Fulham v Chelsea, the Premier League Round 7 tie is scheduled for Monday 2nd October from 22:00 at Craven Cottage in London and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 2 and Prima Sport 2. .

Fulham and Chelsea, two teams in a crisis of points and results, end the 7th stage of the Premier League with a London derby, at the end of which each of them will hope to return to the vanguard.

Fulham have eight points from six matches and were held to a 0-0 draw by fellow English capital Crystal Palace in the previous round (they won 2-1 in the third round of the League Cup in the middle of last week). at home against Championship side Norwich).

The 2021 squad, coached by Portuguese Marco Silva, is without its top scorer in recent years, Serbian forward Aleksandar Mitrovic (111 goals in 206 matches, in all competitions over five and a half seasons), who left for Al Hilal for 52 million euros.

Instead, Fulham, who finished 10th last season, this summer brought in Adama Traore (out of contract) and Raul Jimenez (loan, €5m), both from Wolverhampton, and Calvin Bassey (€22.5m) from Ajax.

Chelsea continue their disastrous run from last season (12th), although they are third in the Premier League behind Manchester City and Arsenal London, and are in 15th place with just five points from six games. lost 0-1 at home to Aston Villa in the last leg (he has just one win, 3-0 at home to newly promoted Luton).

Moreover, with just five goals scored, Chelsea have one of the weakest attacks in the league (only behind newly-promoted Burnley, four), but they did not excel in this department even in the previous tournament, when they only scored 38 heads. , averaging one per game.

However, Mauricio Pochettino’s side this summer reached the last 16 of the FA Cup in midweek with a 1-0 home win over Brighton.

There were important changes in the team: Kai Havertz (Arsenal), Mason Mount (Manchester United) and Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) left, as well as Moises Caicedo (Brighton, €116 million), Romeo Lavia ( “Southampton”, EUR 62 million). Christopher Nkunku (RB Salzburg, €60 million), Cole Palmer (Manchester City, €47 million), Axel Dizazy (Monaco, €45 million), Nicholas Jackson (Villarreal, €37 million) and Leslie Ugochukwu (Rennes, 27 million). euro).

Last season’s meetings saw Fulham win 2-1 at home to Chelsea, while the return leg was held to a goalless 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge.

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