Chelsea 2-0 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2018
Result
Chelsea 2-0 Fulham
Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2018, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-0 Fulham: match report
Chelsea defeated Fulham 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Pedro opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Pedro (4') and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (82'). Fulham did not score.
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Fulham received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 4th on 28 points from 13 and Fulham 20th on 8 points from 13. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Fulham 19th with 26.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fulham in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro of Chelsea (8.4), ahead of Eden Hazard (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 0 for Fulham.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Fulham's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Pedro
- 54'Yellow card · Denis Odoi
- 69'Yellow card · César Azpilicueta
- 82'Goal · Ruben Loftus-Cheek
- 83'Yellow card · Álvaro Morata
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Pedro, Olivier Giroud, Eden Hazard
Fulham line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sergio Rico, Cyrus Christie, Denis Odoi, Alfie Mawson, Maxime Le Marchand, Calum Chambers, Jean Michaël Seri, Stefan Johansen, Tom Cairney, Aleksandar Mitrović, Ryan Sessegnon