Chelsea v Brentford, 15 December 2024

Score2-1 to Chelsea
RefereePeter Bankes
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance39,571

View Chelsea v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 7.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 7 Chelsea won: 2 Drawn: 2 Brentford won: 3 Chelsea scored: 6 Brentford scored: 11 . Brentford failed in their attempt to become the first visiting team to win four consecutive games in the top division at Stamford Bridge since Leeds United in September 1991.

2 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Marc Cucurella 43 G
Nicolas Jackson 80 G

Goals:

Bryan Mbeumo 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Levi Colwill
Defender Malo Gusto
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Jackson
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Christopher Nkunku for Nicolas Jackson 83

Substitutions:

Vitaly Janelt for Mikkel Damsgaard 63
Fábio Carvalho for Yegor Yarmolyuk 75
Kristoffer Ajer for Mads Roerslev 76
Kevin Schade for Yoane Wissa 76
Jayden Meghoma for Keane Lewis-Potter 86

Cards:

Marc Cucurella 90+5 Y
Marc Cucurella 90+8 Y
Marc Cucurella 90+8 R

Cards:

Vitaly Janelt 90+7 Y
Kevin Schade 90+8 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Josh Acheampong
Defender Axel Disasi
Defender/Midfielder Renato Veiga
Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Midfielder Sam Rak-Sakyi
Midfielder/Forward Tyrique George
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Forward Marc Guiu

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Jayden Meghoma
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Ryan Trevitt
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Chelsea failed in their attempt to score three or more goals in four consecutive games in the top division for the first time since 18 December 1954. . The Blues had now won nine of their last 13 London derbies in the Premier League (lost one). . They had now conceded one goal in each of seven of their last ten games in the Premier league.

Comments:

League position: 11th . Brentford had now become the second team to both score and concede 30 goals or more in their opening 16 games of a season in the Premier League; previously Leeds United in 2020-21. . The Bees had now lost seven consecutive away games in the Premier League played in London since their 2-0 win at Chelsea in October 2023. . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 38 of their last 43 games in the Premier League.

2 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

Goals:

Marc Cucurella 43 G
Nicolas Jackson 80 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Levi Colwill
Defender Malo Gusto
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder/Forward Nicolas Jackson
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Substitutions:

Christopher Nkunku for Nicolas Jackson 83

Cards:

Marc Cucurella 90+5 Y
Marc Cucurella 90+8 Y
Marc Cucurella 90+8 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Josh Acheampong
Defender Axel Disasi
Defender/Midfielder Renato Veiga
Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Midfielder Sam Rak-Sakyi
Midfielder/Forward Tyrique George
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Forward Marc Guiu

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Chelsea failed in their attempt to score three or more goals in four consecutive games in the top division for the first time since 18 December 1954. . The Blues had now won nine of their last 13 London derbies in the Premier League (lost one). . They had now conceded one goal in each of seven of their last ten games in the Premier league.

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Bryan Mbeumo 90 G

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Vitaly Janelt for Mikkel Damsgaard 63
Fábio Carvalho for Yegor Yarmolyuk 75
Kristoffer Ajer for Mads Roerslev 76
Kevin Schade for Yoane Wissa 76
Jayden Meghoma for Keane Lewis-Potter 86

Cards:

Vitaly Janelt 90+7 Y
Kevin Schade 90+8 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Jayden Meghoma
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Ryan Trevitt
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade

Comments:

League position: 11th . Brentford had now become the second team to both score and concede 30 goals or more in their opening 16 games of a season in the Premier League; previously Leeds United in 2020-21. . The Bees had now lost seven consecutive away games in the Premier League played in London since their 2-0 win at Chelsea in October 2023. . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 38 of their last 43 games in the Premier League.