Chelsea vs Fulham Prediction: the Hosts Aren't Ready

Prediction for the EPL Chelsea vs Fulham match, which will take place on February 3d. The teams met recently in a rescheduled match of the seventh round when the Blues rookie Joao Felix was sent off the field. In the minority, the Aristocrats could not hold on to a draw. The hosts have spent insane amounts of money on reinforcing the squad. Will it give a result in the game with the Cottagers? Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

After a series of defeats, Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1:0 at home, then Liverpool, and they failed to score at Anfield. Graham Potter's team finished the first round of the English championship in the standings' middle, the tenth place with 29 points. Now the gap from the league championship zone is ten points.

Fulham was quite good in the last two matches of the English Premier League, but Marco Silva's team failed to earn points. First, the Cottagers showed decent playing against Newcastle United, and a penalty was not realized by Mitrovic. Then, Fulham lost at home to Tottenham; both encounters ended with the same score of 0:1. Fulham ranks seventh in the EPL with 31 points. This week, Marco Silva's team exchanged goals with Sunderland in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Chelsea continues to spend a crazy amount of money on the squad. In the upcoming game, Enzo Fernandez, who moved to the Blues from Benfica Lisbon, should appear in the lineup. Fulham will be an unpleasant opponent for the hosts of their poor results in the last three games (two in the EPL and the previous game in the FA Cup). In the center of the field, the main problem for the Blues' offense will be the Portuguese Palhinha, rightly considered one of the best halfbacks in the current EPL campaign.

It is worth highlighting an exciting fact regarding Chelsea's form in the first half: only the worst, Southampton, who is in last place, scored fewer goals in the first half of home games than the Aristocrats. Considering the transfer policy and acquired players, pressure on Chelsea will increase with each unsuccessful performance. Right now, Potter's team is not ready to beat Fulham.