After a series of 6 bad losses, finally the joy came for the first time for Frank Lampard in his reunion with his old team. The Blues' 3-1 victory at Vitality Stadium helped the team officially stay in the Premier League. With no more goals at the moment, Chelsea are expected to play comfortably and give home fans more satisfying matches.
If it's about goals, perhaps the only thing for Chelsea right now is to avoid ending the season in a bottom half of the rankings. The last time they had a bad record was in 1995-1996. Chelsea are now six points behind the same-city side Fulham but have played one game less.
Lampard and his students entered the match against Nottingham with a poor record at home. In the last 6 matches at Stamford Bridge, The Blues have not been able to win. In the Premier League, only five teams have won fewer home points than Chelsea (39) so far this season. Only Southampton (17) have scored fewer goals than Chelsea 18. at home since the start of the season.
However, Chelsea have won all 6 of their most recent home matches against Nottingham Forest, despite 5 of them in cup competitions. They have scored at least 2 goals in each match, which is a good sign for The Blues this weekend.
Nottingham Forest fans must have been afraid that the worst would happen (to be relegated) when their team went through a series of 11 matches without a win from February 11 to April 22. Steve Cooper's side have recently won two of their last three games, which is a good sign of form as they travel to London.
However, in another statistic, playing away this season is no different from a perfect situation for Nottingham. In 17 away matches since the beginning of the season, Tricky Trees have lost 13, drawn 3 and won only 1. They have scored the fewest away goals (8) and conceded the most goals (41) in the Premier League.
Nottingham have lost their last 7 away matches. Their worst achievement was in the period of 10.1961 - 2.1962 with 9 consecutive matches. Too many bad pages of history need to be turned over by Nottingham. They are also aiming for a new record at Stamford Bridge, with Nottingham's last win here coming in January 1995 with a 2-0 win.
A slight loss to Chelsea in terms of force before this match as their list of injured players grew. Ben Chilwell was injured after the win over Bournemouth, before that, Reece James, Marc Cucurella, kalidou Koulibaly, Mason Mount and Armando Broja were also sidelined.
Chelsea's expected lineup:
Kepa; Chalobah, Silva, Badiashile, Azpilicueta; Kante, Fernandez, Kovacic; Madueke, Havertz, Sterling
Nottingham Forest's expected lineup:
Navas; Worrall, Felipe, Niakhate, Toffolo; Freuler, Mangala, Danilo; Gibbs-White, Johnson; awoniyi
The match between Chelsea and Nottingham Forest will take place at 9:00 p.m. on May 13 (Vietnam time), live on K+.
