Chelsea vs Fulham Preview

After a busy winter where they outspent every European club in the transfer window, Chelsea will turn their attention to the Premier League this Friday as they host London rivals Fulham. The Blues had a busy January as they signed a total of eight players, with £288 million spent on transfers.

They will now look to turn their transfer spending into results in the Premier League where they currently have just two wins from seven matches since the restart (D2, L3). They currently sit ten points adrift of the Premier League top four and could even end the weekend outside of the top-half should they fail to win here.

Things are looking better for Graham Potter’s side though with a win and a draw in their last two league games. The goal will be to make it three games without defeat for the first time since Potter’s first month at Stamford Bridge.

But the Chelsea manager will have to exorcise some demons as he has never beaten Fulham in four personal H2H meetings (D2, L2).

Meanwhile, his opposite number Marco Silva has overseen a remarkable run of results for Fulham since their return to the Premier League. His side currently sit in seventh place, just five points behind fifth-placed Tottenham.

But the Cottagers come into this tie without a win in their last three competitive games (D1, L2). Their last outing was a 1-1 draw with Sunderland in the FA Cup, a performance Silva described as being ‘too open’. However, that’s not something they can be accused of doing too often this term as only on two occasions have they conceded more than two goals in a league game.

That could help them to another positive result here as just one of their last eight Premier League defeats this term came against a side currently beneath them in the table.

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