Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the West London derby between Chelsea and Fulham.

Schurrle's cross is blocked, but the ball is back to Ivanovic, whose fierce cross is just clipped by the German. This is exciting stuff, if you like Mourinhoball.

A long ball to Bent is cleared up with a Cech header.

Chelsea patiently retaining possession in defence and midfield, looking for an opening. Juan Mata would have scored by now, so...

Roman Abramovich looks miserable. Let's be honest, if he doesn't like what he's watching, he can't exactly claim to be surprised.

Chelsea haven't lost at home in the league since January. Well done, Chelsea!

Duff free on the right, and his right-footed cross is rubbish.

Schurrle and Oscar play the ball across to the right, and what a chance! Ivanovic puts in a great cross to the near post, but Eto'o's shot is deflected by Stockdale. The ref incorrectly gives a goal kick.

The free kick is cleared with a strong header, and now Damien Duff breaks clear on the right. He can't cross with his right foot - he's just a footballer after all. Eventually the ball is back with Duff, on his left - thank heavens! - but Sidwell's header is hard but too high.

Hazard attempts to find away through the Fulham defence on the left, and Ashley Cole wins the foul from Kasami.

Chelsea pressure Hangeland into booting the ball into the sidelines, but the move falls apart with Scott Parker's intervention.

Fulham start the brightest of the two sides, and earn a free kick from forty yards out. They instantly lose the ball. Silly!

We kick off, Mata-less. Will Chelsea cope? Will I? Will you?

The ref for the match is the Ancient Mariner. Sorry, Andre Marriner. Bloody autocorrect.

Martin Jol has also admitted that his team has yet to come together this season so far, though he is confident they will: "We have good players, but five of the seven new players were not there last week, so it's not easy. There are 10 or 11 teams who have not settled, but as soon as we gel together we will be fine. Sometimes you have to put things in perspective."

For Fulham, Dimitar Berbatov failed a fitness test ahead of the match and isn't even on the bench tonight.

Mourinho has been in bizarre mood ahead of this match, and no surprise given that he's helmed the Blues to their worst start in the Abramovich era. "I don't like the way Chelsea played in the last couple of years. We want to change that. I don't want to play long balls. Our position in the Premier League is completely unclear. We could finish first, we could finish last."

Fernando Torres is on the bench while Eto'o starts for the Blues. Torres has had 126 minutes of action in the league this season, and has recorded precisely 0 shots on target. If that record continues, he'll never score again as long as he lives!

Jose Mourinho has never lost a Premier League match at home. Then again, he'd not lost a European match at home for a decade until Wednesday...

Chelsea will be desperate to get out onto the pitch and banish the memory of their dismal defeat by Basel on Wednesday night. But all anyone else will want to talk about is how Juan Mata has been left out of the match day squad for the short trip down the river.

TEAMS: Chelsea - Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Mikel; Schurrle, Oscar, Hazard; Eto’o. Subs: Schwarzer, Azpilicueta, Essien, Lampard, De Bruyne, Willian, Torres. //// FULHAM - Stockdale; Riether, Hangeland, Amorebieta, Richardson; Duff, Sidwell, Parker, Kačaniklić; Kasami; Bent. Subs: Etheridge, Senderos, Karagounis, Taarabt, Rodallega, Zverotić, Na Bangna.