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

4 May 2026 427 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. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 16 mins ago

    Eff off Palmer you useless c##t!

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  2. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 16 mins ago

    Sold Palmer to Saka and a Sels owner - are the stars aligning for me finally?!

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 hour, 3 mins ago

      Sels - wow

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 hour, 1 min ago

        Neco too unfortunately…

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  3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 16 mins ago

    Cole Palmer will be playing in the Turkish League in a few seasons, absolute dross

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      1 hour, 8 mins ago

      Overrated, injury prone t1t

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    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 hour, 6 mins ago

      Another English one season wonder

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  4. Big Mike
    • 3 Years
    1 hour, 15 mins ago

    I'm beginning to think that bringing in Cole Palmer on a 32 wildcard was the biggest mistake I've made this season.

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    1. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      14 mins ago

      This! It will cost me my mini league title for sure now it’s over

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    2. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      just now

      Same, feel your pain

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  5. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 15 mins ago

    Chelsea ain't scoring today

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  6. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    1 hour, 14 mins ago

    Palmer you beautiful man

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  7. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 hour, 14 mins ago

    Forest will have had harder training sessions today than this first half

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  8. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 13 mins ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2026/05/04/fpl-notes-west-ham-luckless-lewis-potter-a-threat?hc_page=-1&parent_comment_id=27628319#hc_comment_form

    I did warn you guys, not to have any ideas about getting Chelsea points

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  9. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 hour, 13 mins ago

    Sanchez, Palmer and Pedro.

    I’d have more points if Chelsea didn’t play.

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  10. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    1 hour, 13 mins ago

    Palmer bro

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

      Pep knows

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  11. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 12 mins ago

    Is Palmer still essential?

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

      At parties yes, jokes are important

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  12. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    1 hour, 12 mins ago

    Does anyone have the number of this chippy chips mofo? I just wanna talk.

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  13. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 11 mins ago

    Absolutely zero reason for Palmer to be in the England squad for this World Cup. Has stunk the place out for close to 2 years now

    There's no world where he can have an FPL price of more than 7.5m next season

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    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 3 mins ago

      8.5 at least. There is potential, just like with Foden.

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    2. Moon Dog
        1 hour, 3 mins ago

        I was just thinking that. Tuchel is in the crowd.

        So many players ahead of him in the 10 and out wide. I'd sooner take MGW and Bowen.

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        1. Moon Dog
            1 hour ago

            Dewsbury-Hall & Hinshelwood too

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        2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
          • 9 Years
          1 hour, 2 mins ago

          I’m not convinced he’ll make it in, so many players in better form

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        3. Count of Monte Hristo
          • 13 Years
          1 hour ago

          He isn’t that goog anyway, way overrated. Or overly keen on Rogers either tbh. MGW, Eze and Bellingham.

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      • JBG
        • 7 Years
        1 hour, 10 mins ago

        Cole "lukewarm" Palmer

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        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 hour, 2 mins ago

          Easy sell for Saka...

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      • Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        1 hour, 9 mins ago

        Expectations was 6 points, so I will take 4 points hopefully

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      • The-Red-1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 hour, 8 mins ago

        On my bench boost, I have 4 players currently combining for -2 points

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      • Defcons are for Kinnear
        • 12 Years
        1 hour, 8 mins ago

        Palmer 5.5m starting price next season

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        1. The Philosopher
          • 5 Years
          55 mins ago

          Will still think long and hard at that price.

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      • Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        1 hour, 8 mins ago

        Slim pickings but start one

        Enzo @ Liverpool
        Pedro @ Liverpool
        Struijk @ Spurs
        Ampadu @ Spurs

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        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          1 hour, 5 mins ago

          Enzo and Pedro, you deserve it for having both.

          (Probably Ampadu for the defcons)

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      • thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        1 hour, 7 mins ago

        Everyone moaning about owning Palmer and Chelsea in general…
        But cmon, we’d all do it again in a heartbeat. DGW’s are like heroin…

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        1. Defcons are for Kinnear
          • 12 Years
          53 mins ago

          We're wiser now

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          1. The Philosopher
            • 5 Years
            47 mins ago

            Yeah, we prefer coke now.

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      • Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 hour, 5 mins ago

        If you count captain twice Ive had 9 pen misses this season. Bruno, Bruno (C), Semenyo, Haaland (C), Thiago, Welbeck, Palmer. Over the entire season theres been 15 pen misses...

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      • Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        1 hour, 4 mins ago

        You couldn't make it up

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      • Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        1 hour, 2 mins ago

        Gambling on Henderson getting the chance to save a penalty next gameweek

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      • Stranger Mings
        • 5 Years
        1 hour, 2 mins ago

        Gw36 Bench 2 of a) pedro liv or b) palmer liv c) thuago city d) tavenier ful.

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      • g40steve
        • 8 Years
        58 mins ago

        Reinforcements for Forest

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      • The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        55 mins ago

        Palmer + Pedro -> Saka + Richarlison?

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        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          54 mins ago

          Personally I'd keep them, they probably want revenge after today.

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          1. The Philosopher
            • 5 Years
            52 mins ago

            Enough, mate.

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            1. JBG
              • 7 Years
              50 mins ago

              Just do it mate, but maybe a differential instead of Saka?

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        2. Sailboats
          • 10 Years
          50 mins ago

          Yea im doing Palmer > Saka after UCL. I did Pedro > Bowen this GW.

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      • Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        53 mins ago

        Famous plastic garbage flags for the joke club?

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      • JBG
        • 7 Years
        52 mins ago

        It's funny about 2 years ago, the England attack seemed like the best in the world. Fast forward to now, besides Kane they are all pretty meh or just bad.

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      • g40steve
        • 8 Years
        51 mins ago

        MGW A

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        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          38 mins ago

          Aywonyi 2

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          1. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            23 mins ago

            3-0

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        2. Il Capitano
          • 5 Years
          38 mins ago

          Nice

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        3. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          37 mins ago

          May be offside

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          1. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            23 mins ago

            Nah

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        4. Babit1967
          • 10 Years
          36 mins ago

          Yasss

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      • Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        50 mins ago

        Forest 3-0

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      • thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        49 mins ago

        Looks offside to me

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        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          36 mins ago

          Cut of the grass suggested he was ahead of the ball, but it was very tight.

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