Toram Monday night in London?

A London derby is coming up with Fulham vs Chelsea: Read our tip and odds! The visitors are still in a very weak condition. They have not scored a goal in three rounds of matches.

In addition, the Cottagers have not been a good place for Chelsea lately. In the previous season, they only managed one point against their city rivals. The last match at Fulham ended with a score of 1:2.

On the other hand, the “Blues” do not usually lose twice in a row at FFC. This was only the case once before, in 1977, when both clubs were still in the second division. The visitors are also encouraged by the fact that the home side have been without a win in city duels for a long time.

For nine London derbies, the hosts have been without another triumph (0-4-5), although FFC recorded their last such victory against Chelsea of all teams! For the match at Craven Cottage between Fulham and Chelsea, the forecast is for a result of less than three goals.

Fulham – Statistics & current form

The “Cottagers” have been without their former best striker Aleksandar Mitrovic for several weeks. The Serbian was highly efficient in attack for the Londoners, but left the club to cash in with Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.

The attacker’s departure has left a big gap in the west London footballers’ attack. So far, no offensive player can be discovered who can successfully step into the breach. Only five goals after six rounds of matches clearly show the shortcoming in the attacking department.

Defence acts efficiently

In contrast, the defence of coach Marco Silva’s team is solid. They have a value of -3.5 Expected goals against – shared best record in the Premier League! In addition, they have kept a clean sheet in half of the six league games they have played.

Once again a top value in the Premier League, which only the champions from Manchester can claim. The latter team was also the only opponent that caused Fulham’s defence to flounder. Five of the ten goals conceded by the Londoners this season were scored by the Cityzens alone in their 5-1 defeat on matchday three.

Maximum one goal by the visitors?

In light of FFC’s solid defence and the aforementioned equally weak visitors’ offence, betting and odds on a maximum of one goal by the “Blues” are also worth a recommendation in the showdown between Fulham and Chelsea. Thanks to the strong home defence, the home side’s record after six rounds of matches is at least average. The FFC have two wins, two defeats and two draws to their name.

Predicted Fulham line-up:

Fulham (Expected line-up) 4-3-3

Chelsea – Statistics & current form

“Still got the Blues” – that’s one way to describe the visitors’ current form. Despite a renewed shopping spree in the transfer phase, Chelsea are disappointing. Perhaps the scheduling on a Monday will help. Chelsea have lost only two of their last 17 PL games on this day (11-4-2).

On the other hand, especially the attack has been disastrous these weeks. As mentioned, the visitors have been waiting three matchdays for their next goal and the Londoners rank third-last in shot conversion with a meagre 8.2 per cent. With only one win so far, Chelsea are in danger of a sporting disaster, as they were in the previous season.

Last season, the visitors finished in twelfth place and missed out on all European competitions. Chelsea are currently only in 14th place and things are getting uncomfortable for coach Maurizio Pochettino, who only took over the job in the summer.

“Blues” lack experience

Despite having an excellent squad in all positions, Chelsea are not getting off the ground and against this backdrop the question of the coach is naturally becoming more and more important. One reason for the lack of success is certainly the young age of the team.

Only Tottenham’s starting line-ups have been slightly younger on average than Chelsea’s at 24 years and 359 days. In view of the current lack of form, the prediction of a draw in the London derby between Fulham and Chelsea is also worth considering. The Blues are favourites in this form in a minor way at best, which is why the betting base is suggesting a split of the points.

Predicted Chelsea line-up:

FC Chelsea (Expected line-up) 4-2-3-1

Fulham – Chelsea Direct Comparison / H2H Balance

The last direct duel took place last July. However, it was only a test match in the USA, which Chelsea won 2-0. Last season, as described at the start, Fulham recorded one win and one draw in this fixture. This ended a previous run of seven wins for the Blues against FFC.

Fulham – Chelsea Tip

In the clash between Fulham and Chelsea, the tip aims for a maximum of two goals by the final whistle. Both teams have harmless attacking lines. They have only scored five goals each and the visitors have completely stopped scoring for three matchdays.

Another factor in favour of the prediction is that the home side are strong defensively. Only the Manchester champions, like FFC, have three clean sheets and, with the exception of an off-day against the Cityzens when they conceded five goals, Fulham’s backline is solid.

Averaging just one goal conceded in the other five league games they have played. With Chelsea also playing solidly at least defensively, also only conceding one goal on average, the visitors’ games have been very low-scoring so far. Only 1.8 goals per game have been scored – clearly the lowest value in the Premier League!