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Fulham face a trip to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at lunchtime on Monday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cottagers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them taste defeat on 16 occassions, and draw 12, from the 30 games played.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, with Chelsea running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Apr | Chelsea | 3 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 30 Nov | Fulham | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 13 Nov | Fulham | 1 - 4 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Chelsea | 2 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Fulham | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Chelsea | 1 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 23 Sep | Fulham | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Blues have scored 10 and conceded 3 during this period.
In complete contrast to Chelsea, Fulham are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Cottagers have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 46 points from the 17 games played. Fulham find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 17 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Fulham | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cottagers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Chelsea. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Unbeaten in the last 53 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Fulham | Not won in previous 9 away matches. |