Chelsea vs. Fulham: Head-to-head record and past meetings

The curtain came down on the opening Premier League weekend with a captivating West London derby on Monday night, as Fulham and Chelsea played out a five-goal thriller at Craven Cottage.

Xabi Alonso's Blues ultimately emerged victorious, beating Alvaro Arbeloa's Cottagers 3-2 after an entertaining 90-minute clash.

Following Monday's meeting between Fulham and Chelsea, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two West London clubs.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 96

Chelsea wins: 55

Draws: 27

Fulham wins: 14

Fulham earned three points against Chelsea in their first Premier League meeting of 2024-25 when they won 2-1 in December 2024 thanks to late goals from Rodrigo Muniz and Harry Wilson, cancelling out Cole Palmer's first-half opener.

Chelsea responded in the reverse fixture with a late show of their own though, as Tyrique George and Pedro Neto scored late on to earn the Blues a come-from-behind victory at Craven Cottage a few months later.

The Blues also struck twice on their own patch in August 2025, but that 2-0 win was not without serious controversy, as Fulham had a goal disallowed before Joao Pedro and Enzo Fernandez delivered the damage.

In the reverse fixture at Craven Cottage in January 2026, Fulham would exact their revenge, winning 2-1 thanks to strikes from Raul Jimenez and Harry Wilson, with the latter's cancelling out Liam Delap's equaliser.

Chelsea's job in that match was made harder after Marc Cucurella's needless red card for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity in the first half.

Chelsea took back the bragging rights once again on the opening matchday of the 2026-27 Premier League season, with Joao Pedro, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer all scoring as Alonso's men secured a fantastic 3-2 victory.

The first meeting between Chelsea and Fulham came all the way back in 1910, with the Cottagers winning a second division fixture, but the Blues would quickly dominate their neighbours over the following years, losing none of the next 12 head-to-heads - winning eight.

Fulham's record at Stamford Bridge has been dismal in the Premier League era having only won once in their 36 league trips to the Blues' home. However, Chelsea's record at Craven Cottage is phenomenal considering they have triumphed in 11 of their last 19 visits to the ground, losing on just three occasions.

Arguably the most high-profile encounter between the two occurred in 2002 when John Terry's goal saw Chelsea win 1-0 in April in a tense FA Cup semi-final, though they did lose in the final against Arsenal.

The 2004-05 season threw up another important cup tie between the sides, but this time in the League Cup quarter-finals, and when the Blues lifted the trophy under Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard's late winner at Craven Cottage would have been noted as a critical moment.

Despite being a rivalry, the fixture did throw up a nice milestone when they met in December 2006, with Moritz Volz scoring the 15,000th Premier League goal in a 2-2 draw, and the German right-back subsequently donated his £15,000 reward money to local charities during the festive period.