Chelsea turn their attention back towards the Premier League’s top-five race, clashing with Fulham on Sunday in their mission to secure Champions League football for the 2025/26 campaign.
Enzo Maresca finds himself being pulled in two opposite directions towards the end of a challenging first year as Blues manager.
On the one hand it is still all to play for in the Premier League with European qualification to finalise and on the other hand there is the Europa Conference League to win. Juggling both at once is proving tricky.
Just three nights ago Chelsea played and lost their European quarter final second-leg match against Legia Warsaw 2-1, though having already secured a 3-0 triumph in the first meeting they progressed to meet Djurgarden in the semi-finals next month.
“First of all, we are for sure not happy with the defeat. We probably tried to manage the result, rotation with the players and avoid injury,” Maresca said. “We have an important game on Sunday. We are in the semi-final but we were trying to manage from the first leg with the result, we were there.”
That important match is against west London rivals Fulham, with Chelsea making the 2.2 kilometre trip to Craven Cottage. They have the opportunity to climb from seventh to fifth with victory today.
So, with that being said, football.london has rounded up everything you need to know about Chelsea’s clash against Ipswich.
What time does Fulham vs Chelsea kick-off?
Fulham vs Chelsea will kick-off at 2pm (BST) at Craven Cottage on Sunday, April 20. Assuming there are no extended breaks in play or stoppages, the final whistle will blow at around 3:50pm.
Two other Premier League matches taking place at the same time are Ipswich Town vs Arsenal and Manchester United vs Wolves, and they are all followed by Leicester City vs Liverpool at 4:30pm.
What channel is Fulham vs Chelsea on?
Fulham vs Chelsea will not be televised to viewers in the United Kingdom as Arsenal’s decisive match in the title race against Ipswich was selected instead.
A certain amount of games can be televised live each week in the UK. This one is only taking place on Sunday because of Chelsea’s involvement in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night, giving them an extra day to recover.
Otherwise, they would have played during the UK live tv blackout period at 3pm on Saturday.
It will, however, be available to watch on Peacock for supporters in the United States and on Fubo TV for those in Canada.
In France it’ll be on Canal+, ViaPlay in the Netherlands then it is DAZN for fans in Spain and Portugal. In Australia, the match will be televised on Optus Sport.
How can I stream Fulham vs Chelsea?
With Fulham vs Chelsea not being shown on live UK television it is not available as a live stream in the country either.
As alternatives, highlights will be uploaded to the Sky Sports YouTube channel shorty after the final whistle, with analysis on Match of the Day 2 in the evening. We will also providing LIVE coverage of the game in our blog at football.london.
