CHE vs NOT Dream11 Match Prediction: Chelsea will be welcoming Nottingham Forest to Stamford Bridge for the third round of the FA Cup. Frank Lampard is expected to make quite a few changes in the upcoming fixture, while, Nottingham should look to go out all guns blazing in order to proceed to the next round.
Match Details
Date- Sunday, January 5
Kick-Off- 7:30 PM (IST)
Venue- Stamford Bridge
Chelsea
Players such as Tariq Lamptey, Billy Gilmour and Callum Hudson Odoi are likely to be named in the team sheet. Though there are rumours circulating regarding Michy Batshuayi leaving the club soon, he should be leading the line of attack for the Blues.
Nottingham Forest
Chema Rodriguez was taken off early against Blackburn and will miss out. With Rodriguez on the sidelines, Jack Robinson should feature at left-back.
Head-coach, Sabri Lamouchi will be expected to push Lilly, Silva, Carvalho and Grabban in the advanced role.
CHE (Expected Playing 11) – Caballero, Emerson, Zouma, Christensen, Lamptey; Barkley, Kovacic, Gilmour; Hudson-Odoi, Batshuayi, Pedro
NOT (Expected Playing 11) – Muric; Cash, Worrall, Figueiredo, Robinson; Semedo, Watson; Lolley, Silva, Carvalho; Grabban
Callum Hudson-Odoi could have a big part to play in Chelsea’s midfield. The 19-year-old has three assists and a pass accuracy of 85.7% from 410 minutes in the league.
Lewis Grabban tops the charts in terms of most number of goals scored for Nottingham this season. Grabban has 14 goals, an assist and a pass accuracy of 77.7% in the 25 appearances of Championship campaign.
Mateo Kovacic’s presence in midfield could come in handy for Chelsea. The Croatian has a goal, three assists and a pass accuracy of 89.7% from 1331 minutes in the league this season.
Matthew Cash has impressed the most for Nottingham with his defensive duties. Cash averages 2.7 tackles per game, while also having two goals, four assists and pass accuracy of 69% from 2053 minutes in the Championship
Nottingham Forest won’t make things easy for Chelsea since the blues seem to be struggling at home this season. Having said that, Chelsea might be able to just nick a win.
Team 1
Goalkeeper- A Muric
Defenders- J Robinson, M Cash, K Zouma, E Palmieri
Midfielders- A Semedo, J Lolley, M Kovacic, Pedro, C Hudson Odoi (VC)
Forwards- L Grabban (C)
Goalkeeper- A Muric
Defenders- J Robinson, M Cash (VC), K Zouma, E Palmieri
Midfielders- A Semedo, J Lolley, M Kovacic (C), Pedro, C Hudson Odoi
Forwards- L Grabban, M Batshuayi
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