In a weekend match on Saturday Sep 10th, in week 7, Chelsea and Fulham will play a match in London in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Fulham recorded a 1-2 loss against Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 40th minute on a feed from Richarlison, then Harry Kane added another in the 75th minute. Fulham is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Chelsea recorded a 0-1 loss against Dinamo Zagreb. Mislav Oršić scored the first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in the 13th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Chelsea was frustrated by Dinamo Zagreb’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Dinamo Zagreb ended the match with the shutout victory. Chelsea is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Chelsea’s most prolific scorer has been Raheem Sterling. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Fulham is fortunate enough to have Aleksandar Mitrović in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Fulham will be without Manor Solomon and Shane Duffy, while Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea squad will be without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, N’Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso and Wesley Fofana.