{"id":647424,"date":"2026-05-04T15:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647424\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:33:08","slug":"confirmed-chelsea-line-up-vs-nottingham-forest-news-official-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647424\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed Chelsea line up vs Nottingham Forest | News | Official Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-article-page__summary\">&#13;<br \/>\n                    Chelsea interim head coach Calum McFarlane has made two changes to the Chelsea side for this afternoon&#8217;s Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest. &#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Having sealed a place in the FA Cup final last weekend, our focus on this bank holiday Monday switches back to top-flight duties as we welcome Forest, currently 16th in the table and three points above the relegation zone, to Stamford Bridge. <\/p>\n<p>And McFarlane, who leads the Blues at Stamford Bridge for the first time, has made xx alterations to the side that started our victory over Leeds United last week. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/robert-sanchez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Sanchez<\/a> continues in goal and will be protected by a back four of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/malo-gusto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malo Gusto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/trevoh-chalobah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trevoh Chalobah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/tosin-adarabioyo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tosin Adarabioyo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/marc-cucurella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Cucurella<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/moises-caicedo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moises Caicedo<\/a> continues in midfield and will be partnered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/romeo-lavia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romeo Lavia<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/cole-palmer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Palmer<\/a> returns to the Chelsea attack and will be deployed alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/enzo-fernandez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Fernandez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/jesse-derry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Derry<\/a>, who makes his first start for the Blues. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/joao-pedro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joao Pedro<\/a> will lead the frontline. <\/p>\n<p>There is a significant return to the match-day squad for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/levi-colwill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levi Colwill<\/a>, who hasn&#8217;t yet featured this season due to injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/reece-james\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reece James<\/a> is also named among the substitutes after recovering from a hamstring injury. <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea: Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin, Cucurella; Caicedo, Lavia; Palmer, Fernandez, Derry; Joao Pedro<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea substitutes: Jorgensen, James, Acheampong, Fofana, Colwill, Hato, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/andrey-santos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Santos<\/a>, Essugo, Delap<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Chelsea interim head coach Calum McFarlane has made two changes to the Chelsea side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-647424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}