The Premier League match at Craven Cottage on Sunday sees home team Fulham welcome Chelsea.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Fulham v Chelsea game - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Fulham
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Fulham will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Bournemouth.
In that game, Fulham managed 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Bournemouth had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Antoine Semenyo (1') scored for Bournemouth.
It’s not been often in recent times where Fulham have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Fulham have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 10 goals on the way.
Heading into this fixture, Fulham are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.
Chelsea
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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Legia Warsaw in Conference League action, Chelsea will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Chelsea managed 70% possession and 16 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chelsea was Marc Cucurella (33'). At the other end, Legia Warsaw had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Tomáš Pekhart (10') and Steve Kapuadi (53') scored for Legia Warsaw.
A series of outstanding displays from the Chelsea defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their previous 6 outings in total. In that period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 7. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend shall be maintained in this upcoming match.
Heading into this fixture, Chelsea are without an away win for the past 8 league games. It's not a good run at all.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head-to-head clashes going back to 01/05/2021 shows us that Fulham have won 2 of them & Chelsea 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
A combined total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 from The Cottagers and 7 netted by The Blues. The average goals per game has been 1.83.
The previous league game between the two was Premier League match day 18 on 26/12/2024 and the score finished Chelsea 1-2 Fulham.
That day, Chelsea managed 47% possession and 12 shots on goal with 8 on target. Their only player to score was Cole Palmer (16').
On the other side, Fulham had 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Harry Wilson (82') and Rodrigo Muniz (95') scored.
The match was refereed by Samuel Barrott.
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Team News: Fulham
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Fulham boss Marco Silva to contend with from a near full-strength squad. Reiss Nelson (Hamstring injury) is sidelined.
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Team News: Chelsea
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has to choose a team with limited availability. Aarón Anselmino (unknown injury), Marc Guiu (Hamstring injury), Omari Kellyman (surgery), David Datro Fofana (Knee injury) and Wesley Fofana (surgery) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Chelsea and Fulham could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.
Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought score draw at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the full-time result market, staking on Fulham is available for 2.75, a bet on a drawn result is 3.5 & taking a punt on a win for Chelsea will get you 2.5. These are the best bets that can be secured at present.
Victor Martins,
22:03 18/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Fulham
Formed: 1879
Stadium: Craven Cottage (24,500)
Captain: Tom Cairney
Chairman: Shahid Khan
Manager: Marco Silva
Competitions: Premier League position 9
🔑 Key Player: Rodrigo Muniz
Generally taking up the Striker position, Rodrigo Muniz was born in São Domingos do Prata, Brazil. After making a first senior appearance for Coritiba in the 2020 season, the gifted Forward has netted 8 league goals in this Premier League 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 31 appearances.