Team news
Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has confirmed his team have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the weekend.
Carney Chukwuemeka was absent for the midweek Europa League victory against Gent through illness, while Reece James and Omari Kellyman remain sidelined.
Nottingham Forest can welcome back Morgan Gibbs-White, who missed last weekend's defeat to Fulham through suspension.
Danilo and Ibrahim Sangare are long-term absentees.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Chelsea have won just one of the four meetings since Nottingham Forest returned to the Premier League in 2022 (D2, L1).
Forest are aiming to win consecutive away league games against Chelsea for the first time since their first two visits to Stamford Bridge in 1907 and 1908.
Chelsea
Chelsea have won nine of their last 11 Premier League games (D1, L1).
The Blues' 15 goals so far this season is the most of any team in the division.
There have been 22 goals scored in Chelsea’s six matches this campaign, the most of any Premier League team, while Forest’s fixtures have seen the fewest with 11.
Since the start of last season, Cole Palmer has been directly involved in a league-high 43 Premier League goals – scoring 28 and assisting 15.
Palmer has averaged either a goal or an assist every 73 minutes in the Premier League for Chelsea – the best rate of any other player in the club’s history.
Jadon Sancho could become just the third player to register an assist in each of his first four games for a club since records began, after Cesc Fabregas for Chelsea and Chris Waddle for Sunderland.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest’s tally of 13 points from their past five Premier League away matches is as many as they had managed in their previous 27 combined.
Forest could remain unbeaten in six top-flight away games for the first time since 1995.
Their 18 shots faced this season is the joint fewest in the Premier League, alongside Manchester City.
James Ward-Prowse has recorded two goals and two assists across his last five league starts against Chelsea.
