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Match predictionOur tip: 2-1
Fulham vs Chelsea Prediction: Arbeloa's Pressing Test for Alonso's New Chelsea Era
The Premier League 2026-27 season opens with a West London derby at Craven Cottage on 24 August 2026. Both clubs finished last season level on 52 points, Chelsea 10th and Fulham 11th and have since changed managers, which makes this…
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- Fulham vs. Chelsea in week 1 of the 2026-2027 Premier League kicks off at 20:00 GMT on 2026-08-24.
- In their last 10 matches, Referee J. Brooks averaged 4-5 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 20 fouls.
- With the data available to us, Alvaro Arbeloa and Xabi Alonso have not met as managers before.
- Fulham misses 2 players: J. Andersen (Red Card), T. Cairney (Knee Injury) and Chelsea misses 2 players: W. Fofana (Red Card), J. Henderson (Wrist Injury).
- We're predicting Fulham to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Chelsea are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw T. Castagne lead Fulham with a 6.6 TheyScored rating, and E. Fernández top-rating for Chelsea at 5.9.
- Fulham came off a win (1-0 vs Stuttgart) and Chelsea also triumphed (3-1 vs Real Sociedad).
- Form edge goes to Fulham (2-2-1) against a faltering Chelsea (2-1-2) from their past 5 matches.
- Chelsea hold the upper hand H2H: of 35 meetings, they've triumphed 22 times, conceded 4 times and shared 9 draws.
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Fulham
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| 1' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 5' | L. Colwill | ||
| 12' | R. Lavia | ||
| 23' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 41' | 1 - 2 | ||
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| 49' | 1 - 3 | ||
| 54' | 2 - 3 | ||
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| 75' | R. James | ||
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| 76' | C. Bassey | ||
| 82' | |||
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| 83' | |||
| 88' | T. Castagne | ||
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Fulham is going head to head with Chelsea on 24/8/2026 19:00 GMT for the England Premier League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Fulham v Chelsea H2H statistics!