Chelsea v Nottingham Forest

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Chelsea's momentum in the Premier League gathered further pace last weekend when The Blues registered a 4-2 home win against Brighton which made it three wins on the trot for the hosts, while Nottingham Forest's unbeaten start to this season's Premier League finally came to an end as the Tricky Trees were handed a 1-0 loss at home by Fulham last Saturday.

Despite being handed a 2-0 defeat at home to the current Premier League title-holders, Manchester City, on the opening day of the new season, Chelsea have staged an impressive recovery by putting together a five-match unbeaten run in the top flight which has helped The Blues up into fourth place and the London club will be eyeing off another three points this Sunday.

Victories achieved over the likes of Wolves, Bournemouth, West Ham and Brighton respectively along with a point in a draw at home with Crystal Palace has elevated Enzo Maresca's side up into the early Champions League spots in the Premier League table.

There were doubts before this new campaign as to whether Chelsea could continue their momentum from the end of last season's campaign but current form suggests The Blues are potentially building something special as the hosts have lost just twice in their last 21 league matches overall.

Nottingham Forest started this new English top flight season in solid fashion under manager Nuno Espirito Santo as the east midlands club put together a five-match unbeaten sequence which included picking up important wins against the likes of Southampton and Liverpool, both being away from home and both by 1-0 margins respectively.

Forest had also picked up useful points by way of draws with Bournemouth, Wolves and Brighton as well, and although the visitors were handed their first defeat of this new season last weekend to Fulham, the Tricky Trees will still feel they stand a decent chance of getting something from this upcoming trip to the nation's capital on Sunday afternoon.

However, despite producing an encouraging start to this new top flight campaign, the jury still remains out as to whether Nottingham Forest are capable of gaining points away from home against the stronger clubs in the division; and the bigger picture shows the visitors have managed to capture just five wins from their last 19 league matches overall.

The visitors have also managed to capture just five wins in their last 19 outings on the road in the Premier League as well, failing to score in six of these games.

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest Verdict

Although Nottingham Forest picked up a 1-0 win in their last visit to Stamford Bridge back in September of last season, Chelsea have lost just once in their last 10 meetings against Forest, picking up seven wins in the process, so The Blues look set to avenge that defeat this Sunday along with keeping a clean sheet.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 2.05

Other side bets worth considering:

Chelsea win & BTTS No @ 2.62

Correct Score: Chelsea 2-0 @ 9.00