Chelsea 1-3 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Premier League · Monday 4 May 2026
Result
Chelsea 1-3 Nottingham Forest
Premier League · Monday 4 May 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Chelsea 1-3 Nottingham Forest: match report
Chelsea were beaten by Nottingham Forest 1-3 in the Premier League on Monday 4 May 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Taiwo Awoniyi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Chelsea's goal came from João Pedro (90+3'). Nottingham Forest scored through Taiwo Awoniyi (2'), Igor Jesus (15', penalty) and Taiwo Awoniyi (52').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 9th on 48 points from 34 and Nottingham Forest 16th on 39 points from 34. Chelsea went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 44.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Taiwo Awoniyi of Nottingham Forest (8.5), ahead of Enzo Fernández (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Taiwo Awoniyi
- 10'Yellow card · Morato
- 14'Yellow card · Malo Gusto
- 15'Penalty goal · Igor Jesus
- 45+10'Missed penalty · Cole Palmer
- 52'Goal · Taiwo Awoniyi
- 78'Yellow card · Moisés Caicedo
- 78'Yellow card · Liam Delap
- 90+3'Goal · João Pedro
Head-to-head
Team news
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Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Cucurella, Roméo Lavia, M. Caicedo, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernández, Jesse Derry, João Pedro
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-2)
Matz Sels, Zach Abbott, Jair Cunha, Morato, Luca Netz, Dilane Bakwa, Ryan Yates, Nicolás Domínguez, James McAtee, Igor Jesus, Taiwo Awoniyi