Chelsea vs Fulham LIVE - Kick-off time, how to watch, early team news, live stream

Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Chelsea's Premier League meeting with Fulham this afternoon.

The Blues kick off the Premier League weekend this lunchtime, with the Cottagers the visitors for a 12:30pm (UK time) kick-off. Just one mile separates Craven Cottage and Stamford Bridge with an entertaining west London derby on its way today.

It is the chance for Enzo Maresca's side to move to the top of the Premier League table, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all playing later on in the weekend. Eight days ago, the Blues did go top overnight after a 5-1 demolition of West Ham United. Despite going 1-0 down early on at the London Stadium, the visitors scored five to ensure of a comfortable three points.

Although the negative from the night came before the game even started. Cole Palmer limped out of the warm-up pre-match with a groin problem and the 23-year-old has not trained with his Chelsea teammates this week, meaning he is unavailable for selection this afternoon.

How will Chelsea line up without Palmer today? Team news gets released at 11:15am (UK time), 75 minutes before kick-off at Stamford Bridge. You can follow along with all of the action right here, with Bobby Vincent in SW6 for the local derby.