On Thursday evening, 1 game in the English Premier League is going to happen and it will be between Fulham and Chelsea. After 18 games played, Fulham has 8 wins, 4 draws, 6 losses, a total of 28 points and the 7th place in the standings. Chelsea has 7 wins, 4 draws, 6 losses, a total of 25 points in 17 games and the 10th place. In this game, I'm predicting that Fulham won't lose.

Fulham has been playing great lately. Last weekend, the team beat Hull and advanced to the next FA Cup round. In the Premier League, Fulham has won 3 games in a row. Now there's an opportunity to win 4 in a row for the 1st time since 1966! Fulham has been a decent home team with 4 wins and 3 draws in 9 games, 16 goals scored and 14 conceded. The team has the 8th-best xG at home (1.71) and 14th-best xGA (1.58).

Chelsea is having a dreadful season. The team has won just 1 game out of the last 7, and in 5 losses the team hasn't scored a single goal! Chelsea lost twice last week to City. While at home the London team lost by only a goal, on the road they were crushed by 4:0. On the road, Chelsea hasn't won in 5 straight Premier League games. In 9 games away from home, Chelsea has just 3 wins, 8 goals scored (the worst among TOP10 teams), 12 goals conceded and a total of 11 points. Chelsea has the 9th-best xG on the road (1.56) and 4th-best xGA (1.53).

The main reason for Chelse's bad performance is injuries. The list of players who can't help the team is very long - Edouard Mendy, N'Golo Kante, Reece James, Armando Broja and Wesley Fofana are just a few of sidelined players. Christian Pulisic and Raheem Sterling got injured last week and Sterling is going to be out for several weeks. It remains to be seen if Ben Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can return. While there are no new injury concerns for Fulham, Aleksandar Mitrovic picked up his 5th yellow card in the last game and will miss this one.

It is a very tough time for Chelsea supporters. It is very possible that Chelsea will change the manager for 2nd time this season. As of right now, the team is 8 points behind the 5th place which would give them the opportunity to play in the Europa league. If they are not in the European place, Chelsea will miss the international stage for the 1st time since the 2015/2016 season. Fulham and Chelsea are in very different stages right now and this should lead to Fulham getting at least a point.

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在周四晚上，英超联赛的一场比赛将在富勒姆和切尔西之间进行。经过18场比赛，富勒姆取得8胜4平6负，积28分，排名积分榜第7位。切尔西17场比赛7胜4平6负，积25分排名第10。在这场比赛中，我预测富勒姆不会输。

富勒姆最近打得很好。上周末，球队击败了赫尔城，晋级足总杯下一轮。在英超联赛中，富勒姆已经取得了3连胜。现在有机会赢得自1966年以来的第一次4连胜!富勒姆是一支不错的主场球队，9场比赛4胜3平，进16球丢14球。球队在主场拥有第8名的xG(1.71)和第14名的xGA(1.58)。

切尔西正在经历一个糟糕的赛季。这支球队在过去的7场比赛中只赢了1场，在5场失利中，球队一球未进!切尔西上周两次输给曼城。在主场，伦敦队只输了一球，而在客场，他们以4:0惨败。在客场，切尔西已经连续5场英超没有赢球了。9场客场比赛，切尔西仅取得3胜，进8球(TOP10球队中最差)，丢12球，积11分。切尔西拥有第九好的xG(1.56)和第四好的xGA(1.53)。

切尔西表现不佳的主要原因是伤病。不能帮助球队的球员名单很长——爱德华·门迪，恩戈洛·坎特，里斯·詹姆斯，阿尔曼多·布罗哈和韦斯利·福法纳只是其中的几个球员。克里斯蒂安·普利西奇和拉希姆·斯特林上周受伤，斯特林将缺阵数周。齐尔威尔、鲁本·洛夫图斯-奇克和奥巴梅扬能否回归还有待观察。虽然富勒姆没有新的伤病问题，但亚历山大·米特罗维奇在上一场比赛中吃到了他的第5张黄牌，他将错过这场比赛。

对于切尔西的支持者来说，这是一个非常艰难的时刻。切尔西很有可能会在本赛季第二次更换主教练。截至目前，球队落后第五名8分，这让他们有机会参加欧联杯。如果他们没有进入欧洲赛区，切尔西将自2015/2016赛季以来首次错过国际舞台。富勒姆和切尔西现在处于非常不同的阶段，这应该会让富勒姆至少得到一分。