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Fulham vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips, Opta Stats, Player Props
Monday night’s Premier League action under the lights comes from West London as Fulham vs Chelsea is set the task to entertain the world on Monday Night Football.
With both teams in the bottom half, they will be hoping for a win in this derby match to propel up the league and into the top half. Matthew O’Regan has a juicy-looking 13.00 odds bet builder for this game that won in the same fixture last year.
Bet builder odds: 13.00
Odds via bet365 as at 00:00, 29th September 2023 Odds may now differ.
Fulham vs Chelsea OPTA Stats and Match Facts: Fulham joy last term
- Fulham picked up four points against Chelsea in the Premier League last season (W1 D1), as many points as they’d earned in their previous 15 against the Blues (W0 D4 L11).
- Chelsea have trailed for just 39 minutes across their last 14 Premier League games against Fulham, with all of that time spent trailing coming in this exact fixture last term.
- Four of Willian’s five Premier League goals for Fulham have come at Craven Cottage, including one against his former side Chelsea in this exact fixture last season. The Brazilian made 234 league appearances for the Blues between 2013 and 2020, scoring 37 goals and providing 33 assists.
- Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has exactly the same record after six Premier League games in charge of the Blues as he did with Southampton (P6 W1 D2 L3). He then went unbeaten in his next six league games with the Saints, picking up 12 points (W3 D3).
- This will be Chelsea’s first Premier League game on a Monday since beating Everton 2-0 in March 2021. Indeed, the Blues have lost just two of their last 17 league matches played on a Monday (W11 D4) and are unbeaten in five since a 0-2 loss at Stamford Bridge against Man Utd in February 2020.
Fulham vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips: Vinicius Leading The Charge
Fulham Win
After finishing 10th last campaign, Fulham have started this season just as steady, sitting in 11th with two wins, two draws, and two losses from their opening six games. An opening-day smash-and-grab victory at Goodison Park was followed up by a disappointing 3-0 defeat at home to rivals Brentford before battling to a 2-2 draw at Arsenal. The Cottagers were torn apart 5-1 at the Etihad by treble winners Manchester City before beating Luton 1-0 and holding Crystal Palace to a bore draw.
Marco Silva’s side were strong at home last campaign, picking up 29 points at Craven Cottage.
Despite the many millions spent by Todd Boehly, Chelsea are in dire straits and have just one league win under their belt—a 3-0 win at home to relegation favourites Luton. Other than this, they’ve drawn at home to Liverpool (1-1) and away to Bournemouth (0-0), while losing away to West Ham (3-1) and at home to Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest (0-1).
With so much transfer turnover and a bloated squad, Mauricio Pochettino is struggling to find his best team. In the reverse fixture last season, Fulham prevailed 2-1.
Carlos Vinicius to Score Anytime
Following 57 goals in two seasons, the departure of Aleksandar Mitrovic to Saudi club Al Hilal was bound to affect Fulham. Thirty-two-year-old striker Raul Jimenez arrived from Wolves as his replacement. The Mexican international has struggled in recent years, only scoring ten goals in the previous two seasons. He has struggled to hit the ground running for Fulham, with six starts and zero goals.
Due to Jimenez’s poor form, backup striker Carlos Vinicius will fancy his chances of a first Premier League start of the campaign on Monday. The 28-year-old was a bit-part player last season due to the excellence of Mitrovic. The Brazilian made 11 starts, scoring five times, including three in the final four games of the season.
Vinicius got his first minutes of the season off the bench against Luton, scoring the winner in his 28 minutes. Next, he got 11 minutes away at Crystal Palace before starting in the Carabao Cup game against Norwich. In this game, he had three shots for an xG of 1.35, scoring in the 12th minute.
With the 28-year-old’s fine goalscoring run in limited minutes, Marco Silva will be tempted to switch his strikers around. Vinicius also scored at home to Chelsea last year.
Both Teams 2+ Cards
The last leg of the bet builder comes in the card market. Fulham have racked up the cards thus far this season, picking up two, five, six, three, two, and two in the league. Their
Two league home games have seen them pick up five and two cards while drawing two and two. Fulham ranks fourth in the league for home yellows and joint second for reds.
Chelsea haven’t been shy of a card or two either, receiving 3, 3, 2, 3, 5, and 4 cards so far. The Blues have drawn 4, 5, 3, 4, 1, and 3 cards this season, meaning five of their six games have seen both teams receive two cards. Pochettino’s side ranks joint-third for away cards accumulated per game (4.0).
Refereeing this tie is Tim Robinson, who has refereed two Premier League games this season. In the Bournemouth vs Tottenham game, he showed four cards for a 1-3 split, while he also oversaw Chelsea’s shock 1-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest, showing a 3-4 split. Robinson was predominately a Championship referee last season but has been promoted to the Premier League, with his average in the Premier League this season (5.5) higher than last season’s average (4.33).
To add further caveat to the bet, the game at Craven Cottage last season saw four cards for Fulham and three yellows and a red for Chelsea in a heated affair. Going back even further, the 0-1 home loss in 2021 included two Fulham yellows and a red and three Chelsea yellows.
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