Soccer match preview: Chelsea confident before travelling to Fulham

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Fri 15.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

Season ticket holders at Craven Cottage haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Fulham languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Chelsea will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chelsea has the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Premier League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Fulham form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Fulham are certainly not brimming with confidence. Fulham are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Craven Cottage, but a victory now would be sweet for Fulham.

Happy days for Fulham in their previous game, a FA Cup match away at Queens Park Rangers (after extra-time) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Fulham drew at home versus Southampton.

Fulham aren't scoring a lot here at Craven Cottage in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Chelsea form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Chelsea have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Chelsea are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Impressive finishing from Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Timo Werner secured the home win 4-0 against Morecambe in their previous game. A 1-3 loss hosting Manchester City before that.

As you can tell from the results above, Chelsea was very dominant against Morecambe, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Timo Werner providing the goals.

The schedule is very tough for Chelsea now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Leicester City is waiting in only four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Chelsea's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Chelsea in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fulham-Chelsea H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fulham zero wins, Chelsea five wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
6 goals
FulhamB. Reid
B. Reid
4 goals
ChelseaK. Zouma
K. Zouma
4 goals

Fulham missing players

Chelsea missing players

Fulham Chelsea
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 4 8 17
2 1 0 Won W 3 3 7
5 3 0 Drew D 1 2 5
8 4 3 Lost L 0 3 5
13 6 2 Scored S 11 13 32
23 12 9 Conceded C 4 10 21
87% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
73% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 82%
40% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 65%
13% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 47%
13% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 18%
47% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 53%
20% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 35%
47% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.4 12.2 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.6 13.8
3.7 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 4.6 5.1
24% 20% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 35% 37%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea has the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
  • Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Fulham.
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 17 9 6 2 37 21 8 7 1 0 21 8 9 2 5 2 16 13 16 33
2 Manchester United 16 10 3 3 33 24 9 4 2 3 12 13 7 6 1 0 21 11 9 33
3 Leicester City 17 10 2 5 31 21 8 3 1 4 11 12 9 7 1 1 20 9 10 32
4 Tottenham Hotspur 16 8 5 3 29 15 8 4 2 2 13 8 8 4 3 1 16 7 14 29
5 Manchester City 15 8 5 2 24 13 7 4 2 1 14 7 8 4 3 1 10 6 11 29
6 Southampton 17 8 5 4 26 19 9 5 1 3 14 9 8 3 4 1 12 10 7 29
7 Everton 16 9 2 5 26 20 8 4 1 3 15 12 8 5 1 2 11 8 6 29
8 Aston Villa 15 8 2 5 29 16 7 3 1 3 15 11 8 5 1 2 14 5 13 26
9 Chelsea 17 7 5 5 32 21 9 4 3 2 19 11 8 3 2 3 13 10 11 26
10 West Ham United 17 7 5 5 24 21 8 3 3 2 12 10 9 4 2 3 12 11 3 26
11 Arsenal 17 7 2 8 20 19 8 3 1 4 9 11 9 4 1 4 11 8 1 23
12 Leeds United 17 7 2 8 30 33 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 4 0 5 17 20 -3 23
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 6 4 7 18 24 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 3 1 5 9 16 -6 22
14 Crystal Palace 17 6 4 7 22 29 9 3 3 3 11 15 8 3 1 4 11 14 -7 22
15 Newcastle United 16 5 4 7 18 26 9 3 2 4 10 15 7 2 2 3 8 11 -8 19
16 Burnley 15 4 4 7 9 20 7 3 1 3 5 7 8 1 3 4 4 13 -11 16
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 2 8 7 21 28 9 0 5 4 10 15 8 2 3 3 11 13 -7 14
18 Fulham 15 2 5 8 13 23 8 1 3 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 7 11 -10 11
19 West Bromwich Albion 17 1 5 11 11 39 9 1 2 6 5 24 8 0 3 5 6 15 -28 8
20 Sheffield United 17 0 2 15 8 29 8 0 1 7 4 12 9 0 1 8 4 17 -21 2

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.