Chelsea vs Fulham Preview 03/02/2023

Chelsea vs Fulham – 03/02/2023

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Large-spending Chelsea will welcome Fulham to Stamford Bridge on Friday evening within the Premier League. Chelsea may look extremely completely different on the pitch once they kick off in comparison with the group that went into the switch window in January after a number of main signings.

Fulham are aiming for a second straight win over the Blues. The Cottagers defeated Chelsea 2-1 at Crave Cottage firstly of January within the league.

Fulham are seventh within the league forward of the match. Since defeating Chelsea, the Cottagers have misplaced back-to-back league matches.

Chelsea go into the weekend in tenth place and there’s a lot of labor to do to complete within the prime six. Simply two factors separate Chelsea from sixth-place Brighton in a really aggressive race for Europe.

The Blues are unbeaten in back-to-back video games. Since dropping at Fulham, Chelsea have slowly improved and most just lately drew nil-nil at Liverpool. Chelsea took eight factors from the final six video games with 5 objectives scored and 4 conceded.

The defence is taking part in nicely for Graham Potter. Nevertheless, Chelsea’s issues have been within the assault. The signing of Raheem Sterling didn’t create objectives within the first half of the season. The addition of Enzo Fernandez and Mudryk are hoped so as to add objectives to the group.

Chelsea play nicely at Stamford Bridge and have a report of 5W-2D-2L at residence. They’ve outscored opponents 13-7 at residence this time period.

Fulham took 12 factors from the final six video games however are on a two-game dropping streak. They scored eight occasions and conceded 4 objectives throughout the final six matches.

The Cottagers have performed nicely on the highway this season within the league. Marco Silva’s group has a report of 4W-1D-5L with 14 objectives for and 14 towards on their travels.

Graham Potter has 9 gamers on the Chelsea harm record going into the sport on Friday evening. Armando Broja, Christian Pulisic, N’Golo Kante, Sterling, Wesley Fofana, Denis Zakaria, Ben Chilwell, Reece James and Edouard Mendy are all dominated out with accidents.

Striker Joao Felix will miss the sport as a result of a suspension. He was despatched off with a straight crimson towards Fulham in early January. Mudryk may begin the sport on the left and make his first full debut.

Silva has only one participant on the harm record as Neeskans Kebano is dominated out as a result of a calf harm. Fulham failed to attain of their final two league video games and Silva will likely be hoping Aleksandar Mitrovic can discover the again of the online.

Fulham ought to proceed their scoreless drought, as Chelsea decide up a 1-0 win at residence. The Blues’ defence will rise to the event as soon as once more as Fulham’s struggles within the ultimate third proceed.