Fulham vs Chelsea prediction, odds and preview

With wins in their last games in the Carabao Cup in midweek, Fulham will play Chelsea with both teams looking to achieve back-to-back wins on Monday.

The two teams find themselves in the second half of the table after an inconsistent start to the 2023/24 Premier League season.

Fulham were 2-1 winners over Norwich City while the Blues saw off competition from Premier League rivals Brighton and Hove Albion with Nicolas Jackson scoring the only goal of the game.

Fulham’s victory against Norwich came four days after an uneventful goalless draw with Crystal Palace, which saw Silva’s men begin the weekend in 11th place in the table.

Fulham enter Monday’s tense derby having only lost one of their last six matches in all competitions – and few can blame them for losing to treble winners Manchester City at the Etihad – and a third Premier League clean sheet in a row could be on the menu.

Fulham ended an eight-game streak without a Premier League clean sheet at Craven Cottage on September 16.

Slim cup victories are fine, but Mauricio Pochettino’s squad arrives at Craven Cottage without a win or even a goal in their last three Premier League games, succumbing to an Ollie Watkins strike against Aston Villa last weekend.

Chelsea are in 15th place, with only a 3-0 thrashing of Luton Town to show for their last ten top-flight games, and a mere five points from six games marks their worst start to a new season since the 1978-79 season when they finished bottom of the pile and were relegated to the Second Division.