Chelsea go enter Gtech Community Stadium on Friday night to face Brentford for Premier League match. Blues dey sixth place with seven points from four games. Brentford dey one place below and one point behind. Chelsea dey five points behind top two Arsenal and Manchester City.
Chelsea never lose away to Brentford in all competitions since October 1938, ten matches, four wins and five draws. Brentford no win past six home league games against Chelsea, four draws and two defeats since their 1-0 win in October 1938. All three Brentford Premier League wins against Chelsea come at Stamford Bridge.
For corresponding fixture in September 2025, Kevin Schade give Brentford lead before Cole Palmer and Moises Caicedo put Blues ahead, only for Fabio Carvalho to equalise in third minute of stoppage time. Last four away meetings end in draws. After January win at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea aim for back-to-back victories over Bees for first time since 2021.
Chelsea win five of last seven Premier League London derbies. Both defeats in that time come at Arsenal. Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion, Arsenal and Hull City all concede first Premier League goals of season against Chelsea. Na first time in competition history any side first to score against four different teams in a season. Chelsea concede two or more goals in each first four matches at start of Premier League season for first time since 2015/16. Last Premier League clean sheet na against Brentford at Stamford Bridge on 17 January. Last away clean sheet for competition na at Bournemouth on 6 December.
Only Brighton with five don score more Premier League goals from set-plays this season pass Chelsea. No Premier League team matches don produce more goals after four matchweeks than Chelsea 19, 10 scored and nine conceded. Brighton games second with 18. Cole Palmer with 71 na second Chelsea player to reach 70-plus Premier League goal involvements in first 100 appearances for club, after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink with 77. Morgan Rogers na fifth different player to score or assist in each of Chelsea first four games of Premier League season, after Didier Drogba 2010/11, Cesc Fabregas 2014/15, Diego Costa 2014/15 and 2016/17, and Eden Hazard 2018/19. Joao Pedro lead Premier League for goal involvements this season with six, three goals and three assists. Only Drogba with eight in 2010/11 and Diego Costa with seven ever get more goals and assists for Chelsea in first four matches of campaign. Palmer make 100th Premier League appearance against Hull last week. He one away from scoring 50 goals in competition for club. Only two players reach half century of goals for Blues in fewer appearances: Hasselbaink with 84 and Diego Costa with 85. If they play this weekend, Moises Caicedo 150 appearances, Malo Gusto 100 starts, Josh Acheampong 50 appearances and Wesley Fofana 50 Premier League starts go hit milestones with Blues.
Brentford lose two of past 17 Premier League home games, seven wins and eight draws, and remain unbeaten in last seven, two wins and five draws. Bees na one of seven clubs to go unbeaten in opening four league games this season, although they drop points from winning positions in three successive matches. Their last league defeat come at Manchester City in May. Of Brentford last 14 Premier League matches, ten end in draws, with two wins and two defeats. Bees unbeaten in last six league games, one win and five draws, having recorded longer runs in competition only in March 2023 with 12 games and September 2023 with seven. Bees undefeated in seven home Premier League London derbies, two wins and five draws, since Fulham win there in May 2025. Caoimhin Kelleher make eight saves in matchweek four, two more than any other Premier League goalkeeper. Only Liam Delap with 17 make more off-the-ball runs in behind opposition defence on matchweek four than Brentford Kevin Schade with 13. Keith Andrews make eight changes for their Carabao Cup victory at Reading on Tuesday. Kristoffer Ajer, Mamadou Sangare and Keane Lewis-Potter na only players to retain place from previous weekend.
Nathan Collins remain biggest absence for Bees after captain suffer calf strain against Sunderland. Andrews don confirm he no go return before international break, leaving Jannik Schuster and Sepp van den Berg among options alongside Kristoffer Ajer in central defence. Mathias Jensen na another player unlikely to feature. Midfielder miss draw at Bournemouth and no be part of squad for Tuesday Carabao Cup win over Reading. Fabio Carvalho return well: attacking midfielder make first competitive start in 11 months at Reading following ACL injury and mark return with Brentford second goal. He play 77 minutes before Aaron Hickey replace am. Andrews make eight changes at Reading, so most of side that start against Bournemouth should fresh enough to return Friday. Kevin Schade among those expected back in XI after scoring twice at Vitality Stadium last weekend. Igor Thiago and Sangare receive limited minutes, suggesting they both go start Friday night, while Caoimhin Kelleher among those given rest midweek.
For Chelsea, Moises Caicedo dey deal with calf problem, last play in Chelsea win over Brighton, although Alonso previously identify Brentford fixture as possible return date. Former Brentford midfielder Jordan Henderson and Emmanuel Emegha also dey sidelined since start of season, but both dey targeted for possible involvement against Bees. Marco Palestra dey final stages of recovery from quad injury and could come back into contention. Romeo Lavia don return and start against Hull. Joao Pedro withdraw from international duty for Brazil on Wednesday, but extent of injury still to be determined. Xabi Alonso go provide injury update for pre-match press conference this afternoon.
Brentford host Chelsea at Gtech Community Stadium on Friday, September 18. Kick-off na 8pm BST. Game go show live in UK on Sky Sports, with streaming through Sky Go and NOW. For United States, kick-off na 3pm ET, 2pm CT, 1pm MT and 12pm PT. Match go show on USA Network. For Canada, same local kick-off times apply: 3pm ET, 2pm CT, 1pm MT and 12pm PT. Every Premier League game dey available live through Fubo. Referee na Andy Madley, assistants na Nick Hopton and Craig Taylor, fourth official na Lewis Smith, VAR na Jarred Gillett, assistant VAR na Edward Smart. Andy Madley go referee Chelsea for first time since 2-2 draw at Newcastle United last December. His only other Chelsea match last season na 2-1 home defeat to Sunderland in October.
