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With the race for European football intensifying, Fulham will welcome West London rivals Chelsea to Craven Cottage on Sunday in the Premier League . The sixth-placed visitors have more often than not managed to get the better of their ninth-placed hosts, though a win for Fulham would see their points tally increase to 51, just three fewer than the Blues. Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
© Imago Previous meetings: 92 Chelsea wins: 52 Draws: 27 Fulham wins: 13 Fulham earned three points against Chelsea in their first Premier League meeting of 2024-25 when they won 2-1 in December 2024 thanks to late goals from Rodrigo Muniz and Harry Wilson , cancelling out Cole Palmer 's first-half opener. The victory was just the Cottager's second win against their rivals in their last 26 meetings, with the Blues winning 16 times in that period. Recent clashes between the sides have been relatively low scoring, with only 17 goals being scored in their past nine matchups.
The first meeting between Chelsea and Fulham came all the way back in 1910, with the Cottagers winning a second division fixture, but the Blues would quickly dominate their neighbours over the following years, losing none of the next 12 head-to-heads - winning eight. Fulham's record at Stamford Bridge has been dismal in the Premier League era having only won once in their 35 league trips to the Blues' home. However, Chelsea's record at Craven Cottage is phenomenal considering they have triumphed in 10 of their last 17 visits to the ground, losing on just two occasions.
Should Marco Silva 's hosts emerge as winners on the weekend, they would complete a league double over Chelsea for the first time in their history despite 2024-25 representing the 40th league campaign in which they have faced off. Arguably the most high-profile encounter between the two occurred in 2002 when John Terry 's goal saw Chelsea win 1-0 in April in a tense FA Cup semi-final, though they did lose in the final against Arsenal. The 2004-05 season threw up another important cup tie between the sides, but this time in the League Cup quarter-finals, and when the Blues lifted the trophy under Jose Mourinho , Frank Lampard 's late winner at Craven Cottage would have been noted as a critical moment.
Despite being a rivalry, the fixture did throw up a nice milestone when they met in December 2006, with Moritz Volz scoring the 15,000th Premier League goal in a 2-2 draw, and the German right-back subsequently donated his £15,000 reward money to local charities during the festive period..
