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Enzo Fernandez had more touches of the ball (58) in the first half than any other playerBritish record signing Enzo Fernandez made his Chelsea debut but could not help his new side claim only their second win of 2023 as they were held by Fulham at Stamford Bridge.
Argentina midfielder Fernandez completed a £107m move to the Blues from Benfica three days ago and Graham Potter opted to hand him an immediate start.
He made a solid impression and almost enjoyed a dream debut when his curled effort flew just wide of the post in the second half.
Kai Havertz also went close before the break when his lobbed effort from Hakim Ziyech's superb pass clipped the woodwork before the ball was cleared off the line, while debutant David Datro Fofana had a shot cleared off the line late on after showing great control to wrongfoot the goalkeeper.
But overall Chelsea did not do enough to earn the win as they again struggled to create real goalscoring chances, finishing the game with just two shots on target.
Fulham fully deserved the point after a superb defensive display and move up to sixth in the table, three places and two points above Chelsea.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number24Player nameJames
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number4Player nameBadiashile
Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number5Player nameFernández
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number15Player nameMudryk
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number27Player nameFofana
Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
Squad number31Player nameMadueke
Fulham
Squad number17Player nameLeno
Squad number2Player nameTete
Squad number31Player nameDiop
Squad number13Player nameReam
Squad number33Player nameRobinson
Squad number6Player nameReed
Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha
Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid
Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira
Squad number20Player nameWillian
Squad number9Player nameMitrovic
Squad number3Player nameKurzawa
Squad number8Player nameWilson
Squad number10Player nameCairney
Squad number11Player nameSolomon
Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 24JamesSubstituted forAzpilicuetaat 60'minutes
- 6Thiago Silva
- 4Badiashile
- 32CucurellaSubstituted forChilwellat 84'minutes
- 23GallagherBooked at 64mins
- 5Fernández
- 19MountSubstituted forFofanaat 75'minutes
- 22ZiyechSubstituted forSterlingat 60'minutes
- 29Havertz
- 15MudrykSubstituted forMaduekeat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 13Bettinelli
- 14Chalobah
- 17Sterling
- 21Chilwell
- 26Koulibaly
- 27Fofana
- 28Azpilicueta
- 30Chukwuemeka
- 31Madueke
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 17Leno
- 2Tete
- 31Diop
- 13Ream
- 33Robinson
- 6ReedSubstituted forCairneyat 90+1'minutes
- 26João PalhinhaBooked at 22mins
- 14De Cordova-ReidBooked at 67minsSubstituted forSolomonat 75'minutes
- 18PereiraBooked at 51minsSubstituted forKurzawaat 90+4'minutes
- 20WillianSubstituted forWilsonat 75'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 9MitrovicSubstituted forAlves Moraisat 90+1'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Rodák
- 3Kurzawa
- 4Tosin
- 5Duffy
- 8Wilson
- 10Cairney
- 11Solomon
- 21James
- 30Alves Morais
Referee:Stuart Attwell
Attendance:40,041
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 0, Fulham 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 0, Fulham 0.
Attempt missed. Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Chilwell with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Carlos Vinícius.
Substitution, Fulham. Layvin Kurzawa replaces Andreas Pereira.
Harry Wilson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harry Wilson (Fulham).
Foul by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).
Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. João Palhinha (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Harrison Reed.
Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
Harrison Reed (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by David Datro Fofana (Chelsea).
Harrison Reed (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Datro Fofana (Chelsea).
Kenny Tete (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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