Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Prediction, 10/18/2025 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 10/16/2025

Game: Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Location: The City Ground in Nottinghamshire, England

TV: Peacock

The Blues (3-2-2) are on their way to The City Ground in Nottinghamshire, England on Saturday where they will try to defeat Nottingham Forest (1-2-4). Nottingham Forest at +126 while the Pensioners are at -152. The total comes in at 3. The goalies protecting the net will be Matz Sels for Nottingham Forest and Robert Sanchez for Chelsea.

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The Tricky Trees sit at 16th in relation to xG with 6.6, and the xGA sit at 12.4. Nottingham has surrendered 12 goals while relinquishing 1.71 goals per 90, and opponents have tallied 37 shots on target against them. The team's differential on goals is currently at -7 with the help of 5 goals tallied and 12 goals given up. They haven't earned a clean sheet on the year. Nottingham Forest has a total of 25 saves and also are the owners of a save percentage of 67.6% on the season. Nottingham has accounted for 14 yellow card warnings for the season. On the campaign, this team is averaging 0.71 points per match (5 pts) and they also rank 18th among European teams with 3 assists.

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Chelsea has totaled 13 goals and the team's goals expected so far this year is 10.9. The club's goals against/90 minutes is 1.29 with 13 saves, and they have earned 2 clean sheets. So far this year, the Blues have a save % of 59.1% (22 shots on target against), and they also have a rank of 7th among Big 5 teams with 11 points. Chelsea is ranked 10th in regard to goals against having 9, and the goal difference is 4. The Blues have earned a CS% of 28.6% for the year and 15 yellow cards. The Blues are averaging 1.6 pts/match while having 9 assists and 2 red cards.

The man protecting the net for Nott'ham Forest is Matz Sels. Sels has seen the pitch for a total of 20,250 mins and has tallied 606 stops so far in his career. Sels (77-69-79 record in his career) has tallied 52 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 23.1%% shutout percentage. The goalie hailing from Belgium has seen 907 shots sent in his direction in 225 starts. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.35 (304 total goals given up) and his save percentage is 66.8%.

Robert Sanchez will reside in front of the net for Chelsea. So far in his career, Sanchez has conceded 165 goals and has totaled 366 stops in 142 starting assignments. Sanchez has tallied 42 shutouts while seeing 530 shots tried against him in 12,686 mins in his career. He has earned a save % of 69.1% and his shutout rate is currently 29.8%%. He has given up 1.17 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a mark of 55-45-42.

Arnaud Kalimuendo is one member of the team who can be a force for Nott'ham Forest. He has 12 assists while tallying 134 points thus far in his career. The forward representing France has 61 goals scored in 11,489 mins played. Kalimuendo has been a starter in 137 contests in his pro soccer career and he accounts for 0.48 G/90.

Chelsea has an attacker in Joao Pedro, who should keep defenses up at night. The midfielder from Brazil has 28,115 mins and has scored 108 goals. He sports an average of 0.35 goals per 90 and has been a starter in 320 outings during his soccer career. He has totaled 252 pts so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 36 times.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chelsea (+126)

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