Brentford vs Chelsea

2022 - 10 - 20

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Chelsea FC"

Brentford vs Chelsea Debrief: Blues improve with time and tweaks ... (Chelsea FC)

Chelsea remain unbeaten under Graham Potter but had to settle for a point away at Brentford on Wednesday night, with the statistics underlining an even ...

Between them, Pulisic and Kovacic accounted for half of our key passes made in the game (seven of 14). The 26-year-old had more touches than all but three other players in the game and regularly ventured forward to probe in the final third. [Mateo Kovacic](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/mateo-kovacic) for Conor Gallagher after 15 minutes as the latter had complained of feeling sick. [Kepa Arrizalabaga](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/kepa-arrizabalaga), that made it five clean sheets in a row in all competitions, our longest run since a seven-game stretch from February to March 2021, and almost nine hours without a goal conceded. Raya kept us out on each occasion, most notably denying The Croatian finished the game with the most shots (three) and most chances created (four) for the Blues.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Sporting News AU"

Brentford vs. Chelsea time, TV channel, live stream, lineups, and ... (Sporting News AU)

Chelsea visit Brentford for a midweek Premier League tilt, looking to move further up the English top flight table and continue challenging for a Champions ...

There should be chances on both ends of the field. Aston Villa were able to find spaces in behind the Chelsea wing-backs, which Brentford's Thomas Frank will surely have noticed. 1 goalkeeper over Edouard Mendy, and the Spaniard had a fantastic game against Aston Villa over the weekend. Striker Ivan Toney got back on the scoresheet with his brace against Brighton last time out. Chelsea can close the gap on the top three with a victory, sitting four back of third-placed Tottenham. Backup goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha has been missing the past few weeks with an ankle injury, meaning 19-year-old Matthew Cox is Brentford's bench option between the sticks. Injuries to key players are weighing on Chelsea. At goalkeeper, new manager Graham Potter has established Kepa Arrizabalaga as his No. — Wed, Oct. Toney sits third in the 14:30 ET

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Chelsea FC"

Brentford vs Chelsea: Facts at your fingertips (Chelsea FC)

Chelsea have a second Premier League away trip in the space of four days, making the short journey across west London to face Brentford.

Here are the key stats you need ahead of our next match...

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Evening Standard"

Brentford 0-0 Chelsea FC LIVE! Premier League match stream ... (Evening Standard)

Brentford 0-0 Chelsea FC LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates today. VIEW COMMENTS.

Raya is there to beat Pulisic and flop on the ground with relief after collecting that ball. Winger Bryan Mbeumo should have put Brentford ahead early in the second half but his point-blank shot went straight to the in-form Chelsea keeper. Now, we didn’t win but we have to keep going. 90+3 mins: Sterling cuts in from the left to clip a high cross into the box... David Raya saved a skidding shot from Cesar Azpilicueta in the first half and batted away an on-target effort from Kai Havertz in the 69th minute. Brentford striker Ivan Toney, bidding for inclusion in Gareth Southgate's World Cup squad, kept the Chelsea defence busy and had a good opportunity in the ninth minute, forcing Kepa Arrizabalaga into a leaping save to tip the ball over.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "We Ain't Got No History"

Brentford vs. Chelsea, Premier League: Live blog; highlights (We Ain't Got No History)

With the various injury and fitness concerns, Potter has opted to rotate slightly while switching to what looks like a back-four. Armando Broja gets his first ...

(NGA); [elsewhere](https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/4354977/brentford-vs-chelsea/) The Bees can be a docile midtable outfit, unless you make them angry and have them sting you repeatedly.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Goal.com"

Brentford vs Chelsea: Lineups and LIVE updates (Goal.com)

Chelsea will be looking to continue their impressive run since Graham Potter took over with a derby win at Brentford. The Blues have won their last five ...

Then they will return to league action away to Potter's former side Brighton on 29th October. They also have in-form striker Ivan Toney in their squad who could prove difficult to handle for the Blues' defence. They will be looking to extend their winning run and close the gap with 2nd placed Manchester City and table-toppers Arsenal.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Chelsea FC"

Brentford vs Chelsea lineups (Chelsea FC)

Graham Potter makes five changes from the Aston Villa win including handing one player his first Chelsea start.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "talkSPORT.com"

Brentford vs Chelsea LIVE: Graham Potter can join Blues icon Jose ... (talkSPORT.com)

Brentford welcome west London rivals Chelsea to the Gtech Community Stadium in the Premier League this evening. The Blues have hit form under new man.

- Ivan Toney has scored six goals in his last five Premier League games, accounting for 75% of Brentford’s total in these matches (6/8). Their only defeat in this run was at West Ham in December last season (2-3). They last had a longer winning run while keeping a clean sheet each time in January/February 2007 (6). Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of qualifying bets. We have humility and we know sometimes the opponent can get the better of us, that is normal in football. That is an important part of the game because we’ve got the quality in the group.” Bet £10 & Get £50 in Free Bets for new customers at bet365. You can also listen via the [talkSPORT app,](https://talksport.com/listen/) on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. He said: “I think it’s a collective desire to do the ugly stuff in the game. - Only on Fridays (37.5%) do Chelsea have a lower win rate on a specific day of the week in the Premier League than they do on Wednesdays (47% – 64 wins from 137 games). - Brentford have failed to score in four of their six home London derbies in the Premier League (W2 D2 L2), winning the only two games in which they found the net (2-0 against both Arsenal and West Ham last season). - Chelsea have won all three of their Premier League games under Graham Potter; there have been seven occasions of a manager winning each of their first four in charge of a club, with four of those being at Chelsea (Mourinho, Hiddink, Ancelotti, Sarri).

Post cover
Image courtesy of "ESPN Australia"

Brentford vs. Chelsea - Football Match Report - October 19, 2022 ... (ESPN Australia)

Get a report of the Brentford vs. Chelsea 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

"It's good to get two clean sheets in a row," said Raya, as the draw followed Friday's 2-0 win over Brighton. [Christian Pulisic](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/225607/Christian-Pulisic) and [Carney Chukwuemeka](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/294317/Carney-Chukwuemeka) did at least keep Raya on his toes in a late relative flurry, it never really felt as if a goal was coming. [Raheem Sterling](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/156366/Raheem-Sterling), though not [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/122260/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang). [Bryan Mbeumo](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/271170/Bryan-Mbeumo) mistimed a header, the ball looping tamely to Kepa, in what would turn out to be the best chance of the match. [Armando Broja](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/291535/Armando-Broja) had displayed the commitment Toney has been showing this year he would probably have got his head to [Cesar Azpilicueta](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/97770/César-Azpilicueta)'s tempting cross, while the full back forced [David Raya](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/196176/David-Raya) to stretch and keep out his skidding low shot in the best of a thin attacking show by the visitors in the first half [Ivan Toney](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/180639/Ivan-Toney), bidding for inclusion in Gareth Southgate's England World Cup squad, kept the Chelsea defence busy and had his best opportunity in the ninth minute, forcing [Kepa Arrizabalaga](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/169532/Kepa-Arrizabalaga) into a leaping save to tip the ball over.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "ESPN"

Pulisic gave Chelsea a spark in flat draw at Brentford (ESPN)

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was the MVP, but USMNT star Christian Pulisic offered a spark off the bench as manager Graham Potter rotated.

[Premier League table](https://www.espn.com/soccer/table/_/league/eng.1) They are one of the biggest clubs in the world and we completely fairly can say if there was a winner, it should have been us." Until this visit to [Brentford](/soccer/team?id=337), he had made just 10 substitute appearances totalling 178 minutes. ET. It's not easy with the schedule but we put the effort in and I'm proud of them -- it's a hard-earned point." [Upcoming fixtures](/soccer/fixtures?league=eng.1) Chelsea](/soccer/matchstats?gameId=637932) They had chances and we had chances and in the last 15 minutes we were playing in their box and we had clear opportunities and should score something. Nothing came of it, however, and as Brentford continued to make the running, the 21-year-old was substituted just after the hour mark as Potter sought to reshuffle his attack. [Best/worst performers](#bestworst) [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights) The United States international has started just two games this season and is desperate for more opportunities.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Chelsea FC"

Brentford vs Chelsea: Potter explains young player choices and why ... (Chelsea FC)

After our first west London derby of the season ended goalless on Wednesday night, Graham Potter was accepting of the result.

‘We did it two or three times, we wanted to do it a little bit more than we did but I thought he did okay for his first start. ‘So not easy but the positives are a clean sheet and a point. ‘Brentford make it very difficult for you to control.

Explore the last week