Chelsea will take on Fulham in the Premier League matchday 34 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The kick-off is at 18:30 CET.

Preview

Chelsea's 1-0 victory over West Ham last weekend sent Thomas Tuchel's men into fourth in the PL table, three points ahead of the Hammers, and now the Blues will be looking to cement their place in the Champions League zone against third-bottom Fulham. The German manager, however, is set to rotate his starting XI on the weekend after claiming a 1-1 draw at Real Madrid in the CL semi-final first leg on Tuesday as the Blues will host the current La Liga champions in the return clash already next Wednesday.

As mentioned, Fulham are now 18th in the league standings with 27 points taken from 33 matches. It would be fair to say that Scott Parker's side will need a miracle to avoid relegation back to the Championship this term as 17th-placed Brighton are seven points ahead of the Cottagers. The gap could've stood at just five points right now but Fulham were denied a victory at Arsenal last week by a last-gasp equalizer from Eddie Nketiah (1-1).

Team news

Mateo Kovacic remains to be the only injury absentee in Chelsea's squad while the visitors will be without Terence Kongolo, Marek Rodak and Tom Cairney on Saturday.

Prediction

The last time the Blues were getting ready for a vital Champions League clash with Porto, they were defeated by West Bromwich 5-2 at home in the preceding match. Chelsea will be busy thinking about the Madrid return encounter this time around and thus Fulham certainly have a glipse of hope ahead of their trip across the city to Stamford Bridge, especially after last weekend's draw against the Gunners. On the other hand, you can't really compare 10th-placed Arsenal to Tuchel's side right now so we'd stick with the potential CL finalists in this one.

Tip

Chelsea to win and total under 3.5 at 2.05 with 1XBET.