Brentford v Chelsea, 02 March 2024

Score2-2
RefereeJarred Gillett
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGtech Community Stadium
Attendance17,140
Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 6 Brentford won: 3 Drawn: 2 Chelsea won: 1 Brentford scored: 10 Chelsea scored: 4 . Brentford failed in their attempt to complete a league double over Chelsea for the first since 1938-39 in League Division One.

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

2 Chelsea

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

Goals:

Mads Roerslev 50 G
Yoane Wissa 69 G

Goals:

Nicolas Jackson 35 G
Axel Disasi 83 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa
Forward Ivan Toney

Starting lineup:

Djorđe Petrović Goalkeeper
Trevoh Chalobah Defender
Ben Chilwell Defender
Levi Colwill Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Fernández Midfielder
Conor Gallagher Midfielder
Nicolas Jackson Midfielder/Forward
Cole Palmer Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Mathias Jensen for Frank Onyeka 77
Neal Maupay for Yoane Wissa 87
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Vitaly Janelt 87

Substitutions:

Mykhailo Mudryk for Enzo Fernández 71
Raheem Sterling for Levi Colwill 79

Cards:

Vitaly Janelt 57 Y
Frank Onyeka 73 Y
Mathias Jorgensen 90+1 Y

Cards:

Conor Gallagher 38 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Forward Neal Maupay

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Alfie Gilchrist
Defender Thiago Silva
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Midfielder Cesare Casadei
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling
Midfielder/Forward Jimi Tauriainen

Comments:

League position: 15th . This was Brentford's first drawn game in the Premier League since their visit to Nottingham Forest on 1 October 2023; longer than other team currently in the division. . The Bees avided losing three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since November 2021. . They had now conceded two or more goals in nine of their last 11 games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 11th . Chelsea had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 17 of their last 19 games in Premier League. . The Blues failed to win for the first time in their last five London derbies in the Premier League. . They had now taken 36 points from their 26 games so far in this Premier League season; one point fewer than at the same stage of the previous season.

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Mads Roerslev 50 G
Yoane Wissa 69 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa
Forward Ivan Toney

Substitutions:

Mathias Jensen for Frank Onyeka 77
Neal Maupay for Yoane Wissa 87
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Vitaly Janelt 87

Cards:

Vitaly Janelt 57 Y
Frank Onyeka 73 Y
Mathias Jorgensen 90+1 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Forward Neal Maupay

Comments:

League position: 15th . This was Brentford's first drawn game in the Premier League since their visit to Nottingham Forest on 1 October 2023; longer than other team currently in the division. . The Bees avided losing three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since November 2021. . They had now conceded two or more goals in nine of their last 11 games in the Premier League.

2 Chelsea

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

Goals:

Nicolas Jackson 35 G
Axel Disasi 83 G

Starting lineup:

Djorđe Petrović Goalkeeper
Trevoh Chalobah Defender
Ben Chilwell Defender
Levi Colwill Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Malo Gusto Defender
Moisés Caicedo Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Fernández Midfielder
Conor Gallagher Midfielder
Nicolas Jackson Midfielder/Forward
Cole Palmer Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Mykhailo Mudryk for Enzo Fernández 71
Raheem Sterling for Levi Colwill 79

Cards:

Conor Gallagher 38 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Alfie Gilchrist
Defender Thiago Silva
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Midfielder Cesare Casadei
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling
Midfielder/Forward Jimi Tauriainen

Comments:

League position: 11th . Chelsea had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 17 of their last 19 games in Premier League. . The Blues failed to win for the first time in their last five London derbies in the Premier League. . They had now taken 36 points from their 26 games so far in this Premier League season; one point fewer than at the same stage of the previous season.