Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Prediction, 5/11/2024 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 5/6/2024

Game: Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea

Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024

Location: The City Ground in West Bridgford, England

TV: BT Sport

The City Ground is where Chelsea (14-9-11) will play Nottingham Forest (7-9-19) on Saturday. The goaltenders who are expected to start will be Matz Sels for Nottingham Forest and Djordje Petrovic for Chelsea.

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Nottingham has relinquished 63 goals while allowing 1.75 G/90, and opposing clubs have recorded 155 shots on target against them. They have tallied 4 shut outs, giving them a percentage of 11.4 over the course of the season. Nottingham has tallied 80 yellow card warnings this year and also 3 red cards. The Tricky Trees sit at 15th in regard to xG having 46.7, and the squad's expected goals against are sitting at 50.4. So far this season, the club averages 0.74 points per fixture (26 pts) and they also sit at 8th in soccer with 39 assists. Their differential on goals is -20 with 42 goals accumulated in addition to 62 goals allowed. Nottingham Forest has a total of 94 saves and have a save percentage of 61.9 so far this season.

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This season, the Blues have a save % of 68.0 (175 SoTA), and they also are 8th in the league with 51 points. The Blues average 1.5 points per match while accounting for 45 assists and 3 red cards. Chelsea has tallied 65 goals and the squad's expected goals on the season sits at 70.1. The Blues have compliled a clean sheet rate of 23.5 this year as well as 102 yellow card warnings. Their goals against/90 minutes is at 1.69 with 117 saves, and they have recorded 8 clean sheets. Chelsea is ranked 7th in relation to goals against having 59, and the goal difference is 6.

The man who is expected to protect the net for Nottingham Forest is Matz Sels. Sels (130-104-108 mark in his career) has accounted for 88 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 25.7% clean sheet percentage. The goalie hailing from Belgium has seen 1,379 shots tried against him in 342 starting assignments. His GA/90 is 1.29 (441 total goals allowed) and he has earned a save % of 70.5. Sels has played for 30,780 mins and has 941 saves during his career.

Djordje Petrovic will be residing in front of the goal for Chelsea. Thus far in his career, Petrovic has allowed 88 goals and has racked up 237 saves in 138 starts. He has allowed 1.46 goals per 90 and he has earned a mark of 67-39-32. He has earned a save % of 76.7 and his shutout rate is currently at 34.1%. Petrovic has totaled 47 shutouts and defended 326 shots tried against him in 12,427 career minutes.

Morgan Gibbs-White is a member of the squad who can be a force in the game for Nottingham Forest. He has totaled 27 assists while tallying 26 yellow cards in his pro soccer career. The forward born in England has totaled 23 goals scored in 10,976 mins. White has been in the starting lineup in 119 outings in his career and he scores 0.19 goals per 90.

Chelsea is being led onto the pitch by Cole Palmer, who the defense is sure to gameplan for in this matchup. The forward from England has earned 2,844 mins while earning 21 goals. He is currently averaging 0.66 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 29 contests during his career. He has totaled 8 yellow card warnings so far in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 10 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Nottingham Forest

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