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Fulham prepare to entertain Chelsea at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, winning just 7 of the 31 games played, and losing 18.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Craven Cottage was less than a year ago, in March 2006, the Cottagers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 19 Mar | Fulham | 1-0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Chelsea | 3 - 2 | Fulham | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Fulham have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These games have seen the Cottagers score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 4.
Chelsea have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 4 against.
Fulham's 8 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Chelsea sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 12 points from their 5 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Fulham are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Chelsea will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Fulham | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Chelsea | 6 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 15 outings ago. |
