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Watch Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea as Enzo Maresca takes an enforced back seat at the City Ground on Saturday, with all the broadcast information right here in this guide.
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea key information
Date: Saturday, 18 October 2025
Kick-off time: 12:30pm BST / 7:30am ET
Venue: City Ground, Nottingham
TV & Streaming: TNT Sports / Discovery+ (UK), USA Network (US), Stan Sport (Australia)
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Maresca's elation after Chelsea's stoppage-time winner against Liverpool earned him a touchline ban but he'll fancy his team getting the better of a Forest team without a win since opening day.
Postecoglou was under intense pressure the moment he replaced Nuno Espirito Santo at the City Ground barely a month ago and is odds-on to be the next Premier League manager sacked.
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Can I watch Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea in the UK?
Chelsea's visit to Forest is this weekend's Saturday lunchtime kick-off in the Premier League.
This broadcast slot belongs to TNT Sports and the match will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 1 and via the Discovery+ streaming platform.
Coverage will be live from the City Ground from 11:00am (UK).
Watch Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea in the US
In the USA, Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea will be broadcast by cable TV channel USA Network.
Sling doesn't have its own streaming service, so to watch online you'll need a cord-cutter, such as Sling or Fubo.
How to watch Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea in Australia
Premier League fans in Australia can watch Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea through Stan Sport.
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Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: Premier League preview
The Premier League creaks back into action after the October international break with a clash between the division's two-time European champions.
Nottingham Forest are off the pace in 2025-26. Having already parted ways with Nuno, they're winless under his successor and Postecoglou already needs a major turnaround in fortunes to avoid the same fate.
They're looking to avoid a third consecutive league defeat while Chelsea will be confident of a second win on the spin.
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The Blues are dealing with a significant injury list. Liam Delap and Levi Colwill are long-term absentees but Maresca might be able to welcome some players back with the international break now in the rear-view mirror.
Maresca himself will be enjoying the game from a different vantage point than usual. The Chelsea manager is to serve a touchline ban for his celebrations after Estevao's late winner against Liverpool.
Forest were unbeaten against Chelsea in their first three meetings after returning to the Premier League but haven't won this fixture at home since January 1997, when Stuart Pearce and Chris Bart-Williams scored the goals in the third round of the FA Cup.
Colwill scored the only goal of the final game of last season, a match that ended with Chelsea in the Champions League and Forest, initially, in the Conference League.
Chelsea are big favourites but Postecoglou could do with upsetting the odds on home soil with Forest having drawn three and lost three of the last six in the Premier League. Their only home points so far came from a win against Brentford in the first game of the season.
In contrast to last season, Forest are suffering at both ends of the pitch. They haven't scored more than once in a match since that Brentford victory and they're yet to keep a clean sheet this season.
Only Manchester City and Liverpool have scored more goals than Chelsea. The Blues might be classed as a little leaky so far but they've had enough in attack to overcome that, by and large.
The exceptions were back-to-back losses against Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion, results quickly placed in their rightful context by the last-gasp win against the champions.
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Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: Expected line-ups
FourFourTwo's prediction
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Chelsea
Back-to-back Premier League wins for the Blues and another reason for Postecoglou to expect a knock on his office door.
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