English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 16, 2021
Chelsea WWLLW 1
–
Brentford LWWDW 0
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CHE101
BRE000
Gtech Community Stadium · 16,940 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea edge past Brentford after Ben Chilwell stunner, Edouard Mendy saves

Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League after a nervy 1-0 victory at Brentford on Saturday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
0
56.1
Possession
43.9
5
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
458
Accurate Passes
305
540
Passes
405
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
8
16
Crosses
26
0.0
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
55
14
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
7
7
Effective Tackles
7
20
Tackles
16
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
4
41
Effective Clearances
13
41
Clearances
13

Head to Head

CHE leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

BRE · 3-5-2

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 18Pontus JanssonCD
  3. 5Ethan PinnockCD-L
  4. 22Mathias JørgensenCD-R
  5. 8Mathias JensenCM-L
  6. 15Frank OnyekaCM-R
  7. 6Christian NørgaardAM
  8. 3Rico HenryLM
  9. 7Sergi CanósRM
  10. 17Ivan ToneyCF-L
  11. 19Bryan MbeumoCF-R

CHE · 3-5-2

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 4Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 31Malang SarrCD-L
  4. 14Trevoh ChalobahCD-R
  5. 8Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  7. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekAM
  8. 21Ben ChilwellLM
  9. 28César AzpilicuetaRM
  10. 9Romelu LukakuCF-L
  11. 11Timo WernerCF-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Sergi Canós (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Goal! Brentford 0, Chelsea 1. Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  4. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Mason Mount replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  5. 67' Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Frank Onyeka.
  6. 72' Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Sergi Canós.
  7. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  8. 89' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces César Azpilicueta.

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