Brentford — Chelsea 3:0, 18 September: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 5 Friday 18 September · 19:00 UTC

Brentford 4th · 9 pts WDDDW

3 : 0 1st half 0:0

Chelsea 10th · 7 pts LDLWW

Brentford Community Stadium · referee A. Madley

Match predictionValue

No rout: margin of two goals or fewer

87% · Brentford are unbeaten in 5 games

Prediction missed. We predicted “No rout: margin of two goals or fewer”, and the match finished 3:0.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Brentford 49% draw 24% Chelsea 27%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Brentford win, and the match finished 3:0. Fans backed Brentford win — they got it right.

fans 67 votes

Brentford 58% draw 17% Chelsea 25%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Anthony assist: J. Schuster 1-0 61'

A. Hickey for M. Kayode 69'

M. Sangare for Y. Yarmolyuk 69'

J. Acheampong for W. Fofana 71'

G. Quenda for D. Welbeck 71'

D. Ouattara for J. Anthony 81'

M. Diouf for K. Lewis-Potter 81'

I. Thiago 2-0 83'

I. Thiago 84'

M. Sangare 85'

Estevao for P. Neto 87'

F. Carvalho for M. Damsgaard 87'

M. Nicoll-Jazuli for V. Barco 87'

F. Carvalho 3-0 90+4'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Brentford 4-2-3-1 · Keith Andrews 3-4-2-1 · Xabi Alonso Chelsea

Caoimhin Kelleher  
Michael Kayode  44 Jannik Schuster  20 Kristoffer Ajer  23 Keane Lewis-Potter  
Yehor Yarmoliuk  27 Vitaly Janelt  
Jaidon Anthony  24 Mikkel Damsgaard  7 Kevin Schade  
Igor Thiago  

Danny Welbeck  
Cole Palmer  17 Morgan Rogers  
Pedro Neto  14 Jordan Henderson  4 Valentín Barco  29 Pep Chavarría  
Wesley Fofana  5 Maxence Lacroix  6 Levi Colwill  
Emiliano Martínez  

Brentford bench

2Aaron Hickey
48Benjamin Fredrick
13Callum Wilson
11Dango Ouattara
25El Hadji Malick Diouf
31Ellery Balcombe
14Fabio Carvalho
18Mamadou Sangare
3Rico Henry

Chelsea bench

41Estêvão
23Geovany Quenda
11Jamie Gittens
21Jorrel Hato
34Josh Acheampong
32Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli
27Malo Gusto
39Mike Penders
45Roméo Lavia

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

41%Possession59%

13Shots12

6Shots on target2

3Shots off target3

4Blocked shots7

9Shots inside box8

4Shots outside box4

76Attacks111

36Dangerous attacks60

4Corners12

2Offsides2

10Fouls7

2Yellow cards0

2Saves3

343Passes495

273Accurate passes428

9Free kicks12

19Throw-ins18

9Goal kicks6

0Penalties0

Brentford

ChelseaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Brentford and Chelsea met on matchday 5 of the Premier League on 18 September at Brentford Community Stadium. Final score — 3:0.

Brentford sit 4th on 9 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches. Chelsea sit 10th on 7 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Brentford won 0, Chelsea won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 2:4.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Brentford last five Chelsea

WDDDW form LDLWW

5 Matches 5

2 — 3 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 2

10 — 4 Scored — conceded 10 — 12

1.8 Points per game 1.4

2 Goals scored per game 2

2 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 5 Current streak winless in 3

Brentford at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 7—1, 2.33 points per match.

Chelsea away: 3 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 4—7, 1 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Brentford wins 1 draw 1 Chelsea win goals 2:4 Brentford — Chelsea

17/01/2026	Chelsea — Brentford	2:0	Premier League
13/09/2025	Brentford — Chelsea	2:2	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	1	1	16—5	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	10—4	9
5	Leeds United	5	2	3	0	7—3	9
…
9	Newcastle United	5	2	2	1	9—9	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	10—12	7
11	Ipswich Town	5	2	0	3	7—11	6

Full Premier League table