Chelsea face Nottingham Forest on Saturday away from residence within the Premier League for the early night 5.30pm kick off.
It’s an opportunity for Chelsea’s gamers, Mauricio Pochettino, and now Todd Boehly, to place their cash the place their mouths are and proceed the momentum and extra importantly, the highest performances we now have seen throughout the final two and a half video games. They’ve all talked the discuss this week, now it’s time to stroll the stroll.
I believe many are getting carried away and have quick reminiscences. All of us bear in mind current video games and intervals the place we now have performed properly for even three video games in a row, however then utterly fold over and drop off once more within the subsequent two. I believe for my very own sanity I’m remaining very cautious and never getting overly excited like others appear to be. However persevering with this good type and doing it once more on Saturday in opposition to Forest will definitely assist enhance my optimism just a little bit extra. However even when we do, I’ll nonetheless be remaining cautiously optimistic. I’ve seen and heard all of it earlier than.
However, we do have an excellent probability now to maintain this going and construct on the positivity of the final couple of weeks, as a result of we now have been unimaginable, particularly within the Tottenham and West Ham wins. Has the tide turned? Have we turned that nook? This recreation on Saturday will go just a little approach to answering these questions.
Forest away although is a fairly harmful recreation to go an play proper now, purely as a result of we’re three video games off the top of the season, and they’re nonetheless not protected in any respect from the relegation zone. A degree and much more so three factors, can be enormous for them and this can be handled like a cup closing for Nuno Espirito Santo and his gamers.
They gained their final recreation 3-1 away from residence in opposition to Sheffield United, which was an enormous consequence for them. Former Chelsea man Callum Hudson-Odoi bagged a brace. and the way he would like to show a couple of individuals incorrect on Saturday too.
In current video games, Forest have solely narrowly misplaced to Liverpool and Brighton, they usually have had hard-earned attracts in opposition to Luton City and Crystal Palace. They’ve additionally overwhelmed Fulham 3-1 and drawn 2-2 in opposition to Wolves. They will setup robust to beat at residence and in opposition to greater sides will play on the counter. They lately misplaced 2-0 at residence to Manchester Metropolis, however they’d extra makes an attempt on objective (14 vs 11) than Metropolis did, regardless of solely having 33% possession.
Chelsea should be on it defensively and in transition on the counter and if we do lose the ball excessive up the pitch.
We are able to count on Chelsea to boss possession, however similar to they’ve within the final two and a half video games (I’m truly sick of writing that 😂), they might want to take advantage of stated possession and be as scientific as we now have been of late. If we try this, then we shouldn’t have any issues in any respect getting previous this potential banana pores and skin recreation.
Mauricio Pochettino may have the ultimate workforce information tomorrow, however there must be extra boosts and returns from harm and naturally, Christopher Nkunku must be within the squad once more. There’s no level me predicting the lineup at this time as a result of everyone knows that most of the time, we get the shock of extra gamers being added to the harm record from nowhere, so I’m not going to jinx something!
I do nevertheless assume we are going to win this recreation. I don’t assume it is going to be a giant scoreline like West Ham, as a result of they had been simply so horrible in opposition to us and I don’t count on Forest to be in the identical state as they had been in – however I do assume we are going to win this 2-0.
I’ve not predicted many wins these days, so hopefully the very fact I’m now predicting a win doesn’t come again to chunk me!
The one factor that does stick in my thoughts is we misplaced the house fixture in opposition to Forest 1-0 again in September, so that they know they’ll beat us. Earlier than that defeat, we hadn’t misplaced to Forest since 1997! Forest additionally had their factors deduction upheld after enchantment, in order that has made them much more decided to earn these factors again within the closing video games.
Former Blue Ola Aina, who can be trying to lock down their left hand facet together with Hudson-Odoi, says the rejected factors enchantment doesn’t matter to the squad and they’ll preserve doing their job to earn factors again within the Premier League.
However Chelsea, particularly if we’re utilizing the momentum and actually have turned the nook, must be going there on Saturday and getting all three factors, with none actual doubts. Do we would like Europa League or not? If we do, this can be a excellent probability to strengthen our combat for that. Go forward and show we’re on our method again!
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