LONDON. Chelsea managed to reverse the score against Fulham to win 2-1. It was Fulham to strike first with a goal of Alex Iwobi at the 20′. Then it was a goal in the 83′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Pedro Neto gave the win to Chelsea in the 90′ minute. Chelsea capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 27,712 spectators. The referee was Anthony Taylor who was helped by Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was Samuel Barrott. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.68 degrees Celsius or 56.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Chelsea had a strong ball possession 60% while Fulham was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Chelsea was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chelsea won the match.
Fulham shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea shot 13 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Fulham received 1 yellow card (Calvin Bassey). On the other side, Chelsea received 3 yellow cards (Levi Colwill, Moisés Caicedo and Marc Cucurella).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Fulham stays with 48 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Chelsea has 54 points to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away with Southampton on the 26th of April with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Southampton (11 draws).
Chelsea will host Everton on the 26th of April with a 22-10 head to head record in favor of Chelsea (27 draws).
Fulham – Formation
Fulham
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78'
20'
Fulham adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva decided to play with the following team: Bernd Leno , Kenny Tete , Joachim Andersen , Calvin Bassey , Antonee Robinson , Sander Berge , Saša Lukić , Ryan Sessegnon , Andreas Pereira , Alex Iwobi , Rodrigo Muniz and Raúl Jiménez .
The home team had on the bench: Timothy Castagne , Harrison Reed, Harry Wilson , Tom Cairney , Adama Traoré , Carlos Vinícius , Jorge Cuenca, Willian and Steven Benda.
Substitutions
Fulham made 5 changes: Kenny Tete for Timothy Castagne (78′), Saša Lukić for Tom Cairney (72′), Ryan Sessegnon for Harry Wilson (79′), Raúl Jiménez for Carlos Vinícius (84′) and Alex Iwobi for Adama Traoré (84′).
Player of the match: Ryan Sessegnon
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fulham was Ryan Sessegnon.
His rating is with 14 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Chelsea – Formation
Chelsea
Also Chelsea adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Enzo Maresca played with: Robert Sánchez , Reece James , Trevoh Chalobah , Levi Colwill , Marc Cucurella , Enzo Fernández , Moisés Caicedo , Noni Madueke , Cole Palmer , Pedro Neto , Nicolas Jackson .
These were the players on the bench: Malo Gusto , Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoît Badiashile, Filip Jørgensen, Jadon Sancho , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Tyrique George , Josh Acheampong and Roméo Lavia.
Substitutions
Chelsea made 4 changes: Nicolas Jackson for Tyrique George (78′), Reece James for Malo Gusto (46′), Noni Madueke for Jadon Sancho (46′) and Malo Gusto for Tosin Adarabioyo (89′).
Player of the match: Pedro Neto
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Chelsea was Pedro Neto.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 9 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
