Fulham 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Monday 24 August 2026
Result
Fulham 2-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Monday 24 August 2026, 19:00 UTC · Craven Cottage, London · half-time 1-2
Fulham 2-3 Chelsea: match report
Fulham were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Monday 24 August 2026 at Craven Cottage. It was 1-2 at half-time.
João Pedro opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Fulham's goals came from Josh King (23') and Gonzalo García (54'). Chelsea scored through João Pedro (1'), Morgan Rogers (41') and Cole Palmer (49').
Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
In the current table Fulham are 15th on 9 points and Chelsea are 4th on 16 points.
Fulham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cole Palmer of Chelsea (9.1), ahead of Morgan Rogers (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fulham wins, 1 draw and 6 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 1'Goal · João Pedro
- 5'Yellow card · Levi Colwill
- 12'Yellow card · Roméo Lavia
- 23'Goal · Josh King
- 41'Goal · Morgan Rogers
- 49'Goal · Cole Palmer
- 54'Goal · Gonzalo García
- 75'Yellow card · Reece James
- 76'Yellow card · Calvin Bassey
- 88'Yellow card · Timothy Castagne
Form and table
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Timothy Castagne, Calvin Bassey, Jorge Cuenca, Antonee Robinson, Sander Berge, Alex Iwobi, Oscar Bobb, Josh King, César Palacios, Gonzalo García Torres
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Robert Sánchez, Joshua Kofi Acheampong, Maxence Lacroix, Levi Colwill, Malo Gusto, Reece James, Roméo Lavia, Jorrel Hato, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers, João Pedro
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