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behind Arsenal who is second and five points behind Nottingham Forest who is third.
The Blues will need a win at Brentford to stay in the UEFA Champions League places for next season. However, the record between the two sides when Brentford are at home is fairly even, with Brentford winning 3 times, drawing 4 times and Chelsea winning 4 times, with the last win coming on December 22, 2021 in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
For this game Wesley Fofana, Roméo Lavia and Marc Guiu will be absent due to injury.
11:26 AM4 hours ago
Brentford, to beat Chelsea at home after 87 years
The team coached by the Danish Thomas Frank has had a regular performance throughout the season, despite occupying the middle positions of the table, registering 12 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats, placing them eleventh with 41 points, nine points behind Newcastle, which occupies the UEFA Conference League place for next season.
The Bees will be looking for a victory to dream of participating in international competitions next season, however, they will have to beat an always difficult Chelsea, whom they have not defeated since October 22, 1938, 1-0.
For this match, Josh Dasilva, Fabio Carvalho and Igor Thiago will be absent due to injury. Danish midfielder Mathias Jensen is doubtful.
11:21 AM4 hours ago
The match will be played at the Gtech Community Stadium
The Brentford vs Chelsea match will be played at the Gtech Community Stadium, better known as Brentford Community Stadium, located in the west of London, capital of England. This venue, inaugurated in 2020, has a capacity for 17,250 spectators.
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Chelsea substitutes
12 - Filip Jörgensen (Goalkeeper)
5 - Benoit Badiashile (Central defender)
6 - Levi Colwill (Central defender)
3 - Marc Cucurella (Fullback)
34 - Josh Acheampong (Fullback)
20 - Cole Palmer (Midfielder)
7 - Pedro Neto (Attacker)
32 - Tyrique George (Attacker)
15 - Nicolas Jackson (Center forward
The teams take the field
The Brentford and Chelsea players are out on the pitch and we are ready to bring you all the information from the pleasant afternoon in West London for the 31st round of the Premier League.
Refeering team
This will be the refereeing team for the match between Brentford and Chelsea.
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant 1: Lee Betts
Assistant 2: Dan Cook
Fourth official: Lewis Smith
VAR: Stuart Attwell
AVAR: Mark Scholes
GAME STARTS HALF TIME
The ball is already rolling at the Gtech Community Stadium in the west of London, England, between Brentford and Chelsea in this match corresponding to matchday 31 of the Premier League 2024/25 where we expect a lot of emotions.
It was a close call to open the scoring early. A cross from the right by Reece James from a free-kick, the ball is passed to Tosin Adarabioyo at the near post and Christopher Nkunku at the far post and Chelsea are inches away from opening the scoring.
A quick response from Brentford and now Chelsea are saved! Byran Mbeumo received a high pass inside the box on the right flank, passed it first time to Yoane Wissa who was a little long with the pass and although he managed to shoot, the ball bounced off the right post of the goal.
First few minutes of back and forth play, both teams looking to attack although Brentford are a little more cautious about going on the attack.Possession 34-66 in favor of Chelsea less than ten minutes into the game.
Brentford gets the first corner kick of the match in their favor. From the set piece, the home side looked to generate danger and go up on the scoreboard against a Chelsea team that has managed the ball so far without great chances to score.
So far in 21 minutes we have no shots on goal. Chelsea is handling the ball back and forth but the home defense so far is doing a good job and not allowing Chelsea's attack to penetrate them. First yellow card of the match and first for Chelsea. French defender Malo Gusto is booked for an off-the-ball foul on Kevin Schade and Brentford have a dangerous free kick on the edge of the box.
Brentford missed it! Bad start by goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, Mbeumo recovers the ball, gives a filtered pass to Mikkel Damsgaard who, in front of the Chelsea goalkeeper, misses the ball after a short dribble.
Brentford had it again! Bryan Mbeumo manages to get hold of the ball in a personal move from the right flank, he moved towards the center and shot to the near post with his left foot but the ball goes grazing the base of the left post.
Great save by Robert Sánchez to save Chelsea! Second corner kick of the match and second for Brentford, launched straight to the head of Keane Lewis-Potter and the Spanish goalkeeper manages to save the shot that had goal direction.
Two teams with similar characteristics in this first half that so far fail to hurt each other. At times the favorite seems to be Chelsea, who handle the ball from side to side, and at times the favorite seems to be Brentford, who hold the rival possession in their area of the field but are more direct in attack.Second yellow card of the match and second for Chelsea. Central defender Tosin Adarabioyoyo is cautioned for a hard stomp on Yegor Yarmolyuk on the right end line of the home side's attack.
FIRST HALF ENDED 0-0
The first half ends at the Gtech Community Stadium in a very even match between Brentford and Chelsea where neither team has managed to generate danger in attack and we go to halftime in a draw.
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea.
SECOND HALF STARTS
We will see the last 45 minutes of this evenly matched game between Brentford and Chelsea, hoping for some excitement in the second half.
First Chelsea substitution.
IN:
Nicolas Jackson
OUT:
Christopher Nkunku
First approach by Nicolas Jackson. Long pass that he receives behind the defenders' backs and beats them in speed, he shoots with his right foot but the ball is a little behind him and he can't hit it and the shot goes wide.
It's almost a goal against Chelsea. Nicolas Jackson's attempted pass is deflected by a home defender and on the rebound Sepp van den Berg hits the ball and thanks to Mark Flekken's good positioning we are still 0-0.
Brentford have failed to generate attacking moves in this second half, it is Chelsea who are trying the most and have almost all of Brentford pinned in their area with good responses from the defense and goalkeeper.With the introduction of Jackson and Palmer, Chelsea have looked better than in the first half, but they have not been able to generate dangerous attacking moves and so far it looks like we will leave London goalless.
Fourth substitution for Chelsea.
IN:
Marc Cucurella
OUT:
Reece James
With this substitution Enzo Maresca will look to give speed and depth in attack to his team that he did not have with James.
Third yellow card of the match, first for Brentford. Defender Sepp van den Berg is cautioned for a foul in the middle of the pitch. It is his first yellow card in his personal account.
What Brentford missed! Sepp van den Berg met an unmarked cross at 5:50 but his header was headed into the ground and the ball went well over the top of the goal in what was a goal that was a foregone conclusion.
Second and third substitution for Brentford.
IN:
Mathias Jensen
Michael Kayode
OUT:
Mikkel Damsgaard
Kristoffer Ajero Psitional substitutions looking for alternatives and freshness in the team to face the last minutes of the match.Fourth yellow card of the match, third for Chelsea. Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez is cautioned for a foul in the middle of the pitch after a mistake by one of his teammates. Four minutes of added time will be played at the Gtech Community Stadium between Brentford and Chelsea in what looks to be a goalless draw where both teams looked to create attacking moves but neither were effective enough.
90+4 MINUTES | GAME OVER
The match ends at the Gtech Community Stadium between Brentford and Chelsea. Two teams with similar characteristics and Chelsea with an alternative team thinking about the quarterfinals of the UEFA Conference League.
Brentford 0-0 Chelsea
But with that Was busy when I checked scores a goalless draw is was so happy for not sacrificing my time to watch the game
Still I won't waste my time to watch the hillights
Dear Gaffer Enzo Maresca ÷ Please lose the remaining games but don't miss top 4 and I don't want to end the season Trophy less again I don't know how you're going to do it
But do you think At best Chelsea will finish 7th this season. The remaining matches are tough including man utd, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Northingham Forest, Fulham away Ipswich town. Three draws, two losses and two wins. At most 10 points from a possible 21 points