Chelsea vs Brentford head-to-head

Chelsea are looking to extend our unbeaten run in all competitions away at Brentford to nine matches (four wins, four draws) since our last defeat there in October 1938 in the old First Division.

Brentford have not secured a victory in their last five home league fixtures against Chelsea, recording three draws and two defeats since their 1-0 win in October 1938. All three of their Premier League wins against the Blues have been at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea will play at Brentford earlier in the season than ever before. Previously, we had never played there before mid-October.

Ten of Brentford’s 11 Premier League goals against Chelsea have been scored in the second half.

Head-to-Head (all competitions)

Played 23
Won 11
Drawn 5
Lost 7

Biggest win for each team

Chelsea 4-0 Brentford - FA Cup 2012/13 & 2016/17
Chelsea 1-4 Brentford - 2021/22 Premier League

Brentford’s biggest league win at home against Chelsea is 2-1 in 1935/36 (Division One)
Chelsea’s biggest league win against Brentford is 2-0 (away) in 1946/47 (Division One)

Last five meetings at Brentford

16 Oct 2021: Premier League W 1-0 (Chilwell)
22 Dec 2021: League Cup W 2-0 (own goal, Jorginho pen)
19 Oct 2022: Premier League D 0-0
2 Mar 2024: Premier League D 2-2 (Jackson, Disasi)
6 Apr 2025: Premier League D 0-0

Chelsea stats

Chelsea are one of three teams still unbeaten in the Premier League this season (along with Crystal Palace and Liverpool).

The Blues are on a run of 16 wins from our past 19 matches across all competitions (one draw, two defeats). In the Premier League, we have won seven of our last nine games (one draw, one defeat).

Chelsea are hoping to win three consecutive Premier League away games for the first time since winning three in a row against Leicester, Southampton and Spurs in November and December last year.

This is our fourth London derby in four Premier League matches this season, making us just the second side in Football League history to start a league campaign with four consecutive London derbies, after Crystal Palace in 2021/22. Having won our last two, the Blues could win three successive league derbies for the first time since February 2024 (run of four).

Chelsea kept four clean sheets in our first 26 Premier League games under Enzo Maresca but have since kept nine in our last 15, conceding only eight goals. Since the start of that run (25 February), the Blues have the most clean sheets in the top flight.

Under Maresca, Chelsea have picked up more points in Premier League London derbies since the start of last season than any other side (29 – eight wins, five draws, two defeats).

Chelsea have won seven of our last eight Premier League games kicking off at 8pm or later since the start of last season, winning each of the last four.

Joao Pedro is the fourth player to score five goals in his first five starts across all competitions for Chelsea (Diego Costa and Tammy Abraham seven, Alvaro Morata five).

Enzo Fernandez has been involved in 14 goals in his last 18 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea (five goals, nine assists).

Moises Caicedo won possession more times (11) and made more interceptions (five) than any other Premier League player on matchday three, while Tosin Adarabioyo won more aerial duels than any other Premier League player.

Despite only playing 181 minutes in the Premier League this season, only one player has made more dribbles than Estevao Willian (18). His nine against Fulham made him the youngest player on record (since 2006/07) with that many in a game for the Blues (18 years, 128 days), and the youngest of any player since a 17-year-old Raheem Sterling for Liverpool vs Stoke in October 2012.

Brentford stats

Last season

Premier League - 10th with 56 points, 17 points more and six places higher than 2023/24.
FA Cup - Lost 0-1 at home to Plymouth Argyle in the third round
Carabao Cup - Lost 1-3 at Newcastle in the quarter-finals
Top scorers (all competitions) - Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa 20

This season’s Premier League stats

Most minutes played (max 270): Collins, Kelleher, Thiago, Van den Berg - all 270
Goals: Thiago 2, Ouattara 1
Assists: Onyeka 1
Most duels won: Thiago 20, Schade 17, Kayode 16

There were 75 goals scored at the Gtech Community Stadium in the Premier League in 2024/25, the most at any venue.

Since our goalless draw at Brentford in April, the Bees have won three and lost one of their subsequent four home Premier League matches, scoring 11 goals in the process.

After losing two of their final 10 league games last season, Brentford have lost two of their first three in 2025/26.

The Bees won one of their six home London derbies last season (Crystal Palace). They drew against Chelsea and West Ham and lost to Arsenal, Fulham and Spurs.

The Bees have lost five of their last seven Premier League games kicking off at 8pm or later (one win, one draw), although they did win their most recent such game, beating Leicester 4-0 in February.

Brentford forward Igor Thiago has applied 132 high-intensity pressures in the opposition half this season so far, 27 more than any other player, and he also leads the way for high-intensity pressures in the final third of the pitch (88).

Last five results

Borussia Monchengladbach (friendly h) - D 2-2
Nottingham Forest (a) - L 1-3
Aston Villa (h) - W 1-0
Bournemouth (Carabao Cup a) - W 2-0
Sunderland (a) - L 1-2

Keith Andrews has never previously managed a side against Chelsea. As a player for Blackburn and West Brom, he won one and lost three of his five games against the Blues between 2008 and 2012.

Last Premier League line-up

Saturday 30 August
Sunderland 2 Brentford 1
Team (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Kayode, Collins (c), Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter (Henry 72); Henderson (Onyeka 71), Yarmoliuk; Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade (Carvalho 90); Thiago
Booked: Thiago, Henry
Goal: Thiago 77
Penalty saved: Schade (59)

Brentford's major summer transfers

In

Romelle Donovan - Birmingham
Jordan Henderson - Ajax
Michael Kayode - Fiorentina
Caoimhin Kelleher - Liverpool
Antoni Milambo - Feyenoord
Reiss Nelson - Arsenal, loan
Dango Ouattara - Bournemouth

Out

Mark Flekken - Bayer Leverkusen
Bryan Mbeumo - Manchester United
Ben Mee - Released
Christian Norgaard - Arsenal
Mads Roerslev - Southampton
Yoane Wissa - Newcastle

Match officials

Referee: Stuart Attwell
Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, Nick Hopton
VAR: James Bell

Stuart Attwell’s last Blues game was our 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge against Ipswich in April.