Why isn't Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest live on TV in UK today?

The Blues are acceptable to motion disconnected for the October planetary interruption with a Stamford Bridge clash against Nuno Espirito Santo’s side, looking to notch a sixth successive triumph crossed each competitions.

The Blues person won 4 and mislaid lone 1 - to champions Manchester City connected opening play - of their archetypal six league games nether Maresca, to spell on with their advancement successful some the Carabao Cup and Conference League.

The erstwhile Leicester brag has admitted that his squad are good up of docket successful presumption of their advancement and they tin fortify their grip connected 4th spot with different triumph successful westbound London this afternoon, which would instrumentality them backmost to conscionable 1 constituent down rubric rivals Arsenal and Manchester City and 2 adrift of aboriginal pacesetters Liverpool.

Fans successful the UK hoping to ticker unrecorded sum of Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest this day volition beryllium near disappointed, with the crippled not being televised connected these shores.

That is due to the fact that it was primitively expected to instrumentality spot astatine 3pm BST connected Saturday afternoon, lone to beryllium moved to a 2pm Sunday slot arsenic the effect of Chelsea’s engagement successful the Conference League due connected Thursday nights, confirmed aft their play-off triumph implicit Swiss broadside Servette.

That archetypal kick-off clip would person seen it autumn during the Saturday 3pm TV blackout inactive imposed crossed English football, and nether existent rules that means it inactive cannot beryllium shown unrecorded contempt the move.

However, you volition inactive beryllium capable to travel the crippled unrecorded with Standard Sport’s dedicated lucifer blog, featuring investigation from Dom Smith astatine Stamford Bridge.

Highlights volition besides beryllium disposable connected Match of the Day 2, which is being screened astatine 10:30pm BST connected Sunday nighttime connected BBC One.