Chelsea will bid to return to winning ways to alleviate the pressure on Mauricio Pochettino when they host Fulham in a west London derby this afternoon.
The Blues dismal season hit another low on Tuesday after they fell to a 1-0 defeat against Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
Their neighbours Fulham were involved in the other first leg the following night and were unfortunate to lose 2-1 away to Liverpool.
The teams are sat three places and four points apart in the Premier League, with the Blues in tenth and the Cottagers 13th.
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5' — Tete goes down under a little bit of pressure from Fernandez.
As he falls he grabs the ball, but the referee gives the free-kick to the hosts.
4' — Colwill, who had a poor game in midweek, makes a bad start here as he just plays a pass straight out of play in an attempt to find Sterling.
3' — Palmer swings in a ball that is easily cleared in the centre of the box to big cheers from the away fans.
2' — Early free-kick for the Blues as Tete catches Sterling out on the left.
Palmer is looking to get this into the box...
The hosts get us underway kicking from right to left.
The hosts are in all blue and the Cottagers are wearing white tops and black shorts.
Aright then, Anthony Taylor leads both sets of players out.
We are moments away from kick-off now.
Marco Silva isn't too pleased that Fulham are playing today at 12:30pm.
The Cottagers were in Carabao Cup action on Wednesday in Liverpool, and he feels the scheduling could have been different.
Just 15 minutes to go until kick-off here.
Both sets of players are now going through their pre-match routines.
The stadium is starting to slowly fill up, so we should be in for a great game and
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