Premier League

Kick-off! here in the East Midlands is at 18:30 SAST. Please join us then.

Match officials : Our referee is Peter Bankes. He will be assisted by Eddie Smart and Nick Greenhalgh. The fourth official is Graham Scott and our VAR is Andre Marriner.

Chelsea : Kepa; Azpilicueta, Koulibaly, Silva, Cucurella; Zakaria, Jorginho, Mount; Sterling, Havertz, Pulisic. Subs: Bettinelli, Kovacic, Aubameyang, Chalobah, Ziyech, Gallagher, Chukwuemeka, Hutchinson, Hall.

Nottingham Forest : Henderson; Aurier, Worrall, Boly, Lodi; Yates, Freuler, Mangala; Johnson, Gibbs-White, Awoniyi. Subs: Hennessey, Cook, Williams, Colback, O’Brien, Toffolo, Surridge, Dennis, McKenna.

Jesse Lingard will undergo a late fitness test to see if he can play for Forest after picking up a hamstring niggle at Manchester United.

Chelsea's Mateo Kovacic and Hakim Ziyech have returned to training after the World Cup but they will miss Reece James as a result of a knee injury.

An interesting statistic is that Nottingham Forest have won their opening league game in a new calender year for the last four years, while Chelsea have not won their first league game of a new year during that same period. Can Forest do it today?

Nottingham Forest have not beaten Chelsea in any competition in their last six attempts. The last time they met Chelsea won 2-0 in January 2020 in the third round of the FA Cup.

In their last game Forest were well and truly beaten 3-0 by Manchester United at Old Trafford, while Chelsea got the better of Bournemouth with a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.