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Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea Prediction, 5/25/2025 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/21/2025

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Game: Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea

Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025

Location: The City Ground in Nottinghamshire, England

TV: Peacock

The City Ground in Nottinghamshire, England is the site where Chelsea (19-9-9) will play Nottingham Forest (19-8-10) on Sunday. Nottingham Forest at +150 and the Pensioners are at -182. The total is 3. The goalkeepers protecting the net are Matz Sels for Nottingham Forest and Đorđe Petrovic for Chelsea.

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Nottingham Forest has accumulated 118 SVs and are the owners of a SV percentage of 72.4% on the year. This team's differential on goals is currently at 13 with 58 goals finished and 45 goals relinquished. For the season, this team holds an average of 1.76 pts/match (65 points) and are 10th among Big 5 teams with 42 assists. The Tricky Trees are 15th in relation to expected goals with 44.3, and their expected goals against are 47.8. Nottingham has earned 88 yellow card warnings for the season and 2 red cards. Nottingham has conceded 45 goals while conceding 1.22 goals per 90 min, and their oppositition have accounted for 163 shots on target on them. They have amassed 13 clean sheets, giving them a rate of 35.1% for the season.

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Chelsea has earned 63 goals and their xG so far this year is sitting at 66.7. The club's goals against per 90 is currently at 1.16 in addition to 109 saves, and they have earned 10 clean sheets. So far this season, the Blues have a save percentage of 71.9% (153 SoT against), and rank 4th in European soccer with 66 points. Chelsea sits at 4th in goals conceded having 43, and the goal difference sits at 20. The Blues have amassed a shut out rate of 27.0% this year as well as 99 yellow cards. The Blues are averaging 1.8 points per match while having 46 assists and 2 red cards.

The guy who will defend the goal for Nott'ham Forest will be Matz Sels. Sels has played for 19,530 mins and has 580 saves in his career. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.34 (291 total goals conceded) and he has earned a save percentage of 66.8%. The goalkeeper born in Belgium has faced 868 shots tried at him in 217 starts. Sels (76-67-74 mark in his professional soccer career) has tallied 52 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 24.0%% clean sheet rate.

Đorđe Petrovic will be residing in front of the net for Strasbourg. So far in his career, Petrovic has allowed 76 goals while totaling 183 stops in 53 starting assignments. He has conceded 1.43 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a record of 28-13-12. He sports a save percentage of 71.8% and his clean sheet rate is 28.2%%. Petrovic has recorded 15 clean sheets while defending 255 shots against him in 4,777 mins throughout his career.

Chris Wood is one man who has a chance to score for Nott'ham Forest. Wood has been a starter in 400 matches so far in his pro soccer career and he scores 0.46 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in New Zealand has earned 183 goals scored in 35,933 mins. He has totaled 40 assists while earning 406 pts thus far in his career.

Chelsea is being led by Cole Palmer, who gives opposing coaches headaches. He averages 0.50 goals per 90 minutes and has been given a starting assignment in 88 outings so far in his pro soccer career. The midfielder hailing from England has totaled 8,233 minutes while scoring 46 goals. He has accumulated 117 pts so far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 25 times.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Nottingham Forest (-182)

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