Chelsea vs Fulham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th December 2024

Bookmakers favour The Blues to win against Fulham in their next Premier League match. This takes place on Thursday with the hosts in decent form, and a win seems quite likely. Naturally, Fulham will put up a fight at the Stamford Bridge, though.

Chelsea are chasing the first place in the Premier League after collecting 35 points from their initial 17 encounters. Fulham trail them on 25 points after 17 rounds, sitting as number 9 in the table.

Chelsea came away with three points from the latest encounter with Fulham. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Thursday.

Chelsea are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Premier League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.1 goals on average per match, or 21 goals in total, while allowing 11 goals against, for an average of 1.1 per outing. They managed two clean sheets along the way.

Fulham managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

The Blues had a good reading on Fulham in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively.

Chelsea vs Fulham Prediction

Chelsea Form

Chelsea look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last 3 matches saw them get two wins and a draw. They ran out 2-1 and 5-1 against Brentford and Shamrock Rovers respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Everton as the game finished level. The exact score was 0-0. Chelsea put four wins on the board in their previous six Premier League matches at the Stamford Bridge. They drew twice while losing none, scored 13 goals while conceding six.

Fulham Form

Following three draws in their last three matches, Fulham could do with a win again. Against Arsenal, they finished even 1-1, before drawing again in a 2-2 match with Liverpool. Another 0-0 stalemate against Southampton followed. Fulham claimed two wins against three draws and one defeat in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads seven goals conceded and nine scored.

The Blues are far too strong to let a home win slip against Fulham, but at the same time, we don't expect the visitors to get over-run. This makes us target the home win in a match with less than three goals.

Chelsea have taken 14 points from their last eight games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won four of these matches with a scoreline of 13 goals to nine. Fulham won three of their last seven matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring 13 and conceding 11 goals. They collected 11 points from these. Chelsea claimed ten wins, five draws as well as two defeats in the Premier League this season. Fulham are looking at six wins, seven draws and four defeats in the Premier League.

Chelsea vs Fulham Squads

Chelsea Squad

Enzo Maresca will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Fulham from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Lucas Bergstroem (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/16), Axel Disasi (1/4), Ben Chilwell (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/4), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Josh Acheampong (0/0), Levi Colwill (0/16), Malo Gusto (0/14), Marc Cucurella (1/15), Reece James (0/4), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/7), Wesley Fofana (0/12), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/0), Cesare Casadei (0/0), Cole Palmer (11/17), Enzo Fernandez (3/16), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (0/5), Moises Caicedo (1/17), Noni Madueke (5/16), Omari Kellyman (0/0), Renato Veiga (0/7), Romeo Lavia (0/9), Tyrique George (0/0), Christopher Nkunku (2/16), Jadon Sancho (2/11), Joao Felix (1/9), Marc Guiu (0/1), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/7), Nicolas Jackson (9/16), Pedro Neto (1/14).

Fulham Squad

Below is the full team squad of Fulham. The manager Silva will pick his starting XI against Chelsea from these players:

Bernd Leno (0/17), Steven-Andreas Benda (0/0), Antonee Robinson (0/17), Calvin Bassey (0/16), Issa Diop (0/12), Joachim Andersen (0/9), Jorge Cuenca (0/4), Kenny Tete (0/15), Timothy Castagne (0/7), Andreas Pereira (2/15), Emile Smith Rowe (3/16), Harrison Reed (0/8), Harry Wilson (3/13), Joshua King (0/2), Ryan Sessegnon (0/1), Sander Berge (0/14), Sasa Lukic (0/12), Tom Cairney (1/11), Adama Traore (1/16), Alex Iwobi (5/17), Carlos Vinicius (0/1), Raul Jimenez (5/17), Reiss Nelson (1/12), Rodrigo Muniz (2/16).

Chelsea vs Fulham Team News

At the time of writing, Fulham just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Thursday. Sander Berge and Calvin Bassey can't be called upon by Fulham, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Chelsea vs Fulham Lineups

Chelsea vs Fulham H2H

Chelsea had a good reading on Fulham in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 1-0, respectively. The Blues enjoy a good 8-1-1 advantage against Fulham, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 9/20.

Chelsea vs Fulham Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Chelsea took on Fulham. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 7/4 with the bookies.

Chelsea vs Fulham Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Cole Palmer so far as he currently has 11 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net four times in his last six games, leaving The Blues hoping he delivers against Fulham this coming Thursday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

Chelsea won eight of their last 10 matches on home soil, while drawing two in a run that saw them avoid defeat in front of their home supporters. Fulham won three of their last 10 away games across all tournaments, whilst also drawing five and losing two. Goals are usually flowing for Chelsea on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Fulham in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between Chelsea and Fulham as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Chelsea scored an average of 1.6 goals a game, with Fulham averaging 0.4 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Chelsea’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Fulham's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.