Chelsea banished memories of a toothless opening-weekend display against Crystal Palace with a 5-1 demolition of West Ham last time out, and the Blues can follow that by winning a third-straight all-London affair against Fulham.
A pre-game injury to Cole Palmer and an early Hammers goal threatened to derail Enzo Maresca’s plan, but three goals in the space of 20 minutes turned things around at the London Stadium, with summer-signing Joao Pedro proving the star.
Pedro scored the equaliser and assisted two more at West Ham, continuing a fantastic start to life at Stamford Bridge. The Brazilian has scored six goals in seven appearances since moving to Chelsea and netted in his last meeting with Fulham for Brighton, so back him to get on the scoresheet again on Saturday.
The unbeaten Fulham are unlikely to be as easy to push over as West Ham, but Marco Silva’s side have had to launch a rescue mission in each of their opening two games, and Chelsea may not be as kind to the Cottagers.
The visitors have been good value for their successive draws against Manchester United and Brighton, but they have gone behind in both matches and now visit a Chelsea side that have conceded just 18 goals in 20 home league games under Maresca.
Backing Chelsea to win to nil appeals, and given their impressive attacking display at West Ham, a routine 2-0 correct score prediction looks solid.
