Valentine’s Day special: Chelsea versus Fulham
Fulham will be playing a home game tonight at Craven Cottage against Chelsea. Both the London teams will be hoping to break the opposition’s heart on Valentine’s Day.
Chelsea had a dream run earlier in the season, but are now looking for rare wins. Chelsea are placed fifth in the English Premier League table and Fulham are at the twelfth spot with just 30 points. A defeat for Chelsea in tonight’s game will shut the doors on their title hopes. Losing three points tonight against Fulham will split the table toppers Manchester United and the defending champions by 16 points.
Earlier in this month, Chelsea thrashed Sunderland by four goals to two, but in their latest clash against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 said, “We had started to see light at the end of the tunnel once again, but this latest defeat by Liverpool have cut away our legs and jeopardised our chances of winning the league title once more. It is going to be difficult for us to catch up with Manchester United.”
On the other hand, Fulham are playing exceptionally well and are unbeaten at home since the start of the year. Fulham will be hoping to win against victory-drought team Chelsea and will be counting on their in form striker Bobby http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 men in their team, and all these players will be keen to perform against their old club.
Trivial Information:
* Fulham have secured just one victory against Chelsea in 28 clashes over the last 31 years. Fulham will fancy their chances against rarely out-of-form Chelsea.
* Fulham have shown a lot of neat game recently and are the only team not to concede a red card this season.
* Venomous striker Didier Drogba has scored thrice in his last four clashes against Fulham.
* Fulham have not conceded a goal in their last three home games and have won all three.
* The Blues are known for their mean defence. However, they have managed just one clean sheet in their last nine Premier League away fixtures.
* http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Branislav-Ivanovic-c7994 will be playing his 100th game for Chelsea and will be geared up for the fixture.
* Fulham have a poor record against their fellow London teams, as they have managed to secure just one point from their six derby games in this season.
* If Chelsea score tonight, it will be their 150th Premier League goal under the reign of Carlo Ancelotti.
Leading Goal Scorers:
* Clint Dempsey has scored 10 goals for Fulham and nine of those goals are in the Premier League.
* Frenchman http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicolas-Anelka-c27786 is a prolific goal scorer for Chelsea with 14 goals in this season. However, only six of the 14 goals are in the Premier League.
* Didier Drogba and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838 have scored nine goals each in this season.
Player to Watch:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707: The latest signing for Chelsea from Liverpool, Fernando Torres will be a restless unit to justify his transfer. Chelsea splashed £50 million to land the Spaniard at Stamford Bridge. The team will be hoping to change their fortunes with this new signing. Although Torres is going through a goal drought, but with his pedigree and class, he is of switching back to hunting mode. Torres played for just 66 goalless minutes in his first game for Chelsea and tonight against Fulham, he will be hoping for some significant contribution.
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