Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Chelsea 0-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Chelsea were beaten by Nottingham Forest 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Anthony Elanga of Nottingham Forest in the 48th minute.

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 10th on 4 points from 3 and Nottingham Forest 14th on 3 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 36.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Enzo Fernández of Chelsea (7.9), level with Willy Boly (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-D and Nottingham Forest's L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Ben ChilwellChelsea
  • 36'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonChelsea
  • 41'Yellow card · Ola AinaNottingham Forest
  • 43'Yellow card · Conor GallagherChelsea
  • 48'Goal · Anthony ElangaNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Ryan YatesNottingham Forest
  • 86'Yellow card · Nuno TavaresNottingham Forest
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Matt TurnerNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Chelsea 0, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 0.

Team news

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Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Robert Sánchez, Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Levi Colwill, Malo Gusto, Conor Gallagher, M. Caicedo, Ben Chilwell, Raheem Sterling, Enzo Fernández, Nicolas Jackson

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-2-1)

Matt Turner, Willy Boly, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Serge Aurier, Orel Mangala, Ryan Yates, Ola Aina, Danilo, Morgan Gibbs-White, Taiwo Awoniyi