Chelsea v Fulham Prediction and Weekend Football Tips For Free By That's a Goal

Chelsea v Fulham Prediction and Weekend Football Tips For Free: "Fulham travel to their West London neighbours Chelsea, as Stamford bridge hosts the Saturday evening Premier League match and we have tips for Saturday's football."

Jose Mourinho will surely see this game as the perfect way to respond to his critics after two defeats on the trot. While losing to Everton may be considered as a minor hiccup, the loss at home to Basel midweek was surprising and could impact their European progress in the Champions league. As it’s a derby and Fulham are the smaller club, they will go out with a point to prove for the local bragging rights. However history doesn’t read well for Martin Jol’s men, as they haven’t beaten Chelsea at the bridge since 1979.

As a Fulham fan I have been to this fixture for several years running and one consistent theme is that they are always tight affairs. Whilst Chelsea have come out on top on occasions, it has usually been low scoring and seeing as none of their strikers are in goal scoring form this seems only to add to the pattern. The Cottagers have never been big scorers on the road and they set up purely to counter attack and withhold pressure. With this information comes my first tip, which is under 2.5 goals and this can be found at 13\10 with Ray Winstone.

Often, it can be considered a good bet to go against a team if they have played a European game midweek, like Chelsea for instance. But this rule only applies if say Chelsea had travelled to Ukraine and then were playing on Saturday. Having said this, the fact they suffered their first home defeat in the Champions League for 10 years may play a pivotal role in how they start. While they could hit the ground running early on, they could also be shaky and under great pressure from the fans what with it being a derby. Of the last 15 meetings (1 League Cup and 14 Premier League), Chelsea have won 7 and the other 8 have ended in a draw.

If Fulham withstand early pressure or even grab an early goal for themselves, which is possible with the likes of Berbatov, Bent and Taarabt at their disposal, then this fixture could well end in a draw. What’s even better is that you can get the draw at 9/2, which is a massive price after looking at the previous results and it being a derby.

Chelsea vs Fulham Betting Tips

Under 2.5 goals @ 13\10

Draw @ 9/2