FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · Premier League · Mon 24 Aug 2026, 20:00 UTC

Fulham 23 Chelsea

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What the chances were worth

Fulham
1.28
expected goals (xG)
Chelsea
1.67
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–3; by chance quality the match ran 1.28–1.67.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Fulham
37%
Draw
27%
Chelsea
36%

Before kick-off the model favoured Fulham to win (37%); it finished with Chelsea to win. A miss — it gave the actual result 36% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Chelsea created the better chances — the xG read 1.3–1.7 and the shot count agreed (12–17, 5–6 on target). Chelsea got into the box far more often (12 shots inside it to 7). Chelsea's finishing ran hot — 3 from 1.7 xG, 6 of 17 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On the balance of chances, the 2–3 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Fulham
Chelsea
61%
Ball Possession
39%
12
Total Shots
17
5
Shots on Goal
6
3
Shots off Goal
4
4
Blocked Shots
7
7
Shots inside box
12
5
Shots outside box
5
1.28
Expected goals (xG)
1.67
6
Corner Kicks
4
0
Offsides
3
600
Total passes
384
521
Passes accurate
315
87%
Passes %
82%
12
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
3
3
Goalkeeper Saves
3
-0.56
Goals prevented
-0.56

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Fulham
25%
market implied · price 3.86 · opened 26%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.67 · opened 25%
Chelsea
49%
market implied · price 1.94 · opened 49%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Fulham or draw1.8750.4%-0.3 pts
Double chance Chelsea or draw1.2675.1%+1.0 pts
Double chance either team1.2774.5%-0.7 pts
Draw no bet — Fulham2.7433.7%-0.5 pts
Draw no bet — Chelsea1.3966.3%+0.5 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2675.3%-4.0 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.8651.7%-6.7 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.9531.9%-5.4 pts
Both teams to score1.6756.1%-4.1 pts
Fulham over 1.5 team goals2.9132.1%-3.9 pts
Chelsea over 1.5 team goals1.8750.1%-3.9 pts
Fulham clean sheet4.7519.8%+1.9 pts
Chelsea clean sheet2.7134.2%+4.7 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.58 · 0-1 7.64 · 1-2 8.32 · 0-2 9.91 · 1-0 11.78

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-24 21:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
07 Jan 26Fulham2-1Chelsea
30 Aug 25Chelsea2-0Fulham