Chelsea are set to face Nottingham Forest on Sunday in the Premier League, here is the team news and potential lineup ahead of the fixture.
Forest are set to face an in-form Chelsea team who are unbeaten since late August. In that run they have accumulated five wins and a draw which was at the hands of Crystal Palace. Maresca and the team who are on the back of an emphatic win on Thursday against Gent in the Conference League. Anyway that was with the second team but the Blues might revert back to their first choice lineup for Sunday’s fixture.
THE PERFECT RUN
Chelsea have been on a perfect run since returning from the last International break. They have five wins from five matches in all competitions. And in the Premier league they have scored 8 goals and conceded only two keeping two clean sheets. That is some comeback considering the bad start they made to the season. Maresca and his men would like to continue this perfect run of form on Sunday against Nottingham Forest. There is somewhat a belief in the team with all these brilliant performances.
They have been scoring enough goals and defended equally well enough. Only two goals conceded in the last five matches while scoring a lot. Two were cup matches against Burrow and Gent. Anyway those victories help the team to build confidence. Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson have been the two most influential players for Chelsea this season. Their 0-3 away victory at West Ham was inspired by a brilliant Nicolas Jackson brace. On the other hand Cole Palmer scored four goals in one half against Brighton last weekend. The game plan has been spot on with wingers like Pedro Neto and Jadon Sancho bagging valuable goal contributions.
It has been a mixed season so far for visitors Nottingham Forest who sit right at the middle of the table. The Garibaldi have accumulated a total of nine points from six matches in the Premier League. They have had some exciting results, beating Liverpool at Anfield and securing a draw against big hitters Brighton.
TEAM NEWS
As per the Standard, Enzo Maresca has a whole squad to select from since none other than club captain Reece James and youngster Omari Kellyman the only injured players. James has been injured for some time now and Chelsea have already couped with his absence. Malo Gusto has been brilliant at right back working at both ends equally. Omari Kellyman is only considered as a part of the youth setup, so his absence will not be such a problem.
Maresca lined up a totally different eleven against Gent in the midweek giving chances to players like Mudryk, Nkunku and Veiga who don’t often star. We expect Chelsea to revert back to the first choice team with the likes of Palmer and Nicolas Jackson returning to eleven. However in the light of the recent performances put out by youngster Veiga, he might get a start this weekend. The Portuguese who is versatile in nature can be helpful for the team in multiple positions. Robert Sanchez is expected to keep the number one spot to himself despite having a poor performance last time out against Brighton.
CHELSEA POTENTIAL XI AGAINST NOTTINGHAM FOREST
As said earlier Enzo Maresca would like to revert back to normal first choice eleven. Chelsea would stick on to the 4-2-3-1 formation that has been so effective under the Italian. We also expect him to stick with the eleven that started against Brighton. So the potential Chelsea eleven against Nottingham Forest is as follows.
Robert Sanchez; Malo Gusto, Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella; Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandes; Noni Madueka, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho; Nicolas Jackson.
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