Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Richbased]

Aston Villa have been eliminated from the UEFA Europa conference league after losing to Olympiacos by 4:2 in their first leg and losing 2:0 in this second leg which makes it an aggregate of 6:2 and that means all England teams are out of the European competitions. Does it means that England teams are only vibrant and active in the premier league alone rather than when they are faced with major competitions like the UEFA Champions league, Europa league and the Europa conference league because literally a lot of England teams did qualified for the European competitions but none could make it to finals and this is a very bad signals for England considering how popular the premier league have been over the years and people are more interested in the premier League than other leagues but for the teams not to be able to represent England very well in European competitions means that England football may not really be the best as almost every one thinks perhaps that was the reason their teams couldn't succeed any of the European trophies. England teams really needs to buckle up in European competitions because they are becoming too backwards and it is not a good one considering the popularity of the premier league.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Arsenal has not lose a match for the past weeks and Manchester City hasn't as well, I don't know why my is telling me that one team will definitely lose one game next weekend and more likely it's going to be Manchester City, they seems to have over confidence and it's going to be between Manchester united and Tottenham or even Fulham.

They are still very good in terms of performance and indeed for now they cannot lose again with a situation that is still not comfortable for them despite being at the top and the remaining matches are only 2 more for Arsenal. So, as much as possible they continue to maintain the current positive trend so that they can still continue to compete in the race for the trophy even though for now Manchester City still has a stronger probability of winning this season .

This week will be a little troublesome for Arsenal but indeed with the situation that occurred in the last few matches it is likely that Arsenal can win narrowly in the big match later even though they will play at Old Trafford . They must make Manchester United's mental down after being beaten by Crytsal Palace last week an advantage so that Arsenal can get 3 points in the match later .

[MAAManda]

None of their matches are against Brighton, their remaining 3 matches are against Burnley, Manchester City & Sheffield United. IMO, Tottenham will no longer play matches that risk their position in the PL standings. Currently they're ranked 5th & it will stay like that at the end of the season as they will definitely get points when facing Burnley & Sheffield United.

About Tottenham beating Manchester City, did I hear that correctly? that won't be possible, Manchester City are also in the PL title race with Liverpool & Arsenal.

We should regards every single presence of competitive clubs because the chances of Manchester City and Arsenal winning the EPL are 50/50. Alot comes with varying levels and competitive strength exerted. Arsenal and Liverpool will continue to battle because there's absolutely no rest for these players. We know Spurs to be a burden for Pep Guardiola when it comes to EPL meetings. But this time around, the odds of winning belongs to Pep Guardiola and Manchester City.

Yes, I know the chances of winning the PL title are still big for the teams in the race, especially Arsenal & Manchester City. And I'm also not saying that Tottenham will be a problem for Manchester City, OFC Pep Guardiola & his squad will easily beat Tottenham, especially as they have a clear vision getting the PL title this season. If they lose just 1 match, Arsenal will exploit that mistake.

[arimamib]

This week will be a little troublesome for Arsenal but indeed with the situation that occurred in the last few matches it is likely that Arsenal can win narrowly in the big match later even though they will play at Old Trafford . They must make Manchester United's mental down after being beaten by Crytsal Palace last week an advantage so that Arsenal can get 3 points in the match later .

The upcoming match against Manchester United will be a deciding moment for Arsenal whether or not they will stay in the title race considering that is the big six team they will play against. The fact that Manchester United being in bad form after losing 0-4 to Crystal Palace is an advantage for Arsenal. Arsenal just need to maintain their current performance to secure the important three points.

I think Manchester United have given up their league already due to their chance to play in Europa League is practically over. At best, they will play in Conference League by finishing 8th. However, the sense of rivalry can't be underestimated, Manchester United will be happy to stop their rival from the title race. They also don't want to get beaten by their big rival in Old Trafford, and this can be a motivation for the players to put their big effort to stop Arsenal. 

[entertheabyss]

Arsenal has not lose a match for the past weeks and Manchester City hasn't as well, I don't know why my is telling me that one team will definitely lose one game next weekend and more likely it's going to be Manchester City, they seems to have over confidence and it's going to be between Manchester united and Tottenham or even Fulham.

Mikel Arteta mean everything this season, he wants to lean on his team to deliver him the English Premier League and we know exactly where it's been headed. Arsenal and Manchester City are doing their very best to pull up the top running streaks for themselves. Pep Guardiola and his former colleague, Mikel Arteta will face each other for the EPL title this season because the sad incident that happen last season that triggered the huge claiming for City, he will makes sure it doesn't repeat itself again.

[Yogee]

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Manchester United on the other hand has given Ten Hag all the chances he deserves to bring back glory to Old Trafford but he failed despite all the time and money given to him to sign more players of his choice; I don’t think Ten Hag can bring glory back to United because it seems like the players are also tired with hims management because he tactics are not given them good results.

I don't blame the management for giving him the money since ETH managed to lead the team finish third last season. I don't know about players being tired of his style but I can agree that he made some mistakes like putting all his faith to Onana and letting go of De Gea just like that. I also don't know the truth about Ronaldo's treatment and exit but his presence would have at least helped this team.

[Amphenomenon]

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That is why I have a slight hope in Chelsea that they will win Nottingham Forest in their next match, even if Nottingham Forest tries anything serious, they will end up drawing Chelsea in the game.

Unfortunately Chelsea lately has been finding it hard getting a win against Nottingham forest though I really hope their coming match should be different but this is not because of the 5 goals to nil they won against West Ham, there were matches where they pretty dominate and then in their next match disappointing like after defeating Everton 6 goals to nil.

[Weawant]

Yes, that's just Nottm Forest, Brighton, and also Bournemouth. Of these three clubs, Chelsea should be superior and indeed quite decisively, because after all, Chelsea has also tried quite optimally in all the matches ahead. especially now at the end of the season. So there is a possibility that Chelsea will be even more aggressive and put in a lot of effort to win. This will definitely be a challenge in itself for Chelsea. But at least in the next three matches, they should be much more certain of the results, they should win.

Chelsea before now actually Stands more of a better team than all of these teams because they were actually a better team in their form and their depth aswell as their strength but then their set back this season has made them almost looking like they are now looking like they are going to be  of same strength or ranking as average teams but then I still believe with the new for Chelsea is beginning to exhibit, it's very possible they will be able improve better soon.

I'm actually optimistic about Chelsea's performance because recent they have been able to really show good and excellent form that has actually got them to be able to have achieved a whole lot of upward movement in the past few games they have played, they are even four games without a losses and I think at this point the only challenging team will be Tottenham who has actually been able to show some strength even tho they have been inconsistent at some point due to the injuries and other crisis they had to suffer in recent times which became a set back for them but then I still believe with this their performance if they continue with improvement they will be able to eventually get to be in a better form.by next season.

Nottingham forest and Bournemouth aren't even looking like teams that will turn out challenging to Chelsea because these two teams has not gotten any form of consistency this season and their strength Isn't such that you can be sure of at any point, they can be good at a point with brilliant performance and in the next point they are becoming like one of the most terrible tho forest do try to challenge bigger team but they mostly don't get to succeed enough.

[Leviathan.007]

I have a feeling that Tottenham will mess up Manchester City league title dreams this season. Tottenham have been on losing streak, losing 4 matches straight which have made them lose their chances of qualifying for Champions League next season and even their chances of qualifying for Europa League is being threatened by Newcastle that have picked up form after their weeks of turbulence. Tottenham need to win at least one match if they must change the tide and the only option available is Brighton or Manchester City. I'm feeling that they might draw Brighton then win Manchester City. If this happens, then Arsenal's hope of winning the league will become reality.  

EPL title is between Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool. Manchester City will always come out topping the table, Pep Guardiola knows what he wants and he's specially this type of coach that always goes for the major trophies. In the English Premier League, we have fierce opponents that crucially hits on top target and we've watched how these clubs comes to their prime. On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur have lost balance this season, and this is really terrible for the club. Ange Postecoglou will explore more alternatives to defeats Pep Guardiola.

No, Liverpool is out. As much as I would like to see them win the title, this is by no means realistic anymore. They are 4 points behind Manchester City and only 2 games left whereas City has 3 games left.

It is certainly between Arsenal and City and I guess that Arsenal knows it is not looking all too good for them. City is performing in the league and it's like last season when they won so many games until they knew they have made it. If Arsenal doesn't drop any points in the next two games, I think that City won't drop any points either. They are out of the Champions League, but they do have the FA Cup final, but there is enough time to recover after the West Ham game, so the Premier League is more or less the only competition where they can put in maximum effort. There is no real need to rotate and that means the best team will be on the pitch.

Klopp didn't get the goodbye he was looking forward to as it looked amazing for them some weeks ago.

Arsenal had a good performance during this season with Arteta and they are still racing with Manchester City for the Premier League title while it seems Arsenal has a long-term plan for Areta and they want to keep working with Arteta in the next season and they want to even make the team get improved for the next season they are going to have with Arteta.
That's why they started extending the contracts of some players. Jorginho played in 35 games for Arsenal and he scored one goal and two assists.
He extended his contract until 2025.
  

[Dzwaafu11]

Chelsea in the previous two matches managed to achieve victory where they managed to win the match when playing at Stamford Bridge. In tomorrow match, Chelsea will visit the Nottingham Forest headquarters.

Yes, that's just Nottm Forest, Brighton, and also Bournemouth. Of these three clubs, Chelsea should be superior and indeed quite decisively, because after all, Chelsea has also tried quite optimally in all the matches ahead. especially now at the end of the season. So there is a possibility that Chelsea will be even more aggressive and put in a lot of effort to win. This will definitely be a challenge in itself for Chelsea. But at least in the next three matches, they should be much more certain of the results, they should win.

Yeah. But I think since Chelsea are just getting their performances back,. Their recent matches will be too early to start giving them high hopes of winning them all at once because you see that sometimes things change for Chelsea, even though I know this is football, but still, I can’t give them a high chance of winning their remaining goals. Because this team you mention now is going to take it easy with Chelsea because the season is about to end, and they will also want to get a good result before the season gets exhausting.

[TopT3ns]

Chelsea in the previous two matches managed to achieve victory where they managed to win the match when playing at Stamford Bridge. In tomorrow match, Chelsea will visit the Nottingham Forest headquarters.

Yes, that's just Nottm Forest, Brighton, and also Bournemouth. Of these three clubs, Chelsea should be superior and indeed quite decisively, because after all, Chelsea has also tried quite optimally in all the matches ahead. especially now at the end of the season. So there is a possibility that Chelsea will be even more aggressive and put in a lot of effort to win. This will definitely be a challenge in itself for Chelsea. But at least in the next three matches, they should be much more certain of the results, they should win.

If you look at their strength, Chelsea has a very high chance of winning this match, but when on the field, anything can happen. So we can't confirm who will be the winner, although we hope that Chelsea can take advantage of the match against Nottm Forest to increase points on the standings board. When Chelsea can win this match, it will move them to the top 6 of the standings.

[Smartvirus]

Unfortunately Chelsea lately has been finding it hard getting a win against Nottingham forest though I really hope their coming match should be different but this is not because of the 5 goals to nil they won against West Ham, there were matches where they pretty dominate and then in their next match disappointing like after defeating Everton 6 goals to nil.

Do you think any of that matters now? Maybe, I wouldn’t want to dispute records but, Chelsea is in such form now that beating Nottingham Forest might just come with ease for the London blues. They might be the visitors in this fixture but, Nottingham Forest is going to be lit blue. I have little room in my mind that Chelsea would win but, wouldn’t manage to keep a clean sheet through this.

No, Liverpool is out. As much as I would like to see them win the title, this is by no means realistic anymore. They are 4 points behind Manchester City and only 2 games left whereas City has 3 games left.

It is certainly between Arsenal and City and I guess that Arsenal knows it is not looking all too good for them. City is performing in the league and it's like last season when they won so many games until they knew they have made it. If Arsenal doesn't drop any points in the next two games, I think that City won't drop any points either.

Klopp didn't get the goodbye he was looking forward to as it looked amazing for them some weeks ago.

Liverpool have no news talking about the league trophy, there isn’t any way they could even come close. It’s always going to be Manchester City or Arsenal through the few games that is left. Expecting both teams to lose their remaining games is just unimaginable.
Liverpool only managed to mess up Klopp’s goodbye trophy year and I feel they could have given the manager that.

[TelolettOm]

Yes, that's just Nottm Forest, Brighton, and also Bournemouth. Of these three clubs, Chelsea should be superior and indeed quite decisively, because after all, Chelsea has also tried quite optimally in all the matches ahead. especially now at the end of the season. So there is a possibility that Chelsea will be even more aggressive and put in a lot of effort to win. This will definitely be a challenge in itself for Chelsea. But at least in the next three matches, they should be much more certain of the results, they should win.

Against those teams, I am optimistic Chelsea can get full points in each remaining match. Chelsea is in a good form now, they are trying to finish this season in the best position in EPL. I think Chelsea can finish in UEL zone if there are more remaining matches. But considering 3 remaining matches only, I think Chelsea only can finish in the top 6. If Newcastle get bad results in the remaining matches, Chelsea has a chance to overtake them. Whatever the position of Chelsea in the end of this season, I'm happy to see a progress of Chelsea. Their current performance makes us to hope of a better Chelsea in the next season.

If you look at their strength, Chelsea has a very high chance of winning this match, but when on the field, anything can happen. So we can't confirm who will be the winner, although we hope that Chelsea can take advantage of the match against Nottm Forest to increase points on the standings board.

Just take a look on the last 5 matches of Nottm Forest, it is very unlikely that they will surprise Chelsea. From the last 5 matches, Nottm Forest only could win a single match, and it was the match against the weakest team in EPL (Sheffield United). Although there is no guarantee that Chelsea must win the match, I believe Chelsea has no reason to be defeated in this match.


Lets look at head to head Chelsea vs Nottm Forest!





Source: leaguelane

According to the stats of head to head Chelsea vs Nottm Forest, it is very likely that Chelsea has a big chance to win. Specifically for the last 2 matches, Chelsea always won the matches with 2 goals. I predict that Chelsea will win the match with 3 goals for this time.  

[Gallar]

In the battle for the top position in the Premier League this week 37, Arsenal is still leading with 83 points, followed by Manchester City who is in 2nd place with 82 points, and in 3rd place is Liverpool with 78 points. Currently, Liverpool is certain to be eliminated from the race for top position in the Premier League, because Liverpool is already quite far behind Arsenal and Manchester City in terms of points. So the fierce competition that will occur at the end of this season is Arsenal and Manchester City. The reason is, the difference in points between the two is also very small so changes in the position of the Premier League standings will definitely continue to occur in every match played by Arsenal and Manchester City.

Apart from that, this week Manchester City will face Fulham, I think this match will definitely be easy for Guardiola's troops. The reason is that Fulham's performance this season is quite bad, in their last 5 matches in the Premier League, Fulham was only able to pick up 1 win (against West Ham). So my prediction is that Manchester City will definitely win this match quite easily.

And this week Arsenal is scheduled to face Manchester United, perhaps Arsenal should be a little wary of this team made by Ten Hag. The reason is, even though Manchester United's recent performance has been quite bad, it is possible that Arsenal will have a little difficulty in this match. The reason is, Manchester United has sometimes performed quite well this season, but unfortunately their consistency has not been maintained well. So for this match, my prediction is that Arsenal will win narrowly against Manchester United, maybe 1-0 or 2-1.

[mamesso]

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If you look at their strength, Chelsea has a very high chance of winning this match, but when on the field, anything can happen. So we can't confirm who will be the winner, although we hope that Chelsea can take advantage of the match against Nottm Forest to increase points on the standings board. When Chelsea can win this match, it will move them to the top 6 of the standings.

Victories over Tottenham and West Ham are good capital for Chelsea when they play away to the Nottingham forest headquarters. Chelsea must play like in the last two matches because Nottingham will try to play at home to increase the number of points to stay away from the relegation zone. It is very difficult to determine who will win this game because Chelsea has not consistently maintained its performance this season, but its goal productivity which has increased recently gives a little shadow to the result of this match, especially as Nottingham's defense is not very strong. The victory achieved by Nottingham in its last match can arouse the enthusiasm of the Nottingham players to achieve victory at their home base. This match will certainly be exciting because both teams want to achieve victory for different purposes.

[Hirose UK]

Ten Hag has been coach of Manchester United for 2 season and there have been no good achievements, the only thing that can be seen is last season when Manchester United managed to finish in the Premier League in the top 3 but that cannot be repeated this season.
It didn't get better but instead Manchester United became much worse than before, I think everything happened because of Ten Hag decision at the end of last season who was too reckless in throwing away, retaining or bringing in players because everything he did was pointless.
We all know that Ten Hag is an experienced and quite great coach but he is really not worthy of Manchester United so the option of changing coaches must be made to improve everything.
Manchester United needs touch from the performance of coach who can build and create changes to be able to perform well again, they need the performance of coach who can be relied on.

Regarding retaining Ten Hag, Manchester United will not fire Ten Hag in the near future, but that doesn't mean that at the end of the season when all the competitions are over they will still be able to keep him.
From what is circulating, Manchester United management is retaining Ten Hag for the reason that there are still important matches that they have to finish.
News is circulating that Ten Hag only has chance at the FA Cup final and if he fails after final he will be fired.

What the bloody hell are you talking about? Back to Back finals in the first two seasons  is not some good thing to look at? Winning a trophy in his first season and qualifying Manchester United for the Champions league isn't something  good? How do you watch football? Or why lazing around when you can research for yourself online? Players who are not good enough?  Bloody spamming is all you do here.

So who is worthy of Manchester United? Graham Potter? Jose Mourinho? TT? David Moyes? Southgate? Lol Y'all are mad ain't it. You don't just know what's good for Manchester United. The thing is that most are fans are the problem,  you don't look beyond,  inwards and deep.

The FA Cup is one last game for him to show working that he is capable enough for the Manchester United job. Most of his defenders will definitely be ready for that game and I will be confident while watching that game. Erik ten Hag is the first manager with the highest winning rate even ahead of names like,  Jose Mourinho,  Sir Alex Fergurson,  Josep Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and also Mikel Arteta. He deserves one last season and he will make things right. It'll be hurting to see a sound coach tactically leaving if he is not backed by the management.

Onana is no flop, he needs a good defence to complement him and he did not get that. Antony is a good player but hasn't raised his bar in the Premier League Competition. Erik ten Hag didn't offload Cristiano Ronaldo,  if you go back and read, Cristiano Ronaldo parted ways with Manchester United after agreements on mutual terms. All these results from that interview and he did call out the glazers for their blunders.

I look at it and judge based on how Manchester United play each week, what good is that the wins this season are only 50% of the games they take part in.
We discussed the future of Manchester United and made an assessment starting from the beginning when the current coach was appointed, two seasons without any achievements given by Ten Hag with his hard work as coach.
And the clear certainty that has been issued by Manchester United management is that they cannot fire Ten Hag in short time because there is still the FA Cup final and it can be concluded that the opportunity for Ten Hag dismissal still exists.

Do you remember Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who had the opportunity to win the Europa League and Premier League titles even though at that time he failed and had to accept the fact of being runner-up, in the following season he failed, Manchester United got worse and there was no chance because he was fired after big defeat.
If look at the win ratio, Ten Hag has win ratio of more than 60% and surpasses several other coaches who have won many titles, but whether it produces results, I will not discuss Ten Hag win ratio but I will say the poor quality of their playing performance.

If the basis is that the defense is not optimal, isn't that also the coach fault for not being able to determine which players should be used and brought in, everything related to players is the coach responsibility.
Playing strategy, game tactics, the arrangement of player placement are all the coach responsibility, if what is determined does not work and does not result in victory is that failure coach.
There is nothing that can be denied and Manchester United has not won title for several seasons and this is the only thing everyone wants, to see Manchester United become the strongest and win the title.

Regarding Ronaldo, Manchester United actually has the option of one-season extension for Ronaldo and if this extension is carried out, Ronaldo will not be able to leave sooner.
But everything happened not according to expectations, there was an interview conducted by Ronaldo and he mentioned everything about the reasons and why he chose to leave, I think you also know and can understand what Ronaldo said.

[fadhilz123]

If you look at their strength, Chelsea has a very high chance of winning this match, but when on the field, anything can happen. So we can't confirm who will be the winner, although we hope that Chelsea can take advantage of the match against Nottm Forest to increase points on the standings board. When Chelsea can win this match, it will move them to the top 6 of the standings.

Chelsea will definitely try to win at home to Nottingham Forest this weekend, because Chelsea is trying to get a better position even though on the other hand, Nottingham Forest is also trying to get points so as not to experience relegation or be overtaken by Luton Town. I think the Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea match will be a little more intense because both teams are chasing full points in order to secure their respective positions in a better place.

[Litzki1990]

From the beginning of the season, inconsistency has been the second name of Chelsea and their performance do not longer impress me regardless of the outcome of their match. Although, I do applaud them when they win but their losing is never a shock to me because it's their norms to win one match and lose the next match and thereby making their standing on table declining. Their next match coming on Saturday is against Nothingham Forest and Chelsea is expected to win the match but if their norms set in, they will lose the match since they won their previous match with outstanding performance and amazing scoreline. However, winning the upcoming match and the subsequent ones can not guarantee them a spot again in the top 4 on the league table this season even if the teams ahead of them lose all their remaining matches. Although, their possibility for them to play in Europe competition or probably Europa to be precise but finishing as top 4 is provably not possible again.

New coach and new owners completely fail to bring stability and quality of the Chelsea which was their trademark under the Roman Abramovich which left this club in 2022 and now this club is having one of the worst time even Todd Boehly spend huge amount but still fail to bring good results which are surely miserable for the fans and all related peoples even we have good performance but still things are not as fans were looking for three remaining games with most chances they will have 6 or 7 points which could be also good as this will give them stay here on this current spot with in case of losing points form the Newcastle United can give them chance of going for the Conference League in the next season which is also acceptable in these circumstances.

Both teams, Chelsea and Manchester United had bad performances and both teams could get good results even though both are about to get their coaches fired from the team. While we know Chelsea has a much better situation but in Chelsea they paid much more attention to the younger players and one good thing after Pochettino joined Chelsea is he had good changes in Chelsea and he let the older players go. So maybe we can't blame Pochettino too much like the other coach Ten Hag, because of Pochettino using younger players.

Manchester United and Chelsea are the biggest teams this season but they have performed worst and time. The manager of United has worked with Manchester United for several seasons but he has not been able to give significant performances for Manchester United so far. So this season may be Manchester United's last season for the current manager. On the other hand we can see that Chelsea spend a lot of money on their club every season and in the past few seasons they have regularly changed their manager duties from their club and maybe this season they will also change their club manager duties. If Chelsea had a skilled manager in charge instead of changing managers every season then maybe this team would have a better chance of success.

[Out of mind]

Manchester City still has a chance to win the Premier League this season. Since they won the championship last season and I think they have enough opportunities this season, and they have experience, I have a long belief that Manchester City will win the EPL title this season. Manchester City is only one point less than Arsenal in the EPL point table. In that case, Manchester City can still play three matches. If they can win each match, they will surely overtake Arsenal and become champions. Arsenal have just two matches remaining and if they draw either of the two matches they will surely drop points and drop back in the title race. In that case, Manchester City is still very competitive with Arsenal and this season, since Man City is very excited, they will fight hard enough to become champions. And this season, Manchester City's fight to win the title in EPL seems to be successful. Arsenal may be in the second position, but even though Liverpool competes a lot, they can occupy the third position.

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Chelsea will definitely try to win at home to Nottingham Forest this weekend, because Chelsea is trying to get a better position even though on the other hand, Nottingham Forest is also trying to get points so as not to experience relegation or be overtaken by Luton Town. I think the Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea match will be a little more intense because both teams are chasing full points in order to secure their respective positions in a better place.

Both teams are currently targeting victory in order to improve their position in the league, Chelsea is of course still a strong enough team if they meet Nottingham Forest who are currently fighting away from the relegation zone, Chelsea who in the last two games won certainly have great motivation to  win the every game in order to continue to maintain their chances of playing in European competition next season,  In addition, victory will of course make Chelsea further away from Manchester United who in other matches will face a difficult match against Arsenal, if you look at the performance of both teams, of course I will make Chelsea the favorite in the match later.

Chelsea are currently starting to rise after a series of bad results they received but even so, of course Chelsea also cannot underestimate Nottingham Forest in the game later, because for now Nottingham Forest is also in a difficult condition in the standings, although they are currently in the relegation safe zone, they must get 3 points if they do not want to drop to the relegation zone,  Luton and Nottingham Forest only have a difference of 3 points so we can say that Nottingham Forest is also still likely to be relegated if they cannot take advantage of the remaining 2 matches to win.