Brentford and Chelsea have a chance to go third Premier League table when they face each other at the Gtech Community Stadium on Friday night.
The Bees remain unbeaten but haven’t won in the league since the opening day, when they thrashed lowly Tottenham 3-0 at home. They have been successful in the EFL Cup, reaching the fourth round by winning 2-1 at Reading on Tuesday.
Chelsea They haven’t tasted victory in the top flight since beating Brighton 4-3 at home on August 30. Since then, they have lost at Arsenal and drawn at home to Hull City.
Here, 101 Great Goals brings you all the team news ahead of the 8pm kick-off.
BRENTFORD TEAM NEWS
Brentford will be without Joshua Dasilva, Antoni Milambo, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Mathias Jensen and Kafe Furo.
Brentford: Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Schuster, Lewis-Potter; Janelt, Yarmolik, Damsgaard, Anthony, Schade; Thiago
Brentford Subs: Balcombe, Hickey, Henry, Ouattara, Wilson, Carvalho, Sangare, Diouf, Fredrick
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS
Chelsea are without Joao Pedro and Reece James through injury. Maxence Lacroix, Valentin Barco and Danny Welbeck are selected while Jordan Henderson makes his first Chelsea start against his former club.
Malo Gusto and Romeo Lavia fall to the bench.
Chelsea: Martinez; Fofana, Lacroix, Colwill; Net, Chavarria, Henderson, Ship; Palmer, Rogers, Welbeck
Chelsea substitutes: Penders, Acheampong, Gusto, Hato, Lavia, Nicoll-Jazuli, Gittens, Estevao, Quenda
Brentford vs Chelsea: Stats, Premier League form
- These teams are the only teams to have opened the scoring in each of their four Premier League games so far this season. Overall this season, the first team to score has won 58.3% of games (21/36), which is the lowest ratio in a Premier League season.
- Only Leeds United (2.47) have a higher expected goals from set pieces (excluding penalties) than Brentford in the Premier League this season (2.34), while Chelsea have the seventh highest total against (1.57).
- Only three players have applied more high-intensity pressure in their own half in the Premier League so far this season than Brentford’s Mamadou Sangare (127), who is fourth for fouls conceded (8) and joint-fifth for tackles made (13).
- Brentford are winless in their five Premier League home games against Chelsea, with each of the last four in the final tier (L1)
- While 10 of Brentford’s last 14 Premier League games have been drawn (W2 W2), the Bees are unbeaten in their last six top-flight games (W1 D5), and only enjoy longer runs in the competition in March 2023 (12 games) and September 2023 (7).
- Having lost three of their first five Premier League games against Brentford (W1 D1), Chelsea are now unbeaten in their last five (W3 D3).
- Chelsea have won one of their last six Premier League away games (D1 L4). In 2026, only Crystal Palace (23) have conceded more goals on the road among teams currently in the division than the Blues (21).
- Their Premier League matches this season have seen more goals than any other team (19 – 10 for, 9 against); the Blues have scored and conceded at least 10 goals in their first five games of a Premier League season once before, in 2019/20 (F11 A11)
- Joao Pedro has more goal involvements than any other Premier League player this season (6 – 3 goals, 3 assists). Since the start of last season, the striker has scored and assisted in more different games than any other player in the competition (6), including in three of his four appearances this campaign.
- Danny Welbeck has scored in each of his last three Premier League games against Brentford and has never scored in four consecutive games against a specific opposition team in the competition.
Where to watch Brentford-Chelsea: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off on Friday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live UK coverage on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Here is the full list of International broadcasters of the Premier League.