Chelsea won the Monday fixture of the 2026–27 Premier League opening round.
The match was Fulham versus Chelsea on Monday, 24 August 2026, at Craven Cottage. Chelsea won 3–2, making the fixture the final match of the opening round and one of the weekend’s highest-scoring games.
Because the Premier League schedule spread Round 1 across Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the opening round did not finish on Sunday. Fulham and Chelsea therefore supplied the closing match of the round, with Chelsea taking all three points.
The result was a narrow away victory rather than a clean-sheet win. That distinguishes it from Arsenal’s 3–0 result against Coventry City and Brentford’s 3–0 result against Tottenham Hotspur.