Chelsea vs Fulham
Premier League | 1st May 2021 | 17.30pm
It's the West London derby in the Premiership on Saturday in the evening kick off and we expect Chelsea to continue their dominance in this fixture. We will take a look at the stats and best football tips below.
Chelsea played Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League Semi Final on Tuesday and put in a good performance drawing 1-1 and restricting Real Madrid to just one shot on target, that did fall to Karim Benzema who put it in the net.
Chelsea will have their eyes on that second leg but need to win in the Premier League to cement their place in the top four and they are currently 3 points ahead of West Ham whilst Fulham are 7 points adrift of safety in 17th.
The head to head record shows Chelsea have won three of three meetings with a 0-1 away win coming back in January featuring a Mason Mount winner and a Robinson red card for Fulham.
Chelsea - Team Form
Chelsea have put in some brilliant performances recently beating Manchester City in the FA Cup and West Ham last weekend in a huge top 4 clash but did draw 0-0 with Brighton following that FA Cup game so it could be argued they may again be flat after giving their all in their big midweek clash with Real Madrid.
All five of Chelsea's most recent games have been under 2.5 goals.
Their last Premier League game was a 0-1 victory over West Ham, a very good victory for Chelsea in the race for a top 4 finish with Timo Werner scoring the winner.
Chelsea have averaged 5 corners per game and 1.8 cards.
Fulham - Team Form
Fulham have not won a game in five and have lost four of them. That's a really poor run of form and with only five games to go look all but doomed to relegation. Prior to that they did manage to get a 0-1 against Liverpool though.
Only three of Fulham's last ten games have featured over 2.5 goals.
Fulham's last Premier League game was against Arsenal and they did manage to hold them to a draw. It could certainly be argued they perform better against the big sides. That would also have been a Fulham win if it wasn't for a last minute Arsenal eqauliser.
Fulham have averaged 5 corners and 1.4 cards.
Match Stats
Key Players
Christian Pulisic has been in fine form recently and scored the goal against Real Madrid, if he starts he will be a huge threat and has scored three goals in his last five starts.
Betting Tips
Chelsea have been poor for goals ever since Tuchel arrived and Fulham have only scored three in their last five games. I will be backing under's again and the price looks very good.
Our Tips:
Under 2.5 goals at @ 17/20 with William Hill
Prediction:
1-0