Nottinghamshire

Jesse Derry makes his first professional start in place of the absent Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho, neither of which are named in the squad.

Cole Palmer also starts after missing the last match and being benched for the previous two fixtures because of tightness in his hamstring.

Chelsea defenders Levi Colwill and Reece James return to the bench following spells out injured, with James sidelined since the Club World Cup final at the end of last season.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella, Caicedo, Lavia, Palmer, Derry, Fernandez, Joao Pedro

Substitutes: Jorgensen, Colwill, Hato, James, Fofana, Acheampong, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Delap

Vitor Pereira makes eight changes for a match which is sandwiched between Nottingham Forest's Europa League two-legged semi-final.

James McAtee, Zach Abbott and Luca Netz are among those selected.

On the bench are star players such as Chris Wood, Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White. Two changes are enforced in terms of Ola Aina and Ibrahim Sangare.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Abbott, Morato, Jair Cunha, Netz, Yates, McAtee, Dominguez, Bakwa, Igor Jesus, Awoniyi

Substitutes: Ortega, Williams, Milenkovic, Anderson, Moreira, Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Lucca, Wood

There are two games in the Premier League on Monday and BBC Sport will bring you every moment.

• Chelsea v Nottingham Forest (15:00) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Everton v Manchester City (20:00)

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Sophie Brown
BBC Sport journalist

Chelsea are aiming to end a run of five consecutive league defeats against Nottingham Forest.

A season in which Chelsea have got rid of two managers could yet be bookended with silverware.

Having picked up the World Club Cup last summer, the Blues could add the FA Cup after reaching the final by beating Leeds United at Wembley last weekend.

Before that, they need to build some momentum after a woeful run of league form.

Chelsea were fifth after winning 4-1 at Aston Villa at the beginning of March, but since then they have lost five successive Premier League matches for the first time since 1993.

Worse, it's the first time they have lost five successive league matches without scoring since 1912.

Since the first game of those five - a 1-0 defeat at home by Newcastle on 14 March - 15 Chelsea players have attempted a shot at goal but none have scored.

Despite having the highest expected goals total (29.4) and xG per shot value (0.15) in the Premier League in 2026, Chelsea have the worst differential between goals and xG (-8.4).

Chelsea looked a different side in the semi-final last weekend – fans will hope that is enough to stop the rot. If not, they could lose six league matches in a row for the first time since November 1993, and they have never lost six in succession without scoring in their league history.

Forest may have European silverware on their mind but there's no sign of them taking their eye off the Premier League ball.

The Reds are unbeaten in their past six league matches and have scored nine goals in their past two, timely form in their quest to secure Premier League safety.

Last time out at Sunderland, they were 4-0 up by half-time and went on to win 5-0 - their biggest away win in the top flight since beating Sheffield Wednesday 7-1 in 1995.

That result at the Stadium of Light meant back-to-back Premier League wins for only the second time this season, and for the first time under Vitor Pereira. Another victory at Chelsea would mean a third in a row for the first time since the heady days of last season, when they were Champions League contenders for much of the latter half of the campaign.

One of the key protagonists in their recent good form has been Morgan Gibbs-White, who has scored seven league goals since the start of March, three more than any other player.

His 16 Premier League goal involvements (13 goals and three assists) is already his best return in a top-flight campaign. Twelve of those 16 have come since the turn of the year.

Which Chelsea will we see here?

Interim Blues boss Calum McFarlane said we shouldn't question their players' character after they won their FA Cup semi-final against Leeds United last weekend.

That was a good performance but everyone saw that same group down tools and throw the towel in against Brighton a few days earlier in a defeat that led to Liam Rosenior losing his job.

Off the back of those two games, how can anyone predict what we will see from this Chelsea side?

Nottingham Forest, in contrast, are on a roll with the goals suddenly flying in for Vitor Pereira's side.

They are also in European action this week but with Chris "the Woodchopper" Wood back up front, I can see them chipping away at Chelsea and earning another valuable point.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

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