Chelsea vs Fulham: Premier League preview, team news, stats and head-to-head

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 19 home league games against Fulham (W12 D7) since a 2-0 loss in the second tier in October 1979.

Fulham have won just two of their 34 Premier League games against Chelsea (D11 L21), with their 6% win rate against the Blues the lowest of any other team in the competition’s history (min 20 meetings).

Chelsea have lost two of their last three Premier League matches on Boxing Day, as many as they had in their previous 22 such matches (W12 D8). However, they won 3-1 at Aston Villa in their last match of 2021.

In a run that stretches back to 1984, Chelsea have won just two of their last 11 London derbies played on Boxing Day (D5 L4) and went on to win the title in both campaigns in which they won (3 -2 against Fulham in 2005-06, 2-0 against West Ham in 2014-15).

Fulham have lost just one of their last seven Premier League matches on Boxing Day (W2 D4), although that defeat came at Bournemouth in last season’s fixture (0-3).

Fulham are unbeaten in each of their last nine Premier League London derby matches (W4 D5), since a 1-0 loss at Chelsea in January this year. The Cottagers last went on a longer run without a league defeat against fellow London sides between February 1936 and October 1938 (12 games, all in the second tier).

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League games (W6 D3), most recently with a longer run without defeat in Thomas Tuchel’s first 10 in charge at the club between January and March 2021. The Blues’ only two defeats this season have come against reigning champions Manchester City and current league leaders Liverpool.

Fulham are unbeaten in each of their last five Premier League games (W1 D4), with each of the last three finishing level. They last had multiple consecutive top draws in December/January in 2020-21 (5).

Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson has a combined 15 goals (11) and assists (4) in his last 19 Premier League starts at Stamford Bridge. Jackson also has 13 goals involved in his last 12 London derby appearances in the league (11 goals, 2 assists).

Fulham’s Emile Smith Rowe has either scored (2 goals) or assisted (1) in three of his four Premier League starts against Chelsea (all for Arsenal), with both goals against the Blues coming at Stamford Bridge.