Fulham are enjoying a dream campaign and head into the first south west London derby of the Premier League season sitting three points and three places ahead of Chelsea in seventh.

They are performing very well this season and are on a high and boast a perfect record since domestic football resumed last month, with 4 straight victories conceding just one goal.

Are a decent home team too, suffering only two defeats so far: Manchester United (1:2) conceding goal at 94’ and Newcastle (1:4) receiving a red card at 7’.

The absence of Aleksandar Mitrovic is a blow - the Whites' record without their talisman this season isn't great - but Marco Silva has moulded a well-drilled team that flourishes in attack.

Replacement striker Carlos Vinicius has failed to fire in his few minutes since moving to Craven Cottage last summer, but the former Tottenham loanee has a point to prove and should be provided with plenty of ammunition from the likes of ex-Chelsea ace Willian and Andreas Pereira.

On the other hand Chelsea is a mess this season. Chelsea have won just one of their last nine league matches and the pressure is increasing on Graham Potter to prove he deserves time to turn the ship around. Their recent performances have been so poor.

They are 10 points below Champions League zone and to make things worse, have many injuries now.

Sterling, Aubameyang, Perisic, Mendy, Kante, Reece James, Chilwell, Fofana, Lotus-Cheek and Broja. All of them are out for this match, and there we can easily see 8-9 starters in a normal season.

Chelsea look lost and lacking an identity - a far cry from the ethos Graham Potter fostered at Brighton. The injuries are piling up and their lack of attacking threat means they could be set to lose the SW6 derby for the first time since 2006.

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富勒姆正在享受一场梦幻般的比赛，他们将在英超赛季的首场西南伦敦德比中以3分领先切尔西3个名次排在第七位。

他们本赛季的表现非常好，自上个月国内足球恢复以来，他们处于巅峰状态，并拥有完美的记录，4连胜仅失1球。

他们也是一支不错的主场球队，迄今为止只输了两场比赛:曼联(1:2)在94分丢球，纽卡斯尔(1:4)在7分吃到红牌。

米特罗维奇的缺席是一个打击——本赛季白衣军团没有护身符的战绩并不好——但马尔科·席尔瓦塑造了一支训练有素的球队，在进攻上表现出色。

自从去年夏天转会克雷文小屋后，替补前锋卡洛斯·维尼修斯在他上场的几分钟内一直没有进球，但是这位前热刺租借者需要证明自己的观点，他应该从前切尔西王牌威廉和安德里亚斯·佩雷拉那里得到足够的弹药。

另一方面，切尔西本赛季一塌糊涂。切尔西在过去的9场联赛中只赢了一场，格雷厄姆·波特的压力越来越大，他需要时间来扭转局面。他们最近的表现太差了。

他们现在比欧冠区低10分，更糟糕的是，他们现在有很多伤病。

斯特林，奥巴梅扬，佩里西奇，门迪，坎特，里斯·詹姆斯，齐尔威尔，福法纳，卢特斯-奇克和布罗哈。他们所有人都将缺席这场比赛，在正常的赛季中，我们很容易看到8-9名首发球员。

切尔西看起来迷失了，缺少了自己的个性——这与格雷厄姆·波特在布莱顿培养的精神相去甚远。伤病不断堆积，他们缺乏进攻威胁，这意味着他们可能会自2006年以来首次输掉SW6德比。