Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: Battle for Champions League Footy - Final Day Showdown!

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: Battle for Champions League Footy - Final Day Showdown!

Written by Raging Rob on May 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM

Nottingham Forest will host Chelsea in a Champions League shootout on the final day of the Premier League season this weekend.

The race to finish in the top-five remains the only intriguing narrative in Gameweek 38, with the title race over and relegation decided.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: The beautiful game's final showdown

This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, May 25 at the City Ground, set to kick-off at 4pm. It will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event, with coverage from Nottingham to begin around an hour beforehand.

Sky customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices. You can also purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass from NowTV for £14.99, while Match of the Day will broadcast highlights later in the evening.

Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea: Team news and what has been said

The hosts remain without Taiwo Awoniyi after undergoing urgent abdominal surgery that put him in an induced coma. The striker collided with a goalpost during their 2-2 home draw against Leicester earlier this month.

Forest are sweating on the availability of key defender Murillo, with Eric da Silva Moreira also a doubt due to an ankle issue.

Chelsea, meanwhile, are again without the suspended Nicolas Jackson, while Mykhailo Mudryk remains unavailable for selection. The Blues additionally have several fitness problems themselves, with Aaron Anselmino, Wesley Fofana, and Omari Kellyman sidelined.

Marc Guiu is closing in on a comeback from a thigh strain, but Christopher Nkunku is still a doubt with an unspecified issue.

Blues boss Maresca revealed this week that he is unhappy that Conference League final opponents Real Betis have been given two days of extra preparation for next week's showdown. La Liga have moved Los Verdiblancos' final domestic match against Valencia – originally scheduled for Sunday – forward to Friday evening.

Chelsea, by contrast, travel to Forest on the final weekend day three days before their UEFA final in Poland next week. Maresca said: "I'm not happy, 100 percent, you cannot allow another team 48 hours more when you play a European final."

"[Either we play Friday] or they play Sunday like us. I don't know if it is from La Liga, the Premier League or UEFA, but if you ask people in this room if it is normal to play a final where another team has 48 hours more to prepare, it is not normal."

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