Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea LIVE: Nuno's men can seal Premier League safety with win over Europe-chasing Blues – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Nottingham Forest welcome Chelsea to The City Ground this weekend, knowing they can seal their safety in the Premier League.

Yeah Nuno Holy SpiritIf the team wins and Luton fail to beat West Ham, the Tricky Trees' place in the top flight will be confirmed for another year.

This comes after the Premier League's independent commission confirmed that Forest would be left with four points deducted after rejecting the club appeal against his punishment for violating financial regulations.

Meanwhile, Chelsea The goal is to get a place in the Europa League.

The Blues are locked in a battle with Newcastle and Manchester United for sixth place, and if the Toon fail against Brighton, Mauricio PochettinoThe team could surpass them with a victory.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: Relegation battle

Forest's 3-1 victory over Sheffield United last weekend was a great result in the context of the relegation battle.

It puts them in control of their own destiny, while also meaning that anything other than a Burnley win and a Forest defeat would relegate the Clarets ahead of their final day clash at Turf Moor.

But if Burnley win and Forest lose, the final day would be very interesting and incredibly nervous for anyone associated with the Tricky Trees.

They would have to play Burnley away from home in a winner-take-all scenario.

Of course, they will hope that Spurs beat Burnley to ensure that is not a possibility, but if the Clarets win, Nuno's team could still relegate Burnley with a win over Chelsea.

So, it's still all to play for at the bottom of the table, but Forest seem to be doing enough.

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• Following their 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge in September, Nottingham Forest are looking to complete their first league double over Chelsea since 1978-79, when they were reigning top-flight champions under Brian Clough.
• Chelsea have won just two of their last 10 away league games against Nottingham Forest (D4 L4), winning 1-0 in November 1994 and 3-1 in February 1999.
• Nottingham Forest have only lost their last home league game in one of their previous six Premier League campaigns (W4 D1), against Sheffield United in 1992-93 with a 2-0 defeat confirming their relegation.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: team news

The hosts are relatively clean, but will miss Neco Williams due to a hamstring problem.

Meanwhile, Chelsea's incredible injury list shows no signs of slowing down as we approach the end of the season.

Wesley Fofana has been out all year and will not participate this season due to an ACL injury.

Other missing players include Romeo Lavia, Enzo Fernandez and Reece James.

Ben Chilwell, Lesley Ugochukwu, Robert Sanchez and Carney Chukwuemeka also face the tough task of being involved in the final weeks of the season.

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• Following their 3-1 win at Sheffield United last time out, Nottingham Forest are looking to win consecutive Premier League games for the third time since their promotion in 2022 (previously in January 2023 against Southampton and Leicester and in December 2023 against Newcastle and Man Utd).
• Although they have only lost one of their last 12 Premier League games (W6 D5), Chelsea are winless in their last five away games (D4 L1). In fact, the Blues have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last 14 Premier League away games, dating back to the 2-0 win at Fulham in October.
• Chelsea's Premier League matches have seen 129 goals this season (F70 L59), the third most after Sheffield United (135) and Newcastle (134). In fact, only in the 2009-10 season (135) did Chelsea games produce more goals (F103 A32).

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: What was said?

Forest director Nuno wants his players to fully concentrate on the task at hand.

He said: “We have to focus on ourselves, that is the main message that is being said. This is what we want, let's focus on ourselves and play a good game.

“Today we are preparing for the game here at the City Ground. We're ready to go.

“It is our last home game, it is important for our main objective and for our fans that we finish well at the City Ground because they have been a great help.

“Your support is very important to us. “Now is the time to try to give back everything they have given us.”

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• Including penalties, Nottingham Forest have scored the fewest goals (7) and conceded the most goals (27) from set pieces in the Premier League this season.
• Chris Wood has scored more goals than any other Nottingham Forest player in the Premier League this season (12). However, no team has faced more often without scoring in the competition than Chelsea (11).
• Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson has been involved in six goals in his last five Premier League games (4 goals, 2 assists), as many as in his previous 16 appearances (3 goals, 3 assists).
• Cole Palmer has been involved in 30 Premier League goals this season, scoring 21 and assisting nine. The last Chelsea player to be involved in more goals was Eden Hazard in 2018-19 (31 – 16W 15A), while 2009-10 was the last time a Blues player scored more in a league campaign (Didier Drogba 29, Frank Lampard 22).

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: Date and how to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, May 11.

Kick-off at the City Ground is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League.

Sky Go customers will be able to stream the action on their laptops and mobile devices.

Alternatively, fans can purchase a one-day NOW TV pass for £11.98.

talkSPORT will have updates from Nottingham and talkSPORT.com will have all the reaction.