Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Betting Tips: Premier League Preview

The Premier League is back and the 12.30 kick-off sees Big Ange trying to secure his first win as Forest Boss against an impressive Chelsea side. Forest vs Chelsea Betting Tips, full preview, betting angles, and key players.

Match Details
Where: City Ground
When: 12.30pm, Sat 18th October
Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Expected Lineups

Forest possible starting lineup:

Sels; Savona, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Anderson, Dominguez; Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus

Chelsea possible starting lineup:

Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella; James, Caicedo; Estevao, Buonanotte, Garnacho; Pedro

Statz Match Predictions

Looking at projections, Chelsea are expected to have an edge in this one, which comes as no surprise given Forest’s early season struggles . That said, the Statz Model predicts a feisty encounter with 20+ fouls and 26+ tackles projected, so expect both sides to get stuck in.

Fouls Bet Builder

• Chalobah and Neco Williams to make 1+ Fouls 2.7 (Bet365)

Booking Watch

Chris Kavanagh takes charges of this one and let’s look at Statz’s Projections for yellow cards in this fixture. This should have an edge to it and we fancy regular foul merchants Williams and Anderson to go into the book here.

Booking Bets (Bet365)

• Williams and Anderson to be Booked 13.0 (bet365)