Watch Fulham vs Chelsea for free as the Premier League returns for its first dose of Monday Night Football of the 2026/27 season, with FourFourTwo bringing you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world.
Fulham vs Chelsea: key information
Fulham host Chelsea in the first Monday Night Football of the season, live and direct from Craven Cottage.
There are also two more new faces in the dugout for this one, as Álvaro Arbeloa takes on his former Real Madrid counterpart, Xabi Alonso.
Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information you need to watch the opening game of the 2026/27 Premier League season online and from anywhere, for Fulham vs Chelsea.
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Fans in the UK can watch Fulham vs Chelsea on Sky Sports.
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League will have live coverage of the Premier League 2026/27 season opener, with kick-off at 8:00pm BST.
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As mentioned above, USA Network is showing Fulham vs Chelsea in the US. Kick-off is at 3:00pm ET.
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Fans in Australia can stream Fulham vs Chelsea on Stan Sport. Kick-off is at 5:00am AEST on Tuesday 25 August.
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A reoccuring theme has been the revolving door of Premier League managers this summer, with Marco Silva having left Fulham.
Alvaro Arbeloa is best known in England for his two-year spell at Liverpool, but has now stepped into the dugout, and follows his brief spell at Real Madrid.
Harry Wilson is the biggest departure for the Cottagers, now away to Leeds United, which is more saddening given it was a free transfer to a direct rival.
Notable incomings have been Gonzalo Garcia from the Catalan giants and Shea Charles from Southampton.
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Chelsea’s comical merry-go-round of managers means it’s now Alonso’s turn to try and change the Blues’ fortunes.
Spending upwards of £300m, with Morgan Rogers breaking the British record fee from Aston Villa, he follows Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace and Marco Palestra from Atalanta.
The big question remains over Alonso’s strikers, with Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson currently in limbo as to what to do.
The former is said to be of interest to Leeds, whilst Jackson performed well at Bayern Munich on loan and would be a handy option to have if he is happy to offer his services as a back-up striker to Joao Pedro.
Team News
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill; Gusto, Lavia, James, Hato; Palmer, Joao Pedro, Rogers
Subs: Penders, Chavarria, Barco, Fernandez, Neto, Gittens, Estevao, Welbeck, Quenda.
Fulham XI: Leno; Castagne, Cuenca, Bassey, Robinson, King, Berge, Iwobi; Bobb, Garcia, Palacios
Subs: Lecomte, De Gougerolles, Tete, Reed, Charles, Sessegnon, Kevin, Smith Rowe, Muniz
FourFourTwo’s prediction
Fulham 0-3 Chelsea
Chelsea will have too much for Fulham.
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