Chelsea prevented Nottingham Forest from securing back-to-back Premier League victories at Stamford Bridge this afternoon.
Nuno Espírito Santo’s side took a surprising lead through top scorer Chris Wood before Noni Maduele equalised, resulting in shared points.
The result leaves Chelsea in fourth place and four points behind leaders Liverpool, heading into the October international break, while Forest is in tenth place.
FT: Chelsea 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Chelsea have now won just one of their five Premier League meetings with Nottingham Forest.
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– Sunday October 6, 2024
Today’s draw for Forest means that Espírito Santo’s away points total with the Tricky Trees is now at 19 (P14 W5 D4 L5), which is one more point than Brian Clough managed in the Premier League for the club (18). Among Forest managers in the Premier League, only Frank Clark (59) has gathered more away points than Espírito Santo.
Chelsea player ratings
- Robert Sánchez: 79%
Produced eight saves, five of which were made inside the penalty area. He did, however, concede and prevented 0.37 goals from being scored.
- Marc Cucurella: 57%
He won two of his six aerial duels and regained possession in the defensive third on four occasions, but Cucurella was dispossessed once in his own half and lost two challenges.
- Levi Colwill: 69%
Made three interceptions, leading to retaining possession. He completed six long passes with an overall 93% retention rate.
- Wesley Fofana: 66
He was dominant in Chelsea’s defence, making a game-high seven clearances and winning six of his eight aerial duels.
- Malo Likes: 64%
He enjoys the license to push forward enthusiastically, resulting in nine final third entries and four successful passes into the penalty area. No one completed (71) or attempted more passes (80).
- Enzo Fernandez: 70%
Won a game-high possession on seven occasions, with five coming in the middle third. Fernandez also completed nine passes into the final third and boasted a 100% take-on accuracy.
- Moisés Caicedo: 59%
Caicedo won three tackles and gained possession twice in the attacking third and twice in the middle third. He also made ten final entries, demonstrating his newfound confidence as a box-to-box midfielder.
- Jadon Sancho: 59%
Sancho created three chances but didn’t attempt a shot on goal, even having touched the ball five times in Forest’s penalty area.
- Cole Palmer: 66%
Today, he created six chances against Nottingham Forest, marking the fifth time he has created five or more chances in a Premier League match. No one made more penalty area entries (12) than Palmer, who attempted six shots on goal with two on target, giving him a 0.39 xG score.
Cole Palmer’s game by numbers vs. Forest:
9 touches in opp. box
6 chances created
6 shots
5/6 duels won
3 fouls won
3x possession won
2 shots on target
1 assistHis 12th league assist of 2024. 🅰️
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– Sunday October 6, 2024
- Noni Madueke: 75%
His best performance since the sensational hat-trick against Wolves, during which Madueke attempted seven shots on goal (two on target, one goal) and touched the ball 20 times in the opposition penalty area.
- Nicolas Jackson: 45%
It was a reserved outing for the in-form striker who took one shot (0.5 xG) on goal and created no chances while making four touches in the opposition penalty area.
Nottingham Forest player ratings
- Matz Sels: 82%
He expected to have a busy afternoon. Although Chelsea peppered his goal, Sels was forced to make seven saves (six inside the penalty area) and conceded once with 0.82 goals prevented.
- Alex Moreno: 61%
Needed to be alert due to the Blues’ newfound attacking confidence, the full-back won two tackles, made five clearances, and gained possession four times in the defensive third.
- Murillo: 61%
He was dispossessed once in his half and lost three challenges but still managed to register one interception and complete five clearances.
- Nikola Milenkovic: 70%
He assisted Wood’s opening goal, won five aerial duels, made two clearances, and had a 100% success rate in ground duels.
- Country Life: 64%
Successfully won possession in the defensive third on three occasions, made five final third entries, and created one of Forest’s three chances.
- James Ward-Prowse: 46%
His red card for Nottingham Forest was his third in the Premier League in 385 matches, with two of those three red cards coming against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge – October 2021 and today.
- Ryan Yates: 62%
Completed a team-high two take-ons, produced three passes into the final third, and was the only Forest player to win possession in the attacking third.
- Callum Hudson-Odoi: 51%
Back at his former stomping ground, the former Blues winger had three touches in the opposition penalty area, two fewer than Milenkovic’s team-high output.
- Morgan Gibbs-White: 50%
Played for 76 minutes, during which time Gibbs-White failed to create a single scoring opportunity (0.01 xA), only managing two touches in Chelsea’s penalty box and a 33.3% take-on success rate.
- Elliot Anderson: 53%
He produced one shot on target out of two attempts and completed 50% of his take-ons (1/2).
- Chris Wood: 61%
Broke the deadlock with his only attempt on goal and only touched the ball twice in the opposition half, but he was equally effective with two aerial duels won.
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