Chelsea vs Fulham : team news and Injury Updates

Chelsea vs fulham as both teams face off in another london derby in the english premier league @ 17:30 ( stamford bridge ).

Chelsea will be looking forward to another derby win , after winning fellow londoner’s ( westham united ) by a lone goal last week in the english premier league.

However fulham will be looking to avoid defeat in the hands of red hot chelsea as they battle to survive relegation in the league.

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Fulham who are already sitting 18th in the premier league table will have to find a way to take all three point that is as stake at stamford bridge later tonight.

However , Thomas Tuchel will have to rotate his squad for today’s game knowing fully well that a win against fulham is very important as the race for a top four finish in the continues to intensifies. As he hopes to have his squad ready for mid week champions league Semi final second leg action against real madrid.

Chelsea vs Fulham Injury Updates

Chelsea manger confirmed that croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic is out of today’s game as the midfielder suffers a set back and is also a doubt for their second leg game against Real Madrid in the champions league.

Another absentee for today’s clash with fulham is Antonio Rudiger , the german defender picked a late injury Against madrid and is ruled out of today’s action but will be fit for the second leg .

Aside those two players , the rest of the squad is available to face fulham , the german tactician confirmed.

However for the visiting team , head coach scott parker , while addressing the press , he confirmed the availability of all his squad for game .

Parker who acknowledged the tasked ahead of them , said it’s a going to be a though game against chelsea who are in fine  form under new manager.

Chelsea vs fulham kicks off 17:30 at stamford bridge.