Boxing Day will convey us a west London derby when Fulham make the brief journey to fulfill Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
There’s extra distance between these two sides on the Premier League desk than there may be on a map. Chelsea sit up in second, seven locations forward of their guests, whose Craven Cottage dwelling sits simply over one mile away.
Nonetheless, each groups discover themselves in sturdy type. Certainly, no aspect has picked up extra factors than Chelsea over their final 5 Premier League video games, whereas Fulham are unbeaten over the identical stretch after going through Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool.
This is all you must know concerning the newest instalment on this native rivalry.
Chelsea vs Fulham H2H File (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Chelsea |
Fulham |
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Everton 0-0 Chelsea – 22/12/24 |
Fulham 0-0 Southampton – 22/12/24 |
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Chelsea 5-1 Shamrock Rovers – 19/12/24 |
Liverpool 2-2 Fulham – 14/12/24 |
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Chelsea 2-1 Brentford – 15/12/24 |
Fulham 1-1 Arsenal – 08/12/24 |
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Astana 1-3 Chelsea – 12/12/24 |
Fulham 3-1 Brighton – 05/12/24 |
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Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea – 08/12/24 |
Tottenham 1-1 Fulham – 01/12/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/stay stream |
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United Kingdom |
Amazon Prime Video |
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United States |
Peacock, SiriusXM FC |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community Canada |
Chelsea will welcome left-back Marc Cucurella into the beginning lineup after the Spaniard served his suspension, with Malo Gusto more likely to return to the precise aspect of defence and Axel Disasi doubtlessly dropping to the bench.
Reece James has been again in partial coaching just lately however is just not but nearing a return from his hamstring damage, which means he’ll stay on the sidelines alongside centre-back duo Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile.
Romeo Lavia will hope to make the bench however there might be no Mykhailo Mudryk, who has been provisionally suspended after a constructive doping check.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Fulham (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
Fulham may also welcome an enormous identify again from suspension as Andreas Pereira is free to start out on the high of midfield as soon as once more.
Each Sander Berge and Sasa Lukic limped off injured final day out in opposition to Southampton and should not get well in time for this one. Kenny Tete, Harrison Reed and Reiss Nelson are all anticipated to overlook out.
Fulham predicted lineup vs Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Smith Rowe; Wilson, Pereira, Iwobi; Jimenez.
Fulham have confirmed to be a tricky check for the Premier League’s elite just lately and the Cottagers will probably trigger the identical kind of issues for Chelsea, whose stalemate with Everton hints at a vulnerability in opposition to a cussed defence.
In contrast to Everton, nonetheless, Fulham have been actually going for it of their previous couple of video games, scoring as soon as in opposition to Arsenal and placing two previous Liverpool. With Chelsea’s defence not at its strongest, there could possibly be some pleasure for Marco Silva’s aspect.
Count on a gritty conflict between two rivals who could also be compelled to accept a share of the spoils.
