{"id":9014,"date":"2026-05-04T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9014"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:21:02","slug":"chelsea-vs-nottingham-forest-live-premier-league-latest-score-and-confirmed-lineups-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9014","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League latest score and confirmed lineups | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chelsea host Nottingham Forest in the Premier League today in a match that has huge implications at both ends of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Having guided the Blues into the FA Cup final last weekend, interim boss Callum McFarlane will now hope to revive their faint hopes of Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have lost their last five league matches, but a win this afternoon would move them back up into seventh and close the gap on Aston Villa in 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