Chelsea take on the visitors Fulham in the round 22 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Friday, February 3rd at Stamford Bridge (London).
Chelsea meet the last month of winter in the middle of the standings, in 10th place. The “equator” of the season has already been passed, and so far it has been failing. The first, operational attempt to fix everything, removing Tuchel and betting on Potter, did not bring much benefit. But a short, really good stretch in the fall brought a pass to the Champions League playoffs. At the same time, the Blues flew out of both cups, and, most importantly, they show themselves poorly in the Premier League. The club was expected, if not the fight for the title, then the usual stay in the top 4. So far, everything can be corrected, but the gap from the quartet of leaders has reached 10 points. In order to increase the chances of his new offspring, Bowley went to record spending - which is worth 70 + 30 for Mudryk. But are Mikhailo and other newcomers ready to be useful in the “here and now” format?
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Fulham in recent years are fully consistent with the status of "football lift". At first little has changed under Marco Silva - with him last season they won a less rated division. The main thing is that this time, under the leadership of the Portuguese, it finally “broke through” in the Premier League. The Cottagers started with honorable draws against Liverpool and Wolverhampton, and in the 3rd round they won for the first time, against Brentford. And the winter began with 4 wins in a row in the championship, including 2-1 with Chelsea. Then, however, there were defeats, but to clubs with “league champion” claims: 0-1 with Newcastle and Tottenham. On the one hand, even after that, there are 31 points in the asset, and it is clear that there is no longer any risk of being relegated to the Championship again. On the other hand, so far the newcomer is in the 7th place in the standings - or maybe they can aim to fight in European competitions? On the other hand, they didn’t win the cup against Sunderland – do they want to focus on the Premier League, or is the concentration drop already affecting?
The mentioned January 2-1 was the first victory for Fulham in head-to-head matches in more than a dozen matches. Before that, the Cottagers won against the Blues already in 2006. Chelsea certainly want to win, but Fulham are not bad at the moment either. So the game has to be double-edged. We recommend betting on the option with “both teams to score”.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score – yes.
