Fulham v Chelsea is scheduled to kick-off Thursday 12th January at 10pm at Craven Cottage in London and will be broadcast live by Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport. 1.
Fulham and Chelsea met in a traditional London derby, a rivalry that began more than a century ago, even though the two teams played in different leagues for a long time.
Fulham welcome Chelsea from a higher position in the table, in 7th, with 28 points from 18 games, surprisingly for the recently promoted team and thanks to two consecutive wins this year, both away, 1-0 against Leicester in the Premier league and 2-0 with Hull City in the FA Cup.
Marco Silva, the manager who led Fulham to promotion, will not be able to rely on Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, the team’s top scorer with 11 goals this season, suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card in the closing stages . match of the season against Chelsea.
Chelsea are struggling, sitting exactly halfway up the table in 10th place with 25 points from 17 games and just one win in their last eight Premier League games.
In 2023, Chelsea played two league matches, 1-1 with Nottingham Forest (s) and 0-1 with Manchester City (a), and one FA Cup match, 0-4 with Manchester City “(d).
The position of coach Graham Potter, who was accepted to replace Thomas Tuchel, is becoming more and more fragile, especially since the “blue” is far from the places in the Champions League, but even the positions that give access to the European Cups.
In addition, Chelsea have no less than 10 players with health problems, including stars such as Aubameyang, Sterling, James, Kante, Mendy, Pulisic, who will not play in the game against Fulham.
The two sides last met in the second leg of the 2020-21 season, which saw Fulham relegated and Chelsea winning 2-0 in a match played just a month before the Londoners triumphed in the UEFA Champions League , 1 -0 in the final from Porto with Manchester City.
Superbet offers odds of 1.72 on the 1X prediction: a win at home or a draw in the match Fulham – Chelsea.
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Source: Hot News
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