Chelsea 1-0 Fulham: overcomes 1-0 with a goal scored by C. Palmer
LONDON. Chelsea overcomes Fulham 1-0 after C. Palmer scored a penalty (45').
LONDON. Chelsea defeats Fulham 1-0 after C. Palmer scored a penalty (45′). Chelsea took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor with the assistance of Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 4 degrees Celsius or 39.2 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 84%.
Match Statistics
Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 56% while Fulham was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Chelsea was more aggressive with 85 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Chelsea won the match.
Chelsea shot 17 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Fulham shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Chelsea received 5 yellow cards (Enzo Fernández, Thiago Silva, Axel Disasi, Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto). On the opposite side, Fulham received 1 yellow card (Harry Wilson).
After this encounter, Chelsea will have 31 points like Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United to move down in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Fulham will stay with 24 points to stay in the 13th place.
Match Events
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38'38'
Malo Gusto
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45'45'
Cole Palmer (Penalty)
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49'49'
Harry Wilson
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58'58'
Enzo Fernández
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64'64'
Timothy Castagne
Kenny Tete
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64'64'
Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Harry Wilson
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66'66'
Noni Madueke
Armando Broja
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75'75'
Axel Disasi
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77'77'
Ben Chilwell
Raheem Sterling
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79'79'
Thiago Silva
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79'79'
Cole Palmer
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82'82'
Sasa Lukic
João Palhinha
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82'82'
Rodrigo Muniz
Andreas Pereira
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90'90'
Carney Chukwuemeka
Cole Palmer
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90'90'
Alfie Gilchrist
Malo Gusto
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Chelsea will play away with Liverpool on the 31st of January with a 14-14 head to head record.
Fulham will host Everton on the 30th of January with a 15-9 head to head in favor of Everton (3 draws).
Chelsea: Formation and Lineups
Chelsea adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Bruno Saltor Grau chose to play with the following team: Đorđe Petrović , Malo Gusto , Axel Disasi , Thiago Silva , Levi Colwill , Moisés Caicedo , Enzo Fernández , Cole Palmer , Conor Gallagher , Raheem Sterling and Armando Broja .
Substitutes
Chelsea made 4 changes: Armando Broja for Noni Madueke (66′), Raheem Sterling for Ben Chilwell (77′), Malo Gusto for Alfie Gilchrist (90′) and Cole Palmer for Carney Chukwuemeka (90′).
Top player: Enzo Fernández
The player who no doubt impressed Chelsea the most was Enzo Fernández even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.
Fulham: Formation and Lineups
Also Fulham adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva played with: Bernd Leno , Kenny Tete , Tosin Adarabioyo , Issa Diop , Antonee Robinson , João Palhinha , Tom Cairney , Harry Wilson , Andreas Pereira , Willian and Raúl Jiménez .
Substitutes
Fulham made 4 changes: Kenny Tete for Timothy Castagne (64′), Harry Wilson for Bobby De Cordova-Reid (64′), Andreas Pereira for Rodrigo Muniz (82′) and João Palhinha for Sasa Lukic (83′).
Top player: Tosin Adarabioyo
The player who no doubt impressed Fulham the most was Tosin Adarabioyo.
His rating is with 44 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
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