Brentford vs Chelsea: Pre-Match Briefing- chelsea fc

The Blues’ first west London derby of the season is a midweek affair. Club historian Rick Glanvill and club statistician Paul Dutton preview the our visit to the home of the Bees Fourth-place in the Premier League table Chelsea make the five-mile trip along the Thames to Kew Bridge for a 7.30pm kick-off at Brentford, who are back in the top half after Friday’s home win against Graham Potter’s former side, Brighton. It is the second of half-a-dozen west London derbies to be played in the Premier League this season and a second successive away league game for Potter’s resurgent Blues, victors over Aston Villa on Sunday. Chelsea have won five in a row in all competitions, are unbeaten in six and have conceded only twice under the new coach, winning all three in the top flight since his arrival. There are precedents: four of the seven Premier League coaches who won their first four matches did so at Stamford Bridge: Jose Mourinho (2004), Guus Hiddink (2009), Carlo Ancelotti (2009) and Maurizio Sarri (2018). This is the Blues’ sixth away trip of the league campaign, each up to now producing a different scoreline, compared to just four so far at the Bridge. Still, Chelsea have won nine of our past 10 away derby matches in the Premier League, managing seven clean sheets in that run. Chelsea team news Outside Mason Mount’s finishing and the saves of Kepa Arrizabalaga, Sunday’s victory against Aston Villa did not produce many talking points. Yet the Spain custodian put in what is widely regarded as the best display between the sticks since Edou Mendy in tonight’s fixture last season. Kepa needs one more shut-out to reach 50 for the club, and a fifth consecutive win with none conceded would be our best run since Petr Cech was between the sticks in January/February 2007.