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47 Ball possession (%) 53
12 Goal attempts 14
8 Shots on Goal 7
1 Shots off Goal 7
3 Blocked shots 0

Chelsea vs Fulham: prediction & betting odds 26 Dec 2024

Matchday 18 in the Premier League between Chelsea and Fulham will take place on December 26 at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea vs. Fulham: prediction and betting odds, statistics.


Referee: Sam Barrott (England)


Matches – 11 (Premier League, 2024/25);

Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 56;

Average yellow cards per match – 5.1;

Red cards shown – 0;

Average fouls per match – 21;

Penalties – 9%.

Predicted lineups for Chelsea vs. Fulham

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Robert Sanchez – Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Axel Disasi, Malo Gusto – Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez – Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho – Nicolas Jackson.


Fulham (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno – Antonee Robinson, Calvin Bassey, Timothy Castagne, Issa Diop – Sander Berge, Tom Cairney – Alex Iwobi, Harry Wilson, Joshua King – Rodrigo Muniz.


The starting lineup for each team is based on their last match in this tournament.

Chelsea

The Londoners drew 0-0 away with Everton in the last round. The draw ended their five-match winning streak in the league. This was also the second time this season that Enzo Maresca's side failed to score. However, the club remains in second place, but the gap to leaders Liverpool has increased to four points (with Liverpool having a game in hand).


Forward Mykhailo Mudryk will miss the match due to doping issues, and defenders Benoit Badiashile, Reece James, and Wesley Fofana are out due to injuries.


  • Chelsea's unbeaten streak in the Premier League stands at eight matches (5 wins and 3 draws).
  • Both teams scored in 10 of Chelsea's last 12 Premier League games.
  • The number "1" appeared in the final score in 8 of the club's last 11 league matches.

Fulham

The team is unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches. However, they have drawn four times in this series. Fulham heads into this match after three consecutive draws in the league, including ties with Arsenal (1-1) and Liverpool (2-2). In the previous round, Marco Silva's side dropped points at home against Southampton (0-0). The Londoners are in 9th place, just three points off the fifth spot.


Midfielder Reed Harrison, defender Kenny Tete, and forward Rhys Nelson are sidelined due to injuries.


  • In their last nine Premier League matches, Fulham has lost only once (3 wins and 5 draws).
  • Both teams scored in 9 of Fulham's last 11 Premier League games.
  • In 18 previous league matches, the Londoners have lost just once in the first half (7 wins and 10 draws).

Chelsea vs. Fulham: Match Prediction

Despite the goalless draw in the last round, Enzo Maresca was pleased with the result, as his team rarely leaves the pitch without conceding. Even at their own stadium, Chelsea frequently concedes, as seen in 8 of their last 9 home Premier League matches. Notably, Chelsea's scoring ability at Stamford Bridge is impressive, failing to score only against Manchester City in their last 21 Premier League home games.


Fulham is also quite prolific. The team has a seven-match scoring streak away in the league. However, they have conceded in 19 of their last 23 away Premier League games. Marco Silva's side, like their city rivals, has tournament motivation, with a chance to return to European competitions. Therefore, I anticipate an entertaining and high-scoring derby, where both teams will find the net.


My prediction: Both teams to score – yes

Betting tips 26 Dec 2024

Last week brought its own setbacks for both clubs. Chelsea couldn't break through Everton, and Fulham failed against Southampton, a primary contender for promotion. Both matches ended goalless. Will this fixture see more action?

Chelsea's eight-match winning streak was snapped, although they still boast a twelve-match unbeaten run. Focusing solely on Stamford Bridge encounters, they have not lost since 18 August, when the team fell to Manchester City in the season opener (0:2). Since then, Chelsea have played 12 home games, securing nine wins and three draws.

Fulham could not unlock Southampton's defence at Craven Cottage, with Southampton's goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale not even needing to make spectacular saves. It was routine work for him. This goalless draw marks the third consecutive stalemate for Fulham. They seem quite unpredictable. The first two draws in this series were away matches against Arsenal (1:1) and Liverpool (2:2). In reality, the team had some fortune against these top sides. Against Arsenal, a Bukayo Saka goal was disallowed late on, while Liverpool were reduced to ten men just 17 minutes into the game.

If nothing unusual occurs, Chelsea are expected to secure the win. Additionally, last season saw both fixtures go in their favour with a 2:0 away win and a 1:0 home victory.

Betting prediction
Chelsea to win
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Odds
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Premier League: previous matches in the tournament

Chelsea
22.12.24
Everton
Chelsea
D
15.12.24
Chelsea
Brentford
W
08.12.24
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
W
04.12.24
Southampton
Chelsea
W
01.12.24
Chelsea
Aston Villa
W
23.11.24
Leicester City
Chelsea
W
10.11.24
Chelsea
Arsenal
D
03.11.24
Manchester United
Chelsea
D
27.10.24
Chelsea
Newcastle United
W
20.10.24
Liverpool
Chelsea
L
06.10.24
Chelsea
Nottingham Forest
D
28.09.24
Chelsea
Brighton and Hove Albion
W
21.09.24
West Ham United
Chelsea
W
14.09.24
Bournemouth
Chelsea
W
01.09.24
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
D
25.08.24
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chelsea
W
18.08.24
Chelsea
Manchester City
L
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Fulham
22.12.24
Fulham
Southampton
D
14.12.24
Liverpool
Fulham
D
08.12.24
Fulham
Arsenal
D
05.12.24
Fulham
Brighton and Hove Albion
W
01.12.24
Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham
D
23.11.24
Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers
L
09.11.24
Crystal Palace
Fulham
W
04.11.24
Fulham
Brentford
W
26.10.24
Everton
Fulham
D
19.10.24
Fulham
Aston Villa
L
05.10.24
Manchester City
Fulham
L
28.09.24
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
W
21.09.24
Fulham
Newcastle United
W
14.09.24
Fulham
West Ham United
D
31.08.24
Ipswich
Fulham
D
24.08.24
Fulham
Leicester City
W
16.08.24
Manchester United
Fulham
L
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H2H: Chelsea — Fulham

Premier League 2023-2024
13.01.24
Chelsea
Fulham
02.10.23
Fulham
Chelsea
Premier League 2022-2023
03.02.23
Chelsea
Fulham
12.01.23
Fulham
Chelsea
Premier League 2020-2021
01.05.21
Chelsea
Fulham
16.01.21
Fulham
Chelsea
Premier League 2018-2019
03.03.19
Fulham
Chelsea
02.12.18
Chelsea
Fulham
Premier League 2013-2014
01.03.14
Fulham
Chelsea
1
:
3
21.09.13
Chelsea
Fulham
2
:
0
Premier League 2012-2013
17.04.13
Fulham
Chelsea
0
:
3
28.11.12
Chelsea
Fulham
0
:
0
Premier League 2011-2012
09.04.12
Fulham
Chelsea
1
:
1
26.12.11
Chelsea
Fulham
1
:
1
Premier League 2010-2011
14.02.11
Fulham
Chelsea
0
:
0
10.11.10
Chelsea
Fulham
1
:
0
Premier League 2009-2010
28.12.09
Chelsea
Fulham
2
:
1
23.08.09
Fulham
Chelsea
0
:
2
Premier League 2008-2009
02.05.09
Chelsea
Fulham
3
:
1
28.12.08
Fulham
Chelsea
2
:
2
Premier League 2007-2008
01.01.08
Fulham
Chelsea
1
:
2
29.09.07
Chelsea
Fulham
0
:
0
Premier League 2006-2007
30.12.06
Chelsea
Fulham
2
:
2
23.09.06
Fulham
Chelsea
0
:
2
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Tables

Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Liverpool
33 24 7 2 75:31 79
2
Arsenal
33 18 12 3 61:27 66
3
Manchester City
34 18 7 9 66:43 61
4
Nottingham Forest
33 18 6 9 53:39 60
5
Newcastle United
33 18 5 10 62:44 59
6
Chelsea
33 16 9 8 58:40 57
7
Aston Villa
34 16 9 9 54:49 57
8
Bournemouth
33 13 10 10 52:40 49
9
Fulham
33 13 9 11 48:45 48
10
Brighton and Hove Albion
33 12 12 9 53:53 48
11
Brentford
33 13 7 13 56:50 46
12
Crystal Palace
33 11 11 11 41:45 44
13
Everton
33 8 14 11 34:40 38
14
Manchester United
33 10 8 15 38:46 38
15
Wolverhampton Wanderers
33 11 5 17 48:61 38
16
Tottenham Hotspur
33 11 4 18 61:51 37
17
West Ham United
33 9 9 15 37:55 36
18
Ipswich
33 4 9 20 33:71 21
19
Leicester City
33 4 6 23 27:73 18
20
Southampton
33 2 5 26 24:78 11
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Liverpool
16 13 2 1 34:12 41
2
Manchester City
17 11 3 3 39:22 36
3
Arsenal
16 10 5 1 31:13 35
4
Aston Villa
17 9 7 1 31:20 34
5
Newcastle United
16 10 2 4 35:19 32
6
Chelsea
16 9 5 2 30:17 32
7
Nottingham Forest
16 9 4 3 24:11 31
8
Brentford
17 8 4 5 34:29 28
9
Fulham
17 7 5 5 26:25 26
10
Brighton and Hove Albion
16 6 7 3 23:21 25
11
Bournemouth
16 7 3 6 20:14 24
12
Tottenham Hotspur
17 6 3 8 34:29 21
13
Crystal Palace
17 5 6 6 19:23 21
14
Manchester United
17 6 3 8 21:26 21
15
Everton
17 4 8 5 22:21 20
16
West Ham United
17 5 4 8 21:31 19
17
Wolverhampton Wanderers
16 5 2 9 23:29 17
18
Leicester City
17 2 3 12 11:34 9
19
Ipswich
17 1 4 12 13:40 7
20
Southampton
16 1 2 13 11:43 5
Team Played W D L Goals Points Form
1
Liverpool
17 11 5 1 41:19 38
2
Arsenal
17 8 7 2 30:14 31
3
Nottingham Forest
17 9 2 6 29:28 29
4
Newcastle United
17 8 3 6 27:25 27
5
Bournemouth
17 6 7 4 32:26 25
6
Manchester City
17 7 4 6 27:21 25
7
Chelsea
17 7 4 6 28:23 25
8
Crystal Palace
16 6 5 5 22:22 23
9
Brighton and Hove Albion
17 6 5 6 30:32 23
10
Aston Villa
17 7 2 8 23:29 23
11
Fulham
16 6 4 6 22:20 22
12
Wolverhampton Wanderers
17 6 3 8 25:32 21
13
Brentford
16 5 3 8 22:21 18
14
Everton
16 4 6 6 12:19 18
15
Manchester United
16 4 5 7 17:20 17
16
West Ham United
16 4 5 7 16:24 17
17
Tottenham Hotspur
16 5 1 10 27:22 16
18
Ipswich
16 3 5 8 20:31 14
19
Leicester City
16 2 3 11 16:39 9
20
Southampton
17 1 3 13 13:35 6

Team lineups

Chelsea

coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Robert Lynch Sánchez
gk. 18 -21
Levi Lemar Samuels Colwill
df. 19 0
Marc Cucurella
df. 18 1
Malo Arthur Gusto
df. 17 0
Tosin Adarabioyo
df. 9 0
Cole Jermaine Palmer
mf. 20 13
Moisés Isaac Caicedo Corozo
mf. 20 1
Enzo Jeremías Fernández
mf. 19 3
Nicolas Jackson
fw. 19 9
Pedro Neto
fw. 17 1
Jadon Sancho
fw. 14 2
Substitutes
Filip Jørgensen
gk. 2 -3
Marcus Bettinelli
gk. 0 0
Axel Disasi
df. 5 1
Joshua Kofi Acheampong
df. 1 0
Cesare Casadei
mf. 0 0
Christopher Nkunku
fw. 18 2
João Félix
fw. 10 1
Marc Guiu Paz
fw. 2 0
Tyrique Aaron Delali Yusuff George
fw. 0 0
Fulham

Marco Silva
coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Bernd Leno
gk. 20 -27
Antonee Robinson
df. 20 0
Calvin Chinedu Bassey
df. 19 0
Issa Diop
df. 15 0
Joachim Andersen
df. 11 0
Timothy Castagne
df. 10 0
Andreas Pereira
mf. 18 2
Saša Lukić
mf. 15 0
Alex Iwobi
fw. 20 5
Raúl Jiménez
fw. 20 8
Adama Traore
fw. 19 1
Substitutes
Steven-Andreas Benda
gk. 0 0
Jorge Cuenca
df. 4 0
Harry Wilson
mf. 16 5
Thomas Cairney
mf. 14 1
Joshua King
mf. 3 0
Ryan Sessegnon
mf. 2 0
Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho
fw. 19 3
Becket Fabrice-Martial Godo
fw. 1 0
Vinícius Morais
fw. 1 0
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