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Tom Lowery has already swallowed the bitter pill of relegation once in his career and doesn't want to taste it again. The 28-year-old was at Crewe when the Lancashire club dropped into League Two in England in 2022. The midfielder once nicknamed 'Miniesta' came through the Crewe youth academy and felt the pain of relegation keenly.
Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira has been speaking to the media before Monday's Premier League game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (kick-off 15:00). Pereira said he was in the dark on a lot of team news on the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Dan Ndoye, Jair Cunha and Murillo, with updates expected from his staff over the weekend. As he has said previously, Pereira thinks his players "recover fast" from victories in the Europa League because of a positive energy.
Since returning to the Premier League in 2022, Nottingham Forest are unbeaten at Stamford Bridge and they will hope to preserve that record and boost their survival hopes when they face Chelsea on Monday (15:00 BST). Forest are unbeaten in their last six league games, with only Brighton picking up more points than the relegation-threatened side's 12 since the start of March. Chelsea have not lost six in a row since November 1993 and have never lost that many in a row without scoring in their league history.
