{"id":3445,"date":"2026-05-03T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:00:11","slug":"john-terry-delivers-his-chelsea-vs-nottingham-forest-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3445","title":{"rendered":"John Terry delivers his Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea host Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on Monday afternoon and John Terry has given his prediction for the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON<span> <\/span>THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues returned to winning ways last weekend with a 1-0 win against Leeds in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chelsea have lost their last five league games without scoring, and are currently sat ninth in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h2>John Terry deliver Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest verdict<\/h2>\n<p>A first league win since March would send the Blues sixth, but they are yet to beat Forest at home since they returned to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Calum McFarlane\u2019s first game in charge at Stamford Bridge, but Chelsea have a poor home record this season, with just six league wins.<\/p>\n<p>McFarlane has confirmed Reece James and Levi Colwill are back in training and could be part of the match day squad.<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest could have half an eye on the second leg of their Europa League semi final next week, and Terry have now delivered his verdict on the game.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMuch needed win for us,\u201d he told TikTok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo, I\u2019m going to go for a 2-1 Chelsea win. Hopefully Reece James and Levi Colwill can be back in the squad. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat\u2019s going to be a big boost for us before the end of the season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a<span> <\/span>preferred source on Google<span> <\/span>to make us a favourite and see more of our<span> <\/span>content.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@johnterry26\/video\/7635244943296007446\" data-video-id=\"7635244943296007446\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section>  @johnterry26 <\/p>\n<p>My weekend predictions in the Premier League.  If anyone gets all correct results they will win a signed Terry 26 Shirt \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffb #johnterry #chelsea #premierleague #manunited #liverpool <\/p>\n<p>  \u266c original sound \u2013 John Terry <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea are reportedly among the clubs to have made an enquiry for Brentford striker Igor Thiago,<span> with the Bees expected to set their asking price at around \u00a380m.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories \/ <span class=\"topic\">Latest News<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Working-copy-of-CNFeaturedHero-Image-Templates-89-190x107.jpg.webp 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