Chelsea vs Brentford live score, H2H and lineups

Event details:
NAME: Brentford – Chelsea
DATE: 19 Oct 2022
TIME: 18:30 UTC
VENUE: Brentford Community Stadium, London, England

TEAM NEWS

Brentford full-back Aaron Hickey will be sidelined until after the World Cup after damaging ankle ligaments in training last week.

Christian Norgaard and Thomas Strakosha remain unavailable.

Chelsea have no new injury concerns, with Thiago Silva fit despite complaining of hamstring tightness after the win at Aston Villa.

Wesley Fofana, N’Golo Kante and Reece James are all long-term absentees.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Brentford, who won 4-1 at Stamford Bridge in April, are vying to claim back-to-back league victories against Chelsea for the first time since 1939.
• The respective away side has won the past three meetings, with the Bees’ last home win against the Blues coming in 1938.

Brentford

• Brentford have won six of their last 10 Premier League home fixtures, earning 20 points in total (D2, L2).
• The Bees beat Brighton on Friday despite having just 27.6% possession, the lowest by a winning team in a Premier League game this season.
• Ivan Toney has yet to miss a penalty for Brentford, converting each of his 20 spot-kicks for the Bees in all competitions (not including two spot-kicks, both of which he scored, in shoot-outs).
• Toney has scored six goals in his last five Premier League games, accounting for 75% of Brentford’s total in those matches. Overall, he has netted 30% of their league goals, the highest percentage of any top-flight player in 2022-23 prior to the latest round of fixtures.

Chelsea

• Chelsea have claimed five successive victories in all competitions, winning each of the last four without conceding.
• Only one of their nine league fixtures this season has come against an opponent currently in the top half of the table prior to the latest round of fixtures.
• Graham Potter has won 12 of his last 17 Premier League matches as a head coach, including seven victories out of nine this season.
• Mason Mount has been directly involved in four goals in his last two Premier League appearances, scoring two and assisting two – that is one more than he managed his previous 13 games.
• Raheem Sterling is one short of 50 Premier League away goals.

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