Nottingham Forest and Chelsea are both fighting to finish in the top five and qualify for the Champions League when they lock horns in the Premier League on the final day.
Only one of the pair can secure Champions League football for next season and there remains the possibility that neither will qualify. The stakes are incredibly high at the City Ground.
Chelsea find themselves in pole position and currently sit fifth in the table. Victory would ensure they’re playing in Europe’s premier competition next term given their goal difference is vastly superior to Aston Villa’s below them. A draw would see them relying on results elsewhere, with the Blues then requiring Villa to drop points away at Manchester United or Newcastle United to lose at home to Everton.
Defeat would almost certainly deny them a top five finish—barring a heavy loss for Newcastle—but Forest will be aiming to condemn them to such a fate. The Tricky Trees, who are currently seventh and a point behind Chelsea, know they must win to qualify, but even that might not be enough with Nuno Espírito Santo’s side also needing Villa or Newcastle to drop points.
Here’s guide to a crunch clash this Sunday.
