Brentford vs Chelsea

Chelsea have a second Premier League away trip in the space of four days, making the short journey across west London to face Brentford.

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Chelsea will be looking to continue their impressive run since Graham Potter took over with a derby win at Brentford. The Blues have won their last five ...

Then they will return to league action away to Potter's former side Brighton on 29th October. They also have in-form striker Ivan Toney in their squad who could prove difficult to handle for the Blues' defence. They will be looking to extend their winning run and close the gap with 2nd placed Manchester City and table-toppers Arsenal.

Koulibaly tumbles a Brentford player on the right wing, shutting down the home side's advance. Broja picks up Pinnock's header in the Brentford half, shimmying ...

Chelsea came away with all three points in a slender 1-0 victory in TW8, but largely due to the heroics of Edouard Mendy. Jorginho goes down going for the ball, so there's a Chelsea free kick on the edge of their box. Chalobah clears shakily, and Brentford sends an opportunity, firing into the Chelsea half. He tips it over the bar for a Brentford corner. Chelsea bother the box, but can't find their way in. Chelsea snatch back possession quickly, keen to maintain the rhythm they established going into the half-time break. Koulibaly makes a heart-stopping block, sending the ball out for a Brentford corner. Mbeumo streaking through has a run at goal, which the Chelsea captain forces off for a corner. After Chukwuemena has a shot on goal, Brentford get underway, and there's a chance which looks to bore its way through the side netting. As the ball spills out, Brentford try again, and after a period of wild defending, Chelsea has the break, Aubameyang leading the charge. Chelsea are forced back by Brentford, and play comes to a halt when Baptiste takes the ball to the chest, likely winding himself. Chelsea corner – which flies in and appears to hit Pinnock's arm!

With the various injury and fitness concerns, Potter has opted to rotate slightly while switching to what looks like a back-four. Armando Broja gets his first ...

(NGA); [elsewhere](https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/4354977/brentford-vs-chelsea/) The Bees can be a docile midtable outfit, unless you make them angry and have them sting you repeatedly.

Chelsea will be tangling with Ivan Toney and a tricky Bees side that beat Brighton and Hove Albion in the same building at the weekend.

Armel Bella-Kotchap injured his shoulder against West Ham and had to come off, so Duje Caleta-Car comes in at center back in Saints’ only change. David Brooks and Lloyd Kelly are still working their way back from injury, while Ben Pearson is on the bench. Bournemouth head to West Ham on Monday, Oct. 24, while Saints host Arsenal on Sunday, Oct. Bournemouth went with a back three which was unexpected and some of their defenders seemed to be leaving it to one another and were confused positionally. Saints started with their trademark 4-2-2-2 system and they looked much more comfortable, especially defensively, with Maitland-Niles and Ward-Prowse sat in front of the back four. Newcastle had been buzzing along in attack until last week, when the scoreless draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford showed the strength of its defense. This will be controversial in some circles (Liverpool circles, really), but Kieran Trippier is playing better than any healthy English fullback in the Premier League right now. That Guimares bought into the project at all is impressive, but Newcastle will find it difficult to resist overtures for the Brazilian international if they can’t fast-forward their European ambitions. Almiron’s form, found: Atlanta United’s most-famous export has five goals this season including four in his last four, and he’s made the extended absence of Allan Saint-Maximin an afterthought. Pulisic was bright, daring, and did not lack for confidence in almost certainly raising Potter’s eyebrows moving forward. The USMNT winger did enough to get an assist but fellow sub Carney Chukwuemeka and his mates couldn’t supply the dagger.

Graham Potter makes five changes from the Aston Villa win including handing one player his first Chelsea start.

After our first west London derby of the season ended goalless on Wednesday night, Graham Potter was accepting of the result.

‘We did it two or three times, we wanted to do it a little bit more than we did but I thought he did okay for his first start. ‘So not easy but the positives are a clean sheet and a point. ‘Brentford make it very difficult for you to control.

Brentford striker Ivan Toney, bidding for inclusion in Gareth Southgate's England World Cup squad, kept the Chelsea defence busy and had his best opportunity in ...

"It's good to get two clean sheets in a row," said Raya, as the draw followed Friday's 2-0 win over Brighton. [Christian Pulisic](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/225607/Christian-Pulisic) and [Carney Chukwuemeka](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/294317/Carney-Chukwuemeka) did at least keep Raya on his toes in a late relative flurry, it never really felt as if a goal was coming. [Raheem Sterling](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/156366/Raheem-Sterling), though not [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/122260/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang). [Bryan Mbeumo](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/271170/Bryan-Mbeumo) mistimed a header, the ball looping tamely to Kepa, in what would turn out to be the best chance of the match. [Armando Broja](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/291535/Armando-Broja) had displayed the commitment Toney has been showing this year he would probably have got his head to [Cesar Azpilicueta](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/97770/César-Azpilicueta)'s tempting cross, while the full back forced [David Raya](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/196176/David-Raya) to stretch and keep out his skidding low shot in the best of a thin attacking show by the visitors in the first half [Ivan Toney](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/180639/Ivan-Toney), bidding for inclusion in Gareth Southgate's England World Cup squad, kept the Chelsea defence busy and had his best opportunity in the ninth minute, forcing [Kepa Arrizabalaga](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/169532/Kepa-Arrizabalaga) into a leaping save to tip the ball over.