MatchRewrite
Premier League · Matchday 1 · 24 August 2026

Fulham v ChelseaMonday night atCraven Cottage

01 — Pick a side

Pick the team you want to be. The rest is in your hands.

02 — How it works

At the 6 moments that decided the real match, you make the call. Everything else happens as it really did. About two minutes.

03 — Your 6 moments

Kick-off to full time. Each mark is a moment where the call is yours.

On a computer, live commentary plays with the sound on.

Fulham
HOME
0–0
Chelsea
AWAY
KICK OFF
First half
Key moments
Moment 1 of 6
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The real match: Fulham 2–3 Chelsea

Chelsea won 3–2 away to Fulham at Craven Cottage, London, on 24 August 2026 (Premier League, matchday 1). A Monday night west London derby, two new managers who were once teammates, and a record signing making his debut.

Goals

How the match unfolded

1' Thirty-one seconds. Palmer flicks it through, João Pedro chips Leno. A Fulham clearance is fired into the Chelsea half, Lacroix wins the header and it breaks to Palmer. His first-time flick finds João Pedro sprinting through, and the Brazilian lifts it over Leno. The Alonso era begins before the crowd has settled.

23' King drills it in at the near post — and Sánchez will not enjoy watching that back. Fulham are level. A neat exchange down the right lets King into the box, and his drive beats the goalkeeper at his near post from a shot he should have kept out. Craven Cottage erupts and the questions about Sánchez begin again.

41' Palmer finds Lacroix down the right, and the centre-back cuts it back for Rogers. Palmer slips Lacroix in down the right, of all people, surging up from the back. He tricks his way past Cuenca to the byline and cuts it back for Rogers, who sweeps it in. The record signing has his debut goal four minutes before the break.

HT Half time. Two-one, and it has been a proper derby. Two new managers, three goals, and a first half nobody could look away from. Arbeloa has fifteen minutes to find an answer.

49' João Pedro holds it up, waits, and Palmer prods it through Leno's legs. Four minutes into the half and Chelsea have a third. The striker shields it until Palmer arrives, and the finish goes through the goalkeeper. It is the simplest goal of the night and the best piece of thinking.

54' Castagne shoots, Sánchez parries — onto García's head. The full-back collects it and fires in a low shot, but the goalkeeper pushes it straight onto the head of García, who nods it in on his first Premier League start. Sánchez again does not cover himself in glory.

Starting line-ups

Fulham

  1. 1Bernd Leno GK
  2. 21Timothy Castagne RB
  3. 3Calvin Bassey CB
  4. 4Jorge Cuenca CB
  5. 33Antonee Robinson LB
  6. 16Sander Berge CM
  7. 17Alex Iwobi CM
  8. 24Joshua King AM
  9. 14Oscar Bobb RW
  10. 8César Palacios LW
  11. 7Gonzalo García ST

Chelsea

  1. 1Robert Sánchez GK
  2. 27Malo Gusto RWB
  3. 34Josh Acheampong CB
  4. 5Maxence Lacroix CB
  5. 6Levi Colwill CB
  6. 21Jorrel Hato LWB
  7. 24Reece James CM
  8. 45Roméo Lavia CM
  9. 10Cole Palmer AM
  10. 17Morgan Rogers AM
  11. 9João Pedro ST

Play it yourself

This page is a free football match simulator, or soccer match simulator, for Fulham v Chelsea. Choose Fulham or Chelsea, then make the call at each of the key moments that decided the match and see whether the 2–3 result still stands. What if one call had gone the other way? Make it yourself and change how it ended. It takes about two minutes and plays in the browser on phone and desktop, with no download and no sign-up.

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