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

4 May 2026 453 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. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Looked like a clear offside

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    1. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      The cartoon picture says otherwise

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      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Exactly

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  2. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Hahaha 😆 had no idea Chelsea - NFO was on. Lmaooo Chelsea trying to keep up with Spurs

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  3. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Who needs Brighton when there's a beach in West London

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  4. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Still looks ever so slightly offside to me, but what do I know

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  5. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Given, no offside.

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    1. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      I wish we still got to see the lines drawn rather than these fake pictures

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Get an outboard, your sail is a page late 😉

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Flol

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  6. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Are we at the point now where many players are just trying not to get injured before the World Cup? It seems a lot more beachy than this time last season.

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Most won’t be going tbf

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    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Chelsea absolutely shouldn’t be on the beach. They were within reach of CL spots a few game weeks back.

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    3. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Chelsea are just shite

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    4. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Chelsea aren’t on the beach, they’re just woeful

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    5. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Palmer has been doing that for the entire season

      Shouldn’t go to the World Cup

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    6. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      You kidding? Last season was the worst ever for that. About 10 yes had nothing to play for. The league was done, CL was done, relegated 3 were done and there were to EL finallists.

      There were only about 8 teams trying, that's why wolves won every week.

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  7. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Blueco for all the Billions spent 7th best result, what a joke

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    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      What's apped to Forest - they're looking like world beaters! Top marks to Pereira.

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  8. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    MGW needs a goal now

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  9. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    McFarlane out!

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  10. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Chippy T*ts!!

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  11. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Another head clash

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  12. JohnnyB10
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Hope MGW is okay! That’d be devastating for Forest

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    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      He’ll have to come off I guess

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  13. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Someone in here where happy they started Sanchez

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  14. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Cold Palmer indeed. Fecking hell

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  15. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    this makes aston villa's performance yesterday look even worse. Hope emery just leaves this summer.

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  16. Ray Kinsella
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    why God why did I a) buy Palmer and b) play him over senesi and hinchlewood?!

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    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Because he's 10.5 and the price tricked you into thinking that premium players are good.

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      1. Ray Kinsella
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        totes. i knew he was rubbish too, but got sucked in by the "he's due" argument. he's due to be banished from my team FOREVER!!!

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      2. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        If he’d scored the penalty tho…

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        1. Ray Kinsella
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Still not worth 10.5, he's a great player 5 games a season

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  17. riot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    does any site exist that combines/summarises player ratings from multiple sites?

    curious & might make myself if not

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    1. Ray Kinsella
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      not seen one. that's a good idea, like trivago for fantasy football!

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      1. riot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Yes will look into, want to make sure actual journalists are credited

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  18. Gubby-Allen
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Lot of people on page one saying Forest have thrown the game and deserve relegation for wimping out of this match.

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      All two of them

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      “Lot” = 2

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Only Brosstan mentioned relegation.

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Wish he was relegated from the forum tbh

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          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 18 days ago

            He can practice his virtual penalty kicks in the EFL

            Come back better

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  19. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    40% of this game has just been a player lying down unconscious in the penalty area.

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      And a lot of players in blue seemingly unconscious throughout.

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  20. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Sanchez coming off

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  21. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Woods on for MGW

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  22. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 18 days ago

    What a strange game of football this is.

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    1. Raoul Nogues
        1 month, 18 days ago

        A bloody game !

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    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      MGW off Woody on

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    3. Powers106
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      WC curse strikes again.

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      1. Babit1967
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Aye everything that could go wrong is for me. An absolute shocker of a gameweek on wildcard.

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        1. Powers106
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Feel like I should apologize in advance for starting Cherki who now obviously going to be rested!

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          1. Babit1967
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 18 days ago

            Please do not day this

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            1. Babit1967
              • 10 Years
              1 month, 18 days ago

              *say

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        2. Mr. O'Connell
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Ditto. The WC32 teams have pulverised my pitiful efforts over the last 4 or so weeks. 50k to 300k in record time.

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          1. riot
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 18 days ago

            Yeah I've gone 190 - 270k fh33 wc35 and been fortunate not to suffer more

            That said I didn't plan at all for my chip strategy so can't just blame bad luck

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      2. riot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        4 points isnt terrible and he will be alright

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    4. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Chance for Wood to put on the scoresheet too lol

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    5. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Who are people selling Palmer and Pedro for after this shiteshow

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      1. Assisting the assister
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Saka Gyok

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      2. JohnnyB10
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Am selling for Sarr and Mateta

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        1. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Expect heavy rotation

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          1. JohnnyB10
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 18 days ago

            Palace will rotate for sure but they can still deliver hopefully

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        2. thegaffer82
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Mistakes loading…

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      3. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Saka, Richarlison on the list

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      4. Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Why would you want to take their advice again?

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      5. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Saka, no idea...

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    6. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Boehly probably thinks Chelsea only need a touchdown to get back into this.

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Tanking to get a better draft pick in the summer

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    7. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Gambling on sustained form and fixtures, getting stuck with unwanted players and needing hits to change players recently transfered in is one of the issues with a late WC.

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    8. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 18 days ago

      https://x.com/FPLMaineRoad/status/2051325659733995819

      "Semenyo is fit to start."

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        “I didn’t say he is starting though”

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    9. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Pedro g

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      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Yay, points for me!

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