Chelsea vs Notts Forest prediction and betting tips – Gibbs-White on fire

Chelsea take on Nottingham Forest on Monday afternoon for some May Bank Holiday Premier League action at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest best bets

• Back Morgan Gibbs-White to score and BTTS at 13/5 on Betfred
• Bet on a draw at 3/1 on BOYLE Sports
• Bet on Gibbs-White to score or assist, Chelsea most cards at 11/2 on bet365

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest head to head overview

• Date: Monday, 4th May 2026
• Kick-off: 3pm
• Venue: Stamford Bridge
• Where to watch: Sky Sports Main Event
• Referee: Anthony Taylor
• Last meeting: Nottingham Forest 0-3 Chelsea
• Last 10 matches: Chelsea 6 wins, Forest 1 win, 3 draw
• Favourite to win: Chelsea

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest predicted lineups

• Chelsea expected lineup: Sánchez; Cucurella, Hato, Fofana, Gusto; Caicedo, Santos; Neto, Palmer, Estevão; Pedro.
• Nottingham Forest expected lineup: Sels; Williams, Murillo, Milenković, Aina; Anderson, Sangaré; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest predictions

Chelsea have gone on a horrid run, so much so that it caused them to sack Liam Rosenior just a few games before the end of the season.

They’ve dropped into eighth position and are looking for their first league win since March 4, when beating Aston Villa 4-1.

Since then they enjoyed a couple of FA Cup wins, but also an 8-2 loss on aggregate to PSG in the Champions League, and plenty of losses in the Premier League to Newcastle, Everton, Man United, Man City, and Brighton.

The latter of which was the nail in the coffin on Rosenior’s managerial stint at Stamford Bridge.

Calum McFarlane helped steer them to the FA Cup final with a 1-0 win over Leeds at Wembley Stadium last week and also have the added benefit of not having played a tricky European game midweek like Forest had to do.

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest betting tips

Huge game for both sides

Forest themselves will have all the confidence coming into this match against a wounded Chelsea side that haven’t won in so long.

Whereas Forest have been enjoying huge Premier League and Europa League victories.

Forest won 4-1 over Burnley before going one better to notch a surprise and huge 5-0 away win at Sunderland.

They then hosted Villa in the first leg of the semi-finals in the Europa League on Thursday evening and came out 1-0 winners thanks to a Chris Wood penalty.

They have a few days rest before facing Chelsea and then they’re quickly back in action for the second leg on Thursday at Villa Park.

Those are two huge away games just three days apart and so there’s a suspicion there could be some players resting on Monday afternoon or at least coming off early in preparation for focusing on Europe.

However, they are still only five points clear of relegation, so both are vitally important and could put up a huge fight.

As such this looks like it could be a well-fought score draw.

Chelsea are still adjusting, Forest are wanting to keep compact and not allow silly mistakes ahead of their European tie and relegation fight and a point will go a long way – especially the form they are in.

Gamechangers

Chelsea are looking for a route back into the European spots even if it means settling for seventh at this stage to get into the Europa Conference League qualifiers.

They now sit two points behind a Europa League spot and one point behind the Conference qualifiers.

Of course their other option is to win the FA Cup final against Man City in a couple of weeks time.

Morgan Gibbs-White has been on fire for Forest and will no doubt be the player of concern for Chelsea.

On the flip side it’s hard to know who will rise to the challenge for Chelsea with a deep squad that could put out any kind of starting XI with a new manager and new tactics deployed.

Regardless, it could be another game with a couple of goals, a Gibbs-White contribution and plenty of cards for Chelsea, but less so Forest.

Chelsea have picked up 76 yellow cards (ranked 4th) this season while Forest have only been given 55 (ranked 14th).

• Back Morgan Gibbs-White to score and BTTS at 13/5 on Betfred
• Bet on a draw at 3/1 on BOYLE Sports
• Bet on Gibbs-White to score or assist, Chelsea most cards at 11/2 on bet365

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest latest odds

Find the latest Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest betting odds here. Odds are provided by BOYLE Sports and are subject to change.

• Chelsea – 8/13
• Draw – 3/1
• Nottingham Forest – 15/4

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Important historical facts about and for betting

● Chelsea are looking to complete the Premier League double over Nottingham Forest for just the second time, after the 1998-99 campaign.
● Nottingham Forest have lost just two of their eight Premier League away games against Chelsea (W2 D4), and are unbeaten in all three visits to Stamford Bridge since their return to the competition in 2022 (W1 D2).
● Chelsea have won 1-0 and 3-0 in their last two league games against Nottingham Forest – only between April and August 1966 have they won three in a row against Forest.
● Chelsea have lost, and failed to score, in each of their last five Premier League games; they haven’t lost six in a row since November 1993, while they’ve never lost six in succession without scoring in their
league history.
● Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last six Premier League games (W3 D3), without Brighton and Hove Albion (16) collecting more points since the start of March than their 12. Indeed, they’ve netted 3+ goals in three of their last four league games, as many times as in their prior 29 matches.
● Despite having the highest expected goals total (29.4) and xG per shot value (0.15) in the Premier League in 2026, Chelsea have the worst differential between goals and xG (-8.4).
● Only West Ham United (15) have conceded more goals from corners in the Premier League this season than Chelsea (11), while only West Ham (5) and Liverpool (4) have scored more goals from corners than
Nottingham Forest since Vítor Pereira’s first game in February (3).
● Only Erling Haaland (27.6) has a higher xG sequence involvement in the Premier League this season than Enzo Fernández (24.5), which measures the total xG value of unique open play shot or goal ending
sequences a player is involved in.
● Morgan Gibbs-White’s 16 Premier League goal involvements is already his best return in a top-flight campaign (13 goals, 3 assists), beating his 15 in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Indeed, 12 of his 16 have come
in 2026, with only Bruno Fernandes (15) recording more since the turn of the year.
● In the Premier League this season, Elliot Anderson is winning possession 8.3 times per 90 minutes, the most of any player (min. 450 minutes), while only four players have more attacking sequence
involvements than his 156.

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