Fulham welcome Chelsea, who earned an unexpected point at the Etihad last time out under the stewardship of Calum MacFarlane. MacFarlane is expected to take charge of the side again here, with the match so soon after the appointment of Liam Rosenior as the club's new head coach.

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Fulham also earned a point late on last time out as Harrison Reed fired in an equaliser from distance to take a point from Liverpool on their trip to Craven Cottage.

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Fulham enter this contest in decent form, having lost just one of their last five matches across all competitions. Those haven’t been the most taxing games, with two of them being against West Ham and Nottingham Forest - though the draw against Liverpool last time out will have lifted the confidence of the squad.

Fulham have only lost three of their 10 matches at Craven Cottage in the Premier League this season, with only Manchester City, Arsenal and Crystal Palace overcoming Marco Silva’s side at home this season. Fulham weren't overly pragmatic in those games either, netting 17 goals across the period and conceding 12. Their 2-2 draw against Liverpool last time out was a good example of how they can hold their own in high-scoring matches.

There’s a strange irony to Chelsea making the trip to Craven Cottage without Enzo Maresca. It was in this fixture last season that Chelsea earned a key win through a late Pedro Neto strike, which would set them up to go on a run to secure Champions League football. Maresca’s position at the club looked so strong after this run, yet Chelsea now enter the new year without the Italian and Liam Rosenior instead.

Chelsea have only won one of their last seven Premier League matches ahead of this clash, though the majority of those games were at the end of Maresca’s tenure when things were starting to sour at the club. The players showed real fight in their 1-1 draw with Manchester City last time out, but we’ve seen similar performances from Chelsea in big games before - it’ll be interesting to see if the pattern of the Blues dropping off in less intense games persists with a new coach.

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Fulham are one of the most organised sides in the Premier League, with Marco Silva having two clear systems he likes to play. One of those is his usual 4-2-3-1 shape, which Fulham have been playing in for most of the season - though Marco Silva also likes a 3-4-3, which is the shape Fulham lined up in for both of their recent draws against Crystal Palace and Liverpool.

Fulham may be playing in this shape to deal with the absences they’ve suffered as a result of AFCON. Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, and Samuel Chukwueze are all missing from the squad at the moment, which has resulted in Fulham’s usual 4-2-3-1 shape not being as effective as it usually is. The Cottagers have the player profiles to play in a 3-4-3, with their left-hand side being particularly strong in this system.

Chelsea went with a back five against Manchester City, though that was out of necessity rather than an intentional tactical ploy. The Blues knew they would struggle without the ball for large periods and tried to platform runners like Pedro Neto and Malo Gusto to make the most of transitional moments - Gusto ended up getting the assist for Fernandez’s equaliser at the death.

Chelsea should revert to their usual system here, with MacFarlane already hinting at not changing too much for this game, with Liam Rosenior expected to take charge of the squad for their trip to Charlton in the FA Cup at the weekend.

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