Chelsea make the short trip to Craven Cottage to take on our closest neighbours Fulham in the Premier League on Thursday evening in the first of three London derbies across the club in the coming days. You can find all the important pre-match facts and figures right here...
Fulham vs Chelsea: Head-to-head record
Played 84
Won 49
Drawn 26
Lost 9
Biggest win for each team
Chelsea 4-0 Fulham - 1925/26 and 1983/84 Division Two
Fulham 3-1 Chelsea - 1976/77 Division Two
Chelsea’s biggest win at Fulham is 4-1 in 2004/05 (Premier League)
Fulham’s biggest (and only) Premier League win against Chelsea is 1-0 in 2005/06
Chelsea’s next victory against Fulham will be the 50th against them in all competitions.
The Blues are aiming to extend our club-record seven straight league wins against Fulham.
Chelsea are unbeaten in the Premier League against Fulham in 20 games since our 1-0 defeat at Craven Cottage in March 2006 (Fulham’s only win against us in the competition).
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That defeat is Fulham’s only victory in 35 league games in a run going back to 1979 in the old Second Division.
We have kept a clean sheet in six of our past eight matches against our SW6 neighbours, conceding two goals in that run.
Last five meetings at Craven Cottage
9 April 2012, Premier League - D 1-1
17 April 2013, Premier League - W 3-0
1 March 2014, Premier League - W 3-1
3 March 2019, Premier League - W 2-1
16 January 2021, Premier League - W 1-0
Chelsea form
Last five Premier League results
Arsenal (h) - L 0-1
Newcastle United (a) - L 0-1
Bournemouth (h) - W 2-0
Nottingham Forest (a) - D 1-1
Manchester City (h) - L 0-1
Chelsea are unbeaten in our last seven away games against newly promoted clubs since our 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United in July 2020. That was our only reverse in our past 12 matches against such sides (eight wins, three draws).
Since our 2-0 win at Villa Park in October, we have won two points from a possible 12 away from Stamford Bridge (draws at Brentford and Nottingham Forest).
The Blues have won nine of our last 11 away Premier League London derbies. The exceptions are a defeat at the London Stadium against West Ham last season and a goalless draw at Brentford this term.
Fulham form
Last five Premier League results
Manchester City (a) - L 1-2
Manchester United (h) - L 1-2
Crystal Palace (a) - W 3-0
Southampton (h) - W 2-1
Leicester City (a) - W 1-0
Fulham are aiming for a fourth-consecutive top-flight league win for the first time since April 1966.
Marco Silva’s side are aiming for a fifth successive win in all competitions, only conceding one in their last four.
In the Premier League, they have won one, drawn one and lost one of their last three matches at Craven Cottage.
Fulham are looking to win consecutive Premier League London derbies for the first time since April 2013.
Chelsea stats
Raheem Sterling has been involved in 11 goals in his last 12 Premier League away games against promoted sides (nine goals, two assists).
Chelsea have suffered three defeats (including against Man City last week) in our 16 Premier League matches played on a Thursday (eight wins, five draws).
Kai Havertz has had more shots on target (13) and off target (11) in the Premier League than any other Blues player in 2022/23.
Chelsea have made more changes to their starting XI this season than any other Premier League side (63) – 16 more than any other side.
Chelsea milestones
Mateo Kovacic made his 150th start for the club in all competitions against Man City on Sunday.
Fulham stats
Marco Silva’s side were promoted last season as winners of the Championship with 90 points from their 46 games. They were the first side since Tottenham in 1960/61 to score 50 or more goals both home and away in a league campaign across the top four tiers of English football.
The Cottagers have now reached the same number of points they got in total the last time they were in the Premier League when they were relegated (28).
At Leicester last week, Aleksandar Mitrovic became the first Fulham player to score in three successive Premier League away games since Heidar Helguson in February 2006. He is suspended for this week’s game against Chelsea.
Tim Ream has made more passes in their opponents’ half in the Premier League than any other Fulham player this season (367).
Only Man Utd (43) have received more yellow cards in the Premier League this season than Fulham (42).
This season’s Premier League stats (18 games)
Most minutes (max 1,620): Ream 1,618, Palhinha 1,508, Pereira 1,484, Leno 1,440
Most assists: Pereira 4, Tete 4, Kebano 3, Willian 2
Clean sheets: Leno 4, Rodak 1
Most fouls committed: De Cordova-Reid 23, Pereira 20, Tete 20, Palhinha 19
Most yellow cards: De Cordova-Reid 6, Palhinha 6, Tete 6, Mitrovic 5, Reed 5
Red cards: N Chalobah 1
Premier League scorers
Mitrovic 11 (3 pens), De Cordova-Reid 4, Palhinha 3, Pereira 2 (1 pen), Reed 2, Adarabioyo 1, Diop 1, James 1, Ream 1, Willian 1, own goals 3
Midweek Premier League fixtures
Thursday 12 January Premier League fixture
Fulham vs Chelsea 8pm (BT Sport)
Friday 13 January Premier League fixture
Aston Villa vs Leeds United 8pm (Sky Sports)
