Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Blues unchanged with Palmer on bench

Raheem Sterling inspired the Blues to a 3-0 win over Luton to get Pochettino's new-look side underway for the campaign.

But they haven't won consecutive home games since the start of last season so Forest arrive knowing they can cause an upset.

Steve Cooper's men have already played Arsenal and Manchester United away from home and narrowly lost both games, losing 2-1 and 3-2.

Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge to kick-off at 3pm

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Chelsea: Sánchez, Disasi, Silva, Colwill, Gusto, Chilwell, Fernandez, Gallagher, Caicedo, Raheem Sterling, Jackson.

Subs: Bergstrom, Petrovic, Cucurella, Mudryk, Madueke, Ugochukwu, Palmer, Maatsen, Washington.

Nottingham Forest: Turner, Worrall, Boly, McKenna, Mangala, Yates, Danilo, Aurier, Aina, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White.

Subs: Horvath, Tavares, Kouyate, Wood, Felipe, Niakhate, Elanga, Montiel, Aguilera.

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Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

Raheem Sterling has arguably been Chelsea's best player under Mauricio Pochettino and looks more like the former Man City winger.

He's been direct and dangerous, while his two finishes against Luton were superb.

He missed out on a place in Gareth Southgate's England squad and will hope he can keep up this form today.

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Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest: Pre-match facts

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last nine meetings with Nottingham Forest in all competitions since a 2-0 loss in January 1997. However, following a run of seven straight victories, the Blues drew both Premier League meetings with Forest last season.

Nottingham Forest have won just one of their last 14 away games against Chelsea in all competitions (D5 L8) and are winless in nine since a 2-0 victory in January 1995.

Chelsea earned their first league win of the season against Luton last time out, ending a run of eight Premier League games without a home win (D5 L3). They last won consecutively at Stamford Bridge between August and October last season (a run of three).

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Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

Both of these sides were two of the most active in the transfer market this summer.

The Blues made a number of high-profile signings, including Moises Caicedo, while The Tricky Trees recruited SEVEN players on deadline day.

Here are all of the incomings in full.

Chelsea

Moises Caicedo [Brighton] £115m

Romeo Lavia [Chelsea] £58m

Christopher Nkunku [RB Leipzig] £52m

Cole Palmer [Man City] £40m

Axel Disasi [Monaco] £38.5m

Nicolas Jackson [Villarreal] £32m

Robert Sanchez [Brighton] £25m

Lesley Ugochukwu [Rennes] £24m

Deivid Washington [Santos] £17.2m

Kendry Paez [Independiente del Valle] Undisclosed

Djordje Petrovic [New England Revolution] Undisclosed

Dujuan Richards [Phoenix All Stars Academy] Undisclosed

Angelo Gabriel [Santos] Undisclosed

Alex Matos [Norwich] Undisclosed

Diego Moreira [Benfica] Undisclosed

Ishe Samuels-Smith [Everton] Undisclosed

Nottingham Forest

Chris Wood [Newcastle] £15m

Anthony Elanga [Manchester United] £15m

Murillo [Corinthians] £15m

Nicolas Dominguez [Bologna] Undisclosed

Ibrahim Sangare [PSV] Undisclosed

Andrew Omaobamidele [Norwich] Undisclosed

Callum Hudson-Odoi [Nottingham Forest] £5m

Odysseas Vlachodimos [Benfica] Undisclosed

Nuno Tavares [Arsenal] Loan

Gonzalo Montiel [Sevilla] Loan

Divock Origi [AC Milan] Loan

Manni Norkett [Manchester United] Free

Ola Aina [Torino] Free

Matt Turner [Arsenal] Undisclosed

Andrey Santos [Chelsea] Loan

12 minutes ago

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest

We are expecting both sides to line up in a 3-4-3 this afternoon.

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Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest: Teams

The teams are in and the Blues are unchanged from their 3-0 win over Luton.

But new man Cole Palmer is on the bench after completing a late switch from Manchester City.

Chelsea: Sánchez, Disasi, Silva, Colwill, Gusto, Chilwell, Fernandez, Gallagher, Caicedo, Raheem Sterling, Jackson.

Subs: Bergstrom, Petrovic, Cucurella, Mudryk, Madueke, Ugochukwu, Palmer, Maatsen, Washington.

Nottingham Forest: Turner, Worrall, Boly, McKenna, Mangala, Yates, Danilo, Aurier, Aina, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White.

Subs: Horvath, Tavares, Kouyate, Wood, Felipe, Niakhate, Elanga, Montiel, Aguilera.

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Hello, and welcome to talkSPORT.com's live coverage of Chelsea's home Premier League game against Nottingham Forest.

This has all the potential to be a great game and team news is imminent, so let's get going.