📏 Form Guide

Fulham

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Fulham enter this fixture following on from a 2-2 Premier League drawn result versus Liverpool.

In that match, Fulham had 42% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For Fulham, the scorers were Harry Wilson (17') and Harrison Reed (97'). Liverpool got 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. Florian Wirtz (57') and Cody Gakpo (94') scored for Liverpool.

Fulham haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 7. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Fulham:

• have not beaten Chelsea in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Chelsea

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In their last game, Chelsea drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Manchester City.

In that match, Chelsea had 42% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Chelsea was Enzo Fernández (94'). On the other side, Manchester City got 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Tijjani Reijnders (42') scored for Manchester City.

The stats don’t lie, and Chelsea have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in total. At the back, Chelsea certainly have room for improvement.

Coming into this contest, Chelsea have not been beaten by Fulham when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 03/02/2023 tells us that Fulham have won 1 of these and Chelsea 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for The Cottagers and 8 created by The Blues. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league game featuring these sides was Premier League match day 3 on 30/08/2025 when the final score was Chelsea 2-0 Fulham.

That day, Chelsea managed 55% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Pedro (45') and Enzo Fernández (56').

Fulham got 10 shots at goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Robert Jones.

🗞️ Team News: Fulham

Josh King (Knee problems), Kenny Tete (Hamstring injury) and Rodrigo Muniz (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Fulham gaffer Marco Silva.

It seems likely that The Cottagers may well line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation for this one featuring Bernd Leno, Issa Diop, Joachim Andersen, Jorge Cuenca, Timothy Castagne, Sasa Lukic, Tom Cairney, Antonee Robinson, Emile Smith Rowe, Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez.

📋 Team News: Chelsea

We’re of the thinking that The Blues seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Malo Gusto, Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo, Alejandro Garnacho, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto and Liam Delap.

🧠 Prediction

Fulham will have their work cut out to score against this Chelsea lineup who should end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re therefore predicting a good tussle with a 0-1 advantage for Chelsea when all is said and done.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Renata Leite, 19:01 07/01/2026