Chelsea will have revenge in mind travelling to Nottingham Forest in the closing stages of the Premier League campaign
Mauricio Pochettino may have succeeded in reversing his stock as Chelsea manager in recent months, but the fact remains the club hasn’t won an away game in two months travelling to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. In fact, the Blues have accumulated just one road victory in the Premier League thus far in 2024, making it easy to see where improvement is needed as they look to salvage a place in Europe next season. And Pochettino’s men won’t be short on motivation visiting the City Ground considering relegation-threatened Forest was responsible for one of Chelsea’s four league defeats at home this season.
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Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are inches from being home and dry in their battle to avoid a drop back down to the Championship, with three points between them and Luton Town in 18th as things stand.
A 3-1 win at Sheffield United last weekend was well-timed for the Reds as they ended a wait of almost five months for an away league win of their own, having picked up just six points from their previous 10 Premier League outings.
Anthony Elanga in particular will be hoping to unlock the Blues once more on home soil after it was his landmark goal for Forest that devastated Pochettino & Co at Stamford Bridge back in September:
The west Londoners have since hit back to restore some pride in their campaign and could still qualify for next term’s Europa Conference League if they can surmount the two-point gap between them and Newcastle in sixth.
Chelsea has truly become a team of two halves, having scored 29 goals in its last seven home games—an average of more than four goals per game—but netting just seven in its last six road fixtures.
Malo Gusto made his return from injury as a substitute in last week’s 5-0 mauling of West Ham, but otherwise, both teams could name identical XIs to those that started last time out.
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