On the 19th of October, in this week 12 match, Chelsea and Brentford will play a match in London in a Premier League match in the ever popular London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Brentford sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Brighton & Hove Albion. Ivan Toney struck first for Brentford in the 27th minute, then Ivan Toney added another in the 64th minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Brighton & Hove Albion couldn’t manage to score, and Brentford took the shutout win. Brentford is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Chelsea recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Milan. Jorginho struck first for Chelsea in the 21st minute on a penalty, then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Mason Mount At the end of 90 a dissapointed Milan couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Chelsea’s most prolific scorer has been Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Brentford is glad to have Ivan Toney in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals
Thomas Strakosha, Keane Lewis-Potter, Christian Nørgaard, Sergi Canos, Ethan Pinnock and Pontus Jansson are unavailable to play for Thomas Frank’s team, while N’Golo Kanté, Reece James and Wesley Fofana are unavailable to play for Graham Potter’s team.