Ahead Of The West London Derby Against Chelsea, Marco Silva Prepares Fulham To Play With Ambition And Courage

JAKARTA - In the West London derby on Monday, October 2 evening or Tuesday morning WIB, Fulham will host Chelsea at the Craven Cottage Stadium, London. The two stone teams only won 1-0 in the Curabao Cup match, the third round last week. Fulham beat Norwich City 2-1, while Chelsea beat Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0.

Before this match, Fulham performed quite well with positive results. They won the EFL Cup match against Norwich and will now face Ipswich Town in the fourth round. In their Premier League last game, they drew 0-0 against Crystal Palace and are currently 11th in the standings.

Chelsea, meanwhile, recorded a narrow 1-0 win against Brighton in the EFL Cup, which was their first win of the month. However, in the Premier League, they did not score a single goal or win in their last three games. They are currently ranked 15th with just five points from six matches.

The final meeting between the two teams at Craven Cottage ended in a 0-0 draw, and Fulham have failed to win in their last nine London derby matches in the Premier League.

The match is expected to go tight and may end without a winner, like the previous three meetings held on Monday.

In this match Fulham suffered several injured players after fighting Norwich. Defender Calvin Bassey suffered an old back injury. Although Marco Silva, Fulham's manager, did not provide updates regarding the condition of the former Ajax player at a press conference before the match.

💬 On the derby: "We want to get a good result. We want to make the fans proud and give everything for the shirt."#FULCHE pic.twitter.com/caN9oKnojB

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On the derby: "We want to get a good result. We want to make the fans proud and give everything for the shirt.

Tosin Adarbioyo (her thigh injury) and Adama Traore (her thigh injury) are also in the medical room, while Kenny Tete will undergo further examination due to similar problems. However, Sasa Lukic has returned to training with the team after experiencing knee problems.

Andreas Pereira, who will play the 200th match in his league career, will be one of the players to rest in the middle of last week to return to the starting XI. This also applies to Bernd Leno, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson, and Harrison Reed.

Fulham manager Marco Silva is a manager who believes in ambition, courage, and courage in playing football. He felt very stressed the importance of playing good football and placing his characteristics as a demanding manager on his team.

In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports ahead of the derby against Chelsea, Silva expressed his approach to team management. "I want to prepare my team to play with ambition, courage, and courage to play football. I like my team to play good football because it is one of my characteristics as a manager and I am very demanding. I was the first to support them in every way," he said.

On the Chelsea side, they also lost a defender due to injury in the EFL Cup match. Mauricio Pochettino provides an unoptimistic update to Ben Chilwell's hamstring injury, which will see the left-back out in an undetermined time.

Chelsea medical staff are working hard to treat Romeo Lavia (airway), Benoit Badiashile (hamstring), Reece James (hamstring), Christopher Nkunku (lutut), Wesley Fofana (lutut), Marcus Bettinelli (lutut), and Trevoh Chalobah (hamstring).

However, Pochettino hopes that Carney Chukwuemeka and Noni Madueke may be able to participate in some capacity.

Some of the players who are absent are Jackson and Malo Gusto. Gusto's absence is likely to make Marc Cucurella return to being right-back, while Raheem Sterling may be operating as a substitute striker to replace Jackson if Armando Broja isn't ready to play since recovering from a severe knee injury.

Player forecast

Fulham : Leno; Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson; Palhinha, Reed; Decordova-Reid, Pereira, Iwobi; Jimenez

Chelsea : Sanchez; Cucurella, Disasi, Silva, Colwill; Caicedo, Fernandez, Gallagher; Palmer, Sterling, Mudryk