Omari Hutchinson (80')
Subs
3	D	25	Neco Williams on for Zach Abbott (45')
31	D	28	Nikola Milenkovic on for Jair Cunha (46')
8	M	23	Elliot Anderson on for Nicol�s Dom�nguez (46')
10	M	26	Morgan Gibbs-White on for Igor Jesus (46') off for Chris Wood (66)
11	F	34	Chris Wood on for Morgan Gibbs-White (66')
21	M	22	Omari Hutchinson on for Dilane Bakwa (80')
27	GK	33	Stefan Ortega
17	M	20	Eric da Silva Moreira
20	F	25	Lorenzo Lucca

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
26	GK	34	Matz Sels	92		10	2
4	D	24	Morato 10	60		4	1
23	D	21	Jair Cunha off for Nikola Milenkovic (46')	10		10	2
25	D	22	Luca Netz	3		10	2
44	D	19	Zach Abbott off for Neco Williams (45')	12		4	1
16	M	27	Nicol�s Dom�nguez off for Elliot Anderson (46')	104	5	4	1
22	M	28	Ryan Yates	272	24	4	1
24	M	23	James McAtee	21	1	25	6
9	F	28	Taiwo Awoniyi (2') (52')	98	21	10	2
19	F	25	Igor Jesus (15') off for Morgan Gibbs-White (46')	47	15	4	1
29	M	23	Dilane Bakwa off for Omari Hutchinson (80')	20		15	3
Subs
3	D	25	Neco Williams on for Zach Abbott (45')	155	4	4	1
31	D	28	Nikola Milenkovic on for Jair Cunha (46')	88	6	4	1
8	M	23	Elliot Anderson on for Nicol�s Dom�nguez (46')	87	5	4	1
10	M	26	Morgan Gibbs-White on for Igor Jesus (46') off for Chris Wood (66)	168	34	4	1
11	F	34	Chris Wood on for Morgan Gibbs-White (66')	97	41	4	1
21	M	22	Omari Hutchinson on for Dilane Bakwa (80')	35	1	4	1
27	GK	33	Stefan Ortega	9		4	1
17	M	20	Eric da Silva Moreira	5		447	76
20	F	25	Lorenzo Lucca	7	1	46	8

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Robert S�nchez (66')
3	D	Marc Cucurella
4	D	Tosin Adarabioyo (46')
23	D	Trevoh Chalobah
27	D	Malo Gusto 14
8	M	Enzo Fern�ndez
10	M	Cole Palmer
25	M	Mois�s Caicedo 78
45	M	Rom�o Lavia (58')
20	F	Jo�o Pedro
55	F	Jesse Derry (45')
Subs
9		Liam Delap 78 (45')
6		Levi Colwill (46')
17		Andrey Santos (58')
12		Filip J�rgensen (66')
34		Josh Acheampong
29		Wesley Fofana
21		Jorrel Hato
24		Reece James
14		D�rio Essugo

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon May 04, 2026)

Home	Score	Away
Chelsea	1-3	Nottingham Forest
Everton	3-3	Manchester City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

PREMIER LEAGUE								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Arsenal	35	23	7	5	67	26	14	2	2	40	11	9	5	3	27	15	41	76	WWLLWW	Safe
2	Manchester City	33	21	7	5	66	29	12	3	1	38	12	9	4	4	28	17	37	70	WDDWWW	Safe
3	Manchester United	35	18	10	7	63	48	12	3	3	36	22	6	7	4	27	26	15	64	WDLWWW	Safe
4	Liverpool	35	17	7	11	57	45	10	4	3	32	18	7	3	8	25	27	12	58	DLWWWL	Safe
5	Aston Villa	35	17	7	11	48	44	11	2	5	28	20	6	5	6	20	24	4	58	LWDWLL	Safe
6	Bournemouth	35	12	16	7	55	52	7	9	2	28	19	5	7	5	27	33	3	52	DDWWDW	Safe
7	Brentford	35	14	9	12	52	46	8	7	3	31	19	6	2	9	21	27	6	51	DDDDLW	Safe
8	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	13	11	11	49	42	8	6	3	27	17	5	5	8	22	25	7	50	WWWDWL	Safe
9	Chelsea	34	13	9	12	53	45	6	5	6	23	21	7	4	6	30	24	8	48	WLLLLL	Safe
10	Fulham	35	14	6	15	44	49	10	2	5	28	19	4	4	10	16	30	-5	48	DWLDWL	Safe
11	Everton	34	13	8	13	41	41	6	4	7	22	21	7	4	6	19	20	0	47	WLWDLL	Safe
12	Sunderland	35	12	11	12	37	46	8	5	4	23	19	4	6	8	14	27	-9	47	LWWLLD	Safe
13	Newcastle United	35	13	6	16	49	51	9	2	7	33	29	4	4	9	16	22	-2	45	WLLLLW
14	Leeds United	35	10	13	12	45	50	8	5	5	26	19	2	8	7	19	31	-5	43	DDWWDW
15	Crystal Palace	34	11	10	13	36	42	4	8	5	16	19	7	2	8	20	23	-6	43	WDWDLL
16	Nottingham Forest	34	10	9	15	41	45	4	6	7	18	21	6	3	8	23	24	-4	39	DDWDWW
17	Tottenham Hotspur	35	9	10	16	45	54	2	5	10	20	30	7	5	6	25	24	-9	37	DLLDWW
18	West Ham United	35	9	9	17	42	61	5	4	8	24	29	4	5	9	18	32	-19	36	DLWDWL
19	Burnley	35	4	8	23	35	71	2	5	10	15	26	2	3	13	20	45	-36	20	DLLLLL	Relegated
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	3	9	23	25	63	3	4	11	18	33	0	5	12	7	30	-38	18	WDLLLD	Relegated

Table after:

	PREMIER LEAGUE								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Arsenal	35	23	7	5	67	26	14	2	2	40	11	9	5	3	27	15	41	76	WWLLWW	Safe
	2	Manchester City	34	21	8	5	69	32	12	3	1	38	12	9	5	4	31	20	37	71	DDWWWD	Safe	3-3
	3	Manchester United	35	18	10	7	63	48	12	3	3	36	22	6	7	4	27	26	15	64	WDLWWW	Safe
	4	Liverpool	35	17	7	11	57	45	10	4	3	32	18	7	3	8	25	27	12	58	DLWWWL	Safe
	5	Aston Villa	35	17	7	11	48	44	11	2	5	28	20	6	5	6	20	24	4	58	LWDWLL	Safe
	6	Bournemouth	35	12	16	7	55	52	7	9	2	28	19	5	7	5	27	33	3	52	DDWWDW	Safe
	7	Brentford	35	14	9	12	52	46	8	7	3	31	19	6	2	9	21	27	6	51	DDDDLW	Safe
	8	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	13	11	11	49	42	8	6	3	27	17	5	5	8	22	25	7	50	WWWDWL	Safe
	9	Chelsea	35	13	9	13	54	48	6	5	7	24	24	7	4	6	30	24	6	48	LLLLLL	Safe	1-3
1	10	Everton	35	13	9	13	44	44	6	5	7	25	24	7	4	6	19	20	0	48	LWDLLD	Safe	3-3
1	11	Fulham	35	14	6	15	44	49	10	2	5	28	19	4	4	10	16	30	-5	48	DWLDWL	Safe
	12	Sunderland	35	12	11	12	37	46	8	5	4	23	19	4	6	8	14	27	-9	47	LWWLLD	Safe
	13	Newcastle United	35	13	6	16	49	51	9	2	7	33	29	4	4	9	16	22	-2	45	WLLLLW
	14	Leeds United	35	10	13	12	45	50	8	5	5	26	19	2	8	7	19	31	-5	43	DDWWDW
	15	Crystal Palace	34	11	10	13	36	42	4	8	5	16	19	7	2	8	20	23	-6	43	WDWDLL
	16	Nottingham Forest	35	11	9	15	44	46	4	6	7	18	21	7	3	8	26	25	-2	42	DWDWWW		3-1
	17	Tottenham Hotspur	35	9	10	16	45	54	2	5	10	20	30	7	5	6	25	24	-9	37	DLLDWW
	18	West Ham United	35	9	9	17	42	61	5	4	8	24	29	4	5	9	18	32	-19	36	DLWDWL
	19	Burnley	35	4	8	23	35	71	2	5	10	15	26	2	3	13	20	45	-36	20	DLLLLL	Relegated
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	3	9	23	25	63	3	4	11	18	33	0	5	12	7	30	-38	18	WDLLLD	Relegated

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