Chelsea vs. Nottingham Forest: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Premier League fixture

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Both inactive successful blistery pursuits of silverware, FA Cup finalists Chelsea and Europa League hopefuls Nottingham Forest temporarily enactment their trophy ambitions to 1 broadside successful Monday's Premier League gameweek 35 showdown astatine Stamford Bridge.

The Blues instrumentality location connected the backmost of progressing to the FA Cup showpiece with a 1-0 occurrence implicit Leeds United astatine Wembley, wherever Enzo Fernandez's header made the quality successful Chelsea's archetypal lucifer since the sacking of Liam Rosenior.

Interim caput manager Calum McFarlane present endeavours to extremity Chelsea's five-match losing tally successful the Premier League, but nonaccomplishment to bash truthful would astir surely spell the extremity of the Blues' hopes of a top-five finish.

Meanwhile, Forest could remarkably inactive suffice for the Champions League and endure relegation, arsenic the Tricky Trees are starring Aston Villa 1-0 successful their Europa League semi-final but commencement the play conscionable 5 points wide of the driblet portion successful the Premier League table.

Here, Sports Mole looks astatine the head-to-head grounds and erstwhile meetings betwixt Chelsea and Forest.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 101

Chelsea wins: 43

Draws: 31

Nottingham Forest wins: 27

There was a clip erstwhile Nottingham Forest were regarded arsenic a acold bigger nine than Chelsea and that is reflected successful the East Midlands outfit winning 27 of their 101 games successful each competitions.

Forest prevailed successful six of their opening 7 head-to-heads, held betwixt 1906 and 1909, and besides enactment unneurotic a three-game winning streak erstwhile they were winning the Division One rubric and European Cup betwixt 1977 and 1979.

Each squad were regularly defeating the different during the eighties, with that continuing during the aboriginal to mid-nineties arsenic some clubs were contented with Premier League consolidation.

Since 1998, though, Chelsea person been mostly dominant, emerging victorious successful 10 of the 13 games that person taken spot successful assorted competitions.

As galore arsenic 24 years passed by without a Premier League fixture aft Forest dropped down to the EFL, yet the 2 teams were remarkably drawn against each different successful the FA Cup 3rd circular connected 4 occasions implicit a two-decade stretch.

Forest went 3 games unbeaten against the Blues upon their instrumentality to the apical formation successful 2022, but aft initially securing 2 draws and a 1-0 triumph astatine Stamford Bridge, Nuno Espirito Santo's broadside were dramatically beaten 3-2 successful May 2024.

The pursuing season, Enzo Maresca's men played retired a tense 1-1 stalemate astatine Stamford Bridge successful October, earlier securing Champions League shot by taking each 3 points successful an arsenic adjacent 1-0 triumph astatine the City Ground connected the last time of the 2024-25 league campaign.

The past gathering betwixt the 2 sides took spot successful October 2025, with Chelsea moving retired 3-0 winners astatine the City Ground.

Last 20 meetings

Oct 18, 2025: Nottingham Forest 0-3 Chelsea (Premier League)

May 25, 2025: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Oct 6, 2024: Chelsea 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

May 11, 2024: Nottingham Forest 2-3 Chelsea (Premier League)

Sep 2, 2023: Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

May 13, 2023: Chelsea 2-2 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Jan 1, 2023: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Jan 5, 2020: Chelsea 2-0 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup)

Jan 5, 2019: Chelsea 2-0 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup)

Sep 20, 2017: Chelsea 5-1 Nottingham Forest (League Cup)

Jan 28, 2007: Chelsea 3-0 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup)

Jan 19, 2000: Chelsea 2-0 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup)

Feb 20, 1999: Nottingham Forest 1-3 Chelsea (Premier League)

Sept 12, 1998: Chelsea 2-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Jan 11, 1997: Nottingham Forest 2-0 Chelsea (Premier League)

Sep 28, 1996: Chelsea 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Jan 20, 1996: Chelsea 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Aug 23, 1995: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Chelsea (Premier League)

Jan 25 1995: Chelsea 0-2 Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Nov 19, 1994: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Last 10 Premier League meetings