Both aiming to right recent wrongs from 2-0 defeats last time out, Fulham and Sheffield United meet at Craven Cottage for Saturday afternoon's Premier League showdown.
The Cottagers fell to a West London derby beating at the hands of Chelsea on Monday, while the Blades' misery continued in a two-goal defeat to West Ham United.
However, Mauricio Pochettino's men killed the game off within the first 20 minutes, as Mykhaylo Mudryk latched onto Levi Colwill's slick pass for his maiden Premier League goal in Chelsea blue, just one moment before Armando Broja benefitted from a fortunate deflection off Tim Ream to double the visitors' tally.
Things nearly went from bad to worse for Fulham in the second half as Ian Maatsen's effort rattled the frame of the goal, and despite besting Chelsea on the possession front - 56% to 44% - Marco Silva was left to lament costly defensive mistakes and his side's "passive" first-half approach.
Owing to Monday's beating, Fulham have slipped below their West London rivals in the table - now occupying an unlucky 13th place - and defeat to the Blues ended a three-game winning run at Craven Cottage, with two of those successes coming in the EFL Cup.
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