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Chelsea FC – Nottingham Forest FC

Premier League · Matchday 23 ·

Model estimate

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The model's chances for a home win, a draw and an away win. ❄ = the estimate was frozen within the last hour before kick-off (the model runs hourly) and no longer changes; “provisional” = it can still change until it is frozen. How good the model is can be seen on the calibration page.

No estimate yet: the model looks 14 days ahead, and a team needs 8 matches in the model window.

In three sentences

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Three sentences, each from a figure in our database: what happened (streaks, form or head-to-head), why it matters today (rest, congestion, table, derby) and what the model estimates. Nothing hand-written, nothing guessed.

As of today, the away side are winless in their last 4 matches. The home side are 7 points above the bottom three with 30 matches left. The model has no estimate for this match yet.

Form, streaks, position and points are today's (25 Oct 2026), not the ones at kick-off: before this match the home side still have 14 league matches to play, the away side 14.

League position4 vs 18
Elo rating1554 vs 1498
Last 5DLWWL homeWLLLD away
Rest days7 vs 7

Side by side at a glance

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Both teams side by side at a glance: position, Elo, recent results, points rate, goals and rest, with the league average where it makes sense. Each number is detailed further down the page.

points rate 53% vs 23%

The home and away teams before the match, from their matches in a row. = ahead on that row. League = average over the last 12 months.

ChelseaNottinghamLeague
League position4th of 20 · 13 pts 18th of 20 · 6 pts—
Elo rating1554 1498—
Last 5DLWWLWLLLD—
Points rate (last 10)53% 23%45%
Goals scored per match (10)2.0 0.9—
Goals conceded per match (10)1.81.4 —
At venue (10): home team at home, away team away37%50%49% · 41%
Both teams score (10)7 of 106 of 1056%
3+ goals in the match (10)8 of 104 of 1055%
Days of rest77—

Home side at home · visitors away n = 4 · 4

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The home side only in its home matches, the visitors only in their away matches, this season: goals scored and conceded, how often both teams scored, how often there were 3+ goals, how often they kept a clean sheet and how often they failed to score. Under each percentage: out of how many matches, and the league average on the same matches. It describes what happened, not what comes next.

scored / match: 2.75 vs 1.50
Chelsea at homeNottingham away
matches44
scored / match2.75league 1.571.50league 1.27
conceded / match2.00league 1.271.75league 1.57
both scored75%3 of 4 · league 52%100%4 of 4 · league 52%
3+ goals75%3 of 4 · league 52%75%3 of 4 · league 52%
clean sheet0%0 of 4 · league 25%0%0 of 4 · league 29%
failed to score25%1 of 4 · league 29%0%0 of 4 · league 25%

Match radar

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Six things that happened in each team's last 20 league matches before this one, next to how often they happened across the whole league in the year before the match. The further a point is from the centre, the more often it happened. It is not a rating and does not say who wins.

Wins: 30% vs 25% · league 36%

ChelseaNottinghamleague, year before the match · n = 225

league · Wins: 161 of 450 (36%)league · Scores: 335 of 450 (74%)league · 3+ goals: 124 of 225 (55%)league · Both teams score: 125 of 225 (56%)league · Concedes: 335 of 450 (74%)league · Leads at half-time: 131 of 450 (29%)home side · Wins: 6 of 20 (30%)home side · Scores: 13 of 20 (65%)home side · 3+ goals: 14 of 20 (70%)home side · Both teams score: 12 of 20 (60%)home side · Concedes: 19 of 20 (95%)home side · Leads at half-time: 6 of 20 (30%)away side · Wins: 5 of 20 (25%)away side · Scores: 14 of 20 (70%)away side · 3+ goals: 10 of 20 (50%)away side · Both teams score: 12 of 20 (60%)away side · Concedes: 16 of 20 (80%)away side · Leads at half-time: 5 of 20 (25%)WinsScores3+ goalsBoth teamsscoreConcedesLeads athalf-time
ChelsealeagueNottingham
Winswon the match30%6 of 2015–52%36%161 of 45031–40%25%5 of 2011–47%
Scoresscored at least once65%13 of 2043–82%74%335 of 45070–78%70%14 of 2048–85%
3+ goalsat least 3 goals in the match, both teams (2-1 counts, 1-1 does not)70%14 of 2048–85%55%124 of 22549–61%50%10 of 2030–70%
Both teams scoreboth teams scored (1-1 counts, 2-0 does not)60%12 of 2039–78%56%125 of 22549–62%60%12 of 2039–78%
Concedesconceded at least once95%19 of 2076–99%74%335 of 45070–78%80%16 of 2058–92%
Leads at half-timemore goals at the break (1-0 counts, 1-1 does not)30%6 of 2015–52%29%131 of 45025–33%25%5 of 2011–47%

Under each percentage: the 95% confidence interval. The rings in the chart: 25, 50, 75 and 100%.

Form before the match

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Each team's last 5 matches before this one: anywhere, and separately the home side at home / the away side away. Points, wins-draws-losses, goals.

points, last 5: 7 vs 4

Chelsea · Last 5, anywhere n = 5

DLWWL
7pts
2-1-2W-D-L
9:8goals

Nottingham · Last 5, anywhere n = 5

WLLLD
4pts
1-1-3W-D-L
4:7goals

Chelsea · Last 5 at home n = 5

WWDWL
10pts
3-1-1W-D-L
13:9goals

Nottingham · Last 5 away n = 5

LDWLD
5pts
1-2-2W-D-L
8:10goals

What changed

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Each team's direction before the match: the previous 5 matches against the last 5 (points, goals, how strong the opponents were by Elo) and how many Elo points it gained or lost. It says what happened, not why or what comes next; 5 matches are few.

Points (of 15): 9 → 7 vs 3 → 4

The previous 5 matches → the last 5, played before kick-off.

ChelseaNottingham
Points (of 15)9 → 7 ▼3 → 4 ▲
Goals scored per match2.2 → 1.8 ▼1.0 → 0.8 ▼
Goals conceded per match2.0 → 1.6 ▼1.4 → 1.4 =
Average Elo of the opponents1546 → 1512 easier opponents1538 → 1529 easier opponents
Elo over the last 5 matches−5 (1554)−10 (1498)

Context

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Figures about both teams' situation before the match, in real units: days since the previous match on the calendar (league and Champions League; domestic cups are not in the free source), matches in the 7 and 14 days before, position and points distance to the important zones with matches remaining, the simulator impact when the match is near, and each team's coach on the match date with the league matches led before it (Wikidata; the current one only if football-data.org names the same person). What the free source does not give is shown as such, not hidden.

rest days: 7 vs 7
ChelseaNottingham
days since last match77
matches in last 7 days11
matches in last 14 days22
position today4 (13 pts)18 (6 pts)
points off 1st815
points off top 4in top 47
points above bottom 37bottom 3 · 0 off 17th
matches left (incl. this one)1616
coach (league matches led before)Xabi Alonso
since 1 Jul 2026 · 8 matches
Oliver Glasner
since 6 Jul 2026 · 8 matches
travel distance (away side)—≈ 170 km

Weather: the forecast appears 3 days before kick-off.

no data in the free source: absentees, starting XI.

Head-to-head

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The latest head-to-head matches in our database, with the score and who played at home. Few matches = little information; an old result says nothing about today's.

Chelsea 3-1-1 (n = 5)

Chelsea 3-1-1 (n = 5)

homeaway
4 May 2026Chelsea1–3Nottingham
18 Oct 2025Nottingham0–3Chelsea
25 May 2025Nottingham0–1Chelsea
6 Oct 2024Chelsea1–1Nottingham
11 May 2024Nottingham2–3Chelsea

All 6 meetings in our database →

Ongoing streaks

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Both teams' ongoing streaks before the match: matches in a row unbeaten, scoring, keeping a clean sheet and so on. A streak describes the past; today's match can end it.

Nottingham Forest FC · winless: 4
nowlongest in our database
Nottingham Forest FCwinless49
Nottingham Forest FCconceding519

Updated 25 Oct 2026 07:20