LONDON. Chelsea defeats Fulham with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Mudryk (18′) and a goal from A. Broja (19′). Fulham lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 24,445 spectators.​ The referee was Tim Robinson assisted by Stuart Burt and Daniel Cook. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 28.19 degrees Celsius or 82.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fulham had a strong ball possession 56% while Chelsea was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fulham was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Chelsea found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Fulham shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Chelsea shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Fulham received 1 yellow card (Andreas Pereira). Talking about the opposition, Chelsea received 4 yellow cards (Robert Sánchez, Raheem Sterling, Cole Palmer and Marc Cucurella).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Fulham will stay with 8 points like Chelsea and Nottingham Forest to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Chelsea will have 8 points like Nottingham Forest and Fulham to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away with Tottenham Hotspur on the 23rd of October with a 18-4 head to head in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (8 draws).

Chelsea will host Arsenal on the 21st of October with a 24-15 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (10 draws).

Fulham – Formation

Fulham started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva decided to play with the following team: Bernd Leno (7.1), Timothy Castagne (6.4), Issa Diop (6.8), Tim Ream (6.3), Antonee Robinson (7.3), Harrison Reed (6.4), João Palhinha (7.0), Andreas Pereira (6.7), Harry Wilson (6.8), Raúl Jiménez (6.7) and Willian (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Bobby Reid, Carlos Vinícius (7.0), Marek Rodák, Calvin Bassey, Tom Cairney (7.5), Fodé Ballo-Touré, Rodrigo Muniz, Alex Iwobi (7.0) and Saša Lukić (6.4).

Substitutions

Fulham made 4 changes: Harrison Reed for Tom Cairney (65′), Raúl Jiménez for Carlos Vinícius (53′), Andreas Pereira for Saša Lukić (75′) and Harry Wilson for Alex Iwobi (54′).

Best player: Tom Cairney​

The most impressive player for Fulham was Tom Cairney.

His rating is (7.5) with 23 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero played with: Robert Sánchez (7.9), Marc Cucurella (7.5), Axel Disasi (7.1), Thiago Silva (7.3), Levi Colwill (8.1), Conor Gallagher (7.5), Moisés Caicedo (7.5), Enzo Fernández (7.7), Cole Palmer (7.5), Armando Broja (7.5) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Raheem Sterling (6.6), Noni Madueke, Lesley Ugochukwu (6.4), Djordje Petrovic, Ian Maatsen (7.0), Deivid Washington, Alfie Gilchrist, Josh Brooking and Alex Matos.

Chelsea could not rely on the presence of Raheem Sterling (injured), Alex Matos (injured) and Noni Madueke (injured).

Substitutions

Chelsea made 4 changes: Mykhaylo Mudryk for Ian Maatsen (46′), Armando Broja for Raheem Sterling (65′), Cole Palmer for Lesley Ugochukwu (78′) and Moisés Caicedo for Noni Madueke (90′).

Best player: Levi Colwill​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Chelsea was Levi Colwill even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 38 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Fulham – Chelsea – 0-2