Chelsea 2-1 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 15 December 2024
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Brentford
Premier League · Sunday 15 December 2024, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-1 Brentford: match report
Chelsea defeated Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marc Cucurella opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Marc Cucurella (43') and Nicolas Jackson (80'). Brentford scored through Bryan Mbeumo (90').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 31 points from 15 and Brentford 10th on 23 points from 15. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Brentford 10th with 56.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Noni Madueke of Chelsea (7.8), level with Cole Palmer (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 2 draws and 3 for Brentford.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Brentford's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Marc Cucurella
- 80'Goal · Nicolas Jackson
- 90'Goal · Bryan Mbeumo
- 90+5'Yellow card · Marc Cucurella
- 90+7'Yellow card · Vitaly Janelt
- 90+8'Second yellow · Marc Cucurella
- 90+8'Yellow card · Kevin Schade
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Omari Kellyman
- David Datro Fofana
- Benoît Badiashile
- Roméo Lavia
- Igor Thiago
- Mathis Amougou
- Aarón Anselmino
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho, Nicolas Jackson
Brentford line-up (3-5-2)
Mark Flekken, Sepp van den Berg, Ethan Pinnock, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Christian Nørgaard, Mikkel Damsgaard, Keane Lewis-Potter, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa