Fulham v Chelsea Betting Tips [2 October 2023]

Fulham host Chelsea in this Monday night London derby match. At the start of the weekend, Fulham were 11th with Chelsea in a disappointing 14th place. It's likely their league positions will be lower than that when this game begins. Both sides have been struggling for goals this season so a high-scoring fixture is not being anticipated. Only five goals have been scored by both teams in their first six Premier League games of the season. Just to put that into context, Erling Haaland scored eight goals in his first six league matches of the new season. Fulham lost their top scorer Mitrovic during the summer transfer window so not scoring many goals was expected. Each of their five league goals have been scored by a different player. The results haven't been that bad though with an away win at Everton and home victory over Luton Town. Both of those wins were by a 1-0 scoreline. Two games have been lost, at home to Brentford and away at Manchester City. Their last league game was a goalless draw at Crystal Palace, the second successive game with under 2.5 goals scored.

Chelsea are already planning their transfer spending in January. Close to a billion pounds has been spent by their new American owners, yet they are still in the bottom half of the Premier League. Only five points have been earned from six league games and only Raheem Sterling has scored more than one league goal for them this season. Their six league games have only seen 11 goals scored despite all that money spent on midfielders and forwards. Three of their five league goals came in a home win over Luton Town. They've played three league games since then and failed to score in any of them, most recently a 1-0 home loss to Aston Villa. We go for under 2.5 goals to be scored in this match.