Chelsea v Brentford, 26 April 2023

Score2-0 to Brentford
RefereeAndy Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance39,929

View Chelsea v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 7.45pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 4 Chelsea won: 1 Drawn: 1 Brentford won: 2 Chelsea scored: 2 Brentford scored: 6 . Brentford had now won six of the 19 meetings in all competitions (lost ten).

0 Chelsea

Manager: Frank Lampard

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Goals:

César Azpilicueta own goal 37 OG
Bryan Mbeumo 78 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Defender Ben Chilwell
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender Thiago Silva
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Mathias Jorgensen Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Frank Onyeka Midfielder
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for César Azpilicueta 46
Mykhailo Mudryk for Conor Gallagher 46
João Félix for Enzo Fernández 79
Noni Madueke for Raheem Sterling 79

Substitutions:

Shandon Baptiste for Mathias Jensen 62
Mikkel Damsgaard for Frank Onyeka 62
Bryan Mbeumo for Yoane Wissa 62
Kevin Schade for Ivan Toney 83
Aaron Hickey for Rico Henry 90

Cards:

Wesley Fofana 72 Y

Cards:

Mathias Jensen 46 Y
Rico Henry 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic
Midfielder/Forward Hakim Ziyech
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matthew Cox
Defender Aaron Hickey
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade
Forward Josh Dasilva

Comments:

League position: 11th . Chelsea now remained without a win in their last eight games in all competitions for the first time since December 1993 (lost six). . The Blues had now scored 30 goals in 32 games so far in this Premier League season; their fewest at this stage of league season since 1923-24 in League Division One (19). . They became the eighth team to concede 500 goals in home games in the Premier League (played 593, scored 1,138).

Comments:

League position: 9th . This was Brentford's first win in their last seven games in the Premier League (lost three). . The Bees had failed to win in each of the preceding four games in the Premier League when they had opened the scoring. . This was their 100th win in the top division (played 281, lost 114).

0 Chelsea

Manager: Frank Lampard

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Trevoh Chalobah
Defender Ben Chilwell
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender Thiago Silva
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Substitutions:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for César Azpilicueta 46
Mykhailo Mudryk for Conor Gallagher 46
João Félix for Enzo Fernández 79
Noni Madueke for Raheem Sterling 79

Cards:

Wesley Fofana 72 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy
Defender Benoît Badiashile
Midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Mykhailo Mudryk
Midfielder/Forward Christian Pulisic
Midfielder/Forward Hakim Ziyech
Forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Comments:

League position: 11th . Chelsea now remained without a win in their last eight games in all competitions for the first time since December 1993 (lost six). . The Blues had now scored 30 goals in 32 games so far in this Premier League season; their fewest at this stage of league season since 1923-24 in League Division One (19). . They became the eighth team to concede 500 goals in home games in the Premier League (played 593, scored 1,138).

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

César Azpilicueta own goal 37 OG
Bryan Mbeumo 78 G

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Mathias Jorgensen Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Frank Onyeka Midfielder
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Shandon Baptiste for Mathias Jensen 62
Mikkel Damsgaard for Frank Onyeka 62
Bryan Mbeumo for Yoane Wissa 62
Kevin Schade for Ivan Toney 83
Aaron Hickey for Rico Henry 90

Cards:

Mathias Jensen 46 Y
Rico Henry 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matthew Cox
Defender Aaron Hickey
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade
Forward Josh Dasilva

Comments:

League position: 9th . This was Brentford's first win in their last seven games in the Premier League (lost three). . The Bees had failed to win in each of the preceding four games in the Premier League when they had opened the scoring. . This was their 100th win in the top division (played 281, lost 114).