Chelsea welcome Nottingham Forest to Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Monday.
After their commanding 3-0 win in the reverse fixture back in October, the Blues will be aiming to complete a Premier League double over the Tricky Trees for only the second time.
They previously achieved the feat in the 1998/99 campaign.
Match preview
Chelsea head into the game on the back of a dreadful five-game losing streak in the top flight, drawing a blank in all of them for the first time since 1912.
The Blues suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion last time out in the Premier League, which ended Liam Rosenior’s reign at the club.
Chelsea will take confidence from their 1-0 FA Cup semi-final victory against Leeds United, overseen by interim boss Calum McFarlane.
Enzo Fernandez’s first-half header at Wembley Stadium secured a final showdown with Manchester City and ended Chelsea’s three-game goal drought.
Nottingham Forest stretched their unbeaten run to nine matches in all competitions with a narrow 1-0 victory over Aston Villa in Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg.
Chris Wood’s second-half penalty proved decisive for Vitor Pereira’s side, who have now won four games in a row in all competitions.
The Tricky Trees thrashed Sunderland 5-0 in their last Premier League outing, moving eight points clear of the drop zone and boosting their hopes of securing top-flight survival.
Forest have lost just two of their eight Premier League away games against Chelsea (W2, D4) and are unbeaten in all three visits to Stamford Bridge since their return to the top flight in 2022 (W1, D2).
Team news
McFarlane has confirmed that Reece James and Levi Colwill could return to the matchday squad after their respective injuries.
Estevao Willian, Filip Jorgensen and Jamies Gittens are on the sidelines for the hosts.
Forest suffered a fresh injury blow on Thursday as Ola Aina was forced off in the second half and is doubtful.
Dan Ndoye, Ibrahim Sangare, Jair Cunha and Murillo missed their League Cup semi-final victory over Villa and are also doubts.
Nicolo Savona, Callum Hudson-Odoi, John Victor and Willy Boly are unavailable due to injuries.
Predicted line-ups
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, Lavia, Caicedo, Palmer, Fernandez, Neto, Joao Pedro.
Nottingham Forest (4-4-2): Sels, Abbott, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, McAtee, Anderson, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Jesus, Lucca.
Prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Nottingham Forest.
