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Chelsea v Forest team news: Derry starts, eight Forest changes

4 May 2026 219 comments
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Thanks to the Bank Holiday in the United Kingdom, we’ve got the unusual spectacle of a Monday 3pm BST kick-off today.

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest is our mid-afternoon match before Everton v Manchester City later.

TEAM NEWS

There are teamsheet surprises from both teams, although mostly the visitors.

The headline news from Chelsea is that winger Jesse Derry makes his first professional start.

The Blues have four senior wide-men out, with Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho joining the absent contingent today.

Cole Palmer also starts, having only been a substitute in the FA Cup semi-final.

Levi Colwill and Reece James are on the bench after recovering from injury.

As for Forest, carnage.

Vitor Pereira makes eight changes from the Tricky Trees’ UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg against Aston Villa.

Chris Wood, Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White are among those on the bench.

The only survivors from Thursday night are Morato, Nicolas Dominguez and Igor Jesus.

LINE-UPS

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

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

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

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

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

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  1. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    1 hour, 53 mins ago

    6-1 Chelsea win with hatties from Palmer and Pedro.

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    1. SpaceCadet
      • 12 Years
      1 hour, 39 mins ago

      Would ease the pain of Senesi benching.

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    2. Raoul Nogues
        1 hour, 33 mins ago

        Should not be a 0/0 draw

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    3. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      1 hour, 50 mins ago

      What's up with Forest's lineup?

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      1. Raoul Nogues
          1 hour, 32 mins ago

          Preparing european semi final

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        • The Philosopher
          • 5 Years
          1 hour, 32 mins ago

          Apparently Vitor Pereira owns both Palmer and Pedro and has also capped Pedro.

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      2. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        1 hour, 44 mins ago

        Forest throwing away this game with that lineup

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          1 hour, 15 mins ago

          Away to a Big 6 side is not a game they would have expected to win anyway

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      3. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 14 Years
        1 hour, 41 mins ago

        MGW benching is good for non owners

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      4. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        1 hour, 41 mins ago

        Gtg? 2 fts 0.2 itb

        raya
        oreilly munoz gabriel
        rogers semenyo gross bruno f wilson
        haaland (TC) bowen
        dub thiago andersen hill

        cheers and gl

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      5. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        1 hour, 39 mins ago

        Two months since Chelsea last gained a Premier League point btw

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      6. The Hunt
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 hour, 39 mins ago

        Current BB total = 2 (2, 1, 0, -1)

        Is this a new world record?

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        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          1 hour, 38 mins ago

          v unlucky...bb for second part of the season is just luck with lack of dgws... still have to play mine and would be happy with 2 2 2 2 tbh

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        2. brianutd-why always we? 20
          • 14 Years
          1 hour, 35 mins ago

          Glad I’m going GW37

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        3. The Philosopher
          • 5 Years
          1 hour, 34 mins ago

          At least you're setting records, mate.

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        4. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          1 hour, 28 mins ago

          Unlucky but why would you bb in a non dgw

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          1. Rougie
            • 14 Years
            1 hour, 21 mins ago

            BB is so much luck. I BBed in GW33 and got 13 as had Pedro and Gabriel. This week I am already on 19 on bench (Hinshelwood, Verbruggen and Hill, played Senesi and Welbeck) with Palmer to go against Nottingham Forest B Team.

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          2. FourLokoLeipzig
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 hour, 3 mins ago

            I decided not to this season, and was happy enough with my 18 points. Obviously you can get more in a DGW, and the template GW33 move worked out well for most, but then you can gain either side of that by not having to prioritise DGW players for your FTs / wildcard

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        5. Sandy Ravage
          • 10 Years
          1 hour, 14 mins ago

          I'll be starting my BB on -12, if that helps

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      7. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 hour, 29 mins ago

        Forest deserve to be relegated for fielding this 11 in a game where they could easily secure the PL spot against a garbage Chelsea side

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        1. Nightcrawler
          • 6 Years
          1 hour, 9 mins ago

          and risk missing out on a europa final. theyre still extremely unlikely to go down. wise move

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          1. Raoul Nogues
              1 hour, 1 min ago

              And still can defeat Chelsea

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          2. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            1 hour, 3 mins ago

            Stfu

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        2. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          1 hour, 16 mins ago

          Aywonyi G

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        3. Dynamic Duos
          • 12 Years
          1 hour, 16 mins ago

          1-0 Forrest lol

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        4. Raoul Nogues
            1 hour, 16 mins ago

            Awonyi G Bakwa A

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            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              59 mins ago

              Points for nobody

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          • The Philosopher
            • 5 Years
            1 hour, 15 mins ago

            Lol Chelsea are dog shite.

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          • Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            1 hour, 15 mins ago

            Chelsea’s defence, haha

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          • Royal5
            • 14 Years
            1 hour, 15 mins ago

            Chelsea are so bad

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          • Moon Dog
              1 hour, 15 mins ago

              Forest should have played their U16s to give Chelsea more of a chance

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            • FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              1 hour, 14 mins ago

              Forest focusing on Europe, bla bla. Oh look they’re winning.

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            • BeaversWithAttitude
              • 7 Years
              1 hour, 14 mins ago

              Sanchez is so dire – selling for hit no matter what!

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            • The Philosopher
              • 5 Years
              1 hour, 14 mins ago

              Pereira knew he could field a reserve team and still beat Chelsea. Good move to rest the players.

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            • RICICLE
              • 3 Years
              1 hour, 14 mins ago

              Wow Chelsea are garbage

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            • SpaceCadet
              • 12 Years
              1 hour, 13 mins ago

              First win of the gw. Sold cucu for Gabriel.

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            • The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              1 hour, 13 mins ago

              lol @ Chelsea, lol @ Brosstan 😆

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              1. Count of Monte Hristo
                • 13 Years
                59 mins ago

                Lol

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            • keefy59
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              1 hour, 12 mins ago

              Love it
              Forest put out a weakened team get so much stick on here from probably MGW & Anderson owners
              But then score first after just 2 minutes

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            • Bggz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              1 hour, 8 mins ago

              Palmer on my bench hmmm

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            • g40steve
              • 8 Years
              1 hour, 8 mins ago

              Enzo post

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            • Luis Suarez Ate My Homework
              • 14 Years
              1 hour, 8 mins ago

              2 FT / 1.0 ITB
              Who's better to bring in for the rest of the season?

              A) Palmer + JP > Saka + Mateta
              B) Palmer + JP > Sarr + Gyokeres

              Current team:
              Raya Darlow
              Gabriel VanHecke OReilly Struijk Hill
              Tavernier Semenyo Palmer Bruno Gross
              JP Haaland DCL

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              1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                • 12 Years
                51 mins ago

                Saka and Gyökeres preferably but B

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            • g40steve
              • 8 Years
              1 hour, 7 mins ago

              Pen check

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              1. g40steve
                • 8 Years
                52 mins ago

                For Forest Gusto pulling shirt

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            • The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              1 hour, 7 mins ago

              That’s a pen

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            • Raoul Nogues
                1 hour, 7 mins ago

                Forrest pen

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              • It’s gonna Ben Mee
                • 12 Years
                1 hour, 6 mins ago

                Chelsea will be relegation contenders 27/27. Bookmark this

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                1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                  • 12 Years
                  53 mins ago

                  *26/27

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              • Royal5
                • 14 Years
                1 hour, 6 mins ago

                God Chelsea are a disease

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