The Bees are unbeaten in the last five matches between the two sides and are on a three-match winning run at Stamford Bridge, ensuring they will make the short trip across west London in confidence mood.
However, Chelsea appear to be a different prospect under Enzo Maresca, heading into the weekend second in the table and only four points off league leaders Liverpool.
Brentford sit in the top half of the table but that has been driven by their home form. While they have won seven and drawn one of their eight matches at the Gtech Community Stadium, Thomas Frank’s side have picked up just one point on the road.
Brentford have enjoyed their recent visits to Stamford Bridge
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Date, kick-off time and venue
Chelsea vs Brentford is scheduled for a 7pm GMT kick-off time on Sunday December 15, 2024.
Stamford Bridge in London will host.
Where to watch Chelsea vs Brentford
TV channel and live stream: The game will not be broadcast in the UK.
Free highlights: BBC One’s Match of the Day 2, however, will broadcast highlights when it airs at 10.30pm on Saturday.
LIVE coverage: Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, featuring expert analysis from Malik Ouzia at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea vs Brentford team news
Chelsea left close to their entire first-team squad at home in midweek, sparing them the eight-hour flight to Kazakhstan and the return to London early on Friday morning.
Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson are among those who will come back into the side, with Jadon Sancho and Noni Madueke likely to start in wide areas with Pedro Neto unavailable due to suspension.
Star man: Cole Palmer will return to the Chelsea starting lineup
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Brentford remain without Rico Henry and Aaron Hickey, but Vitaly Janelt could return having missed the win over Newcastle last weekend. Mathias Jensen is still a doubt.
Bryan Mbeumo and Yoanna Wissa will again be the main men up front – only Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland, Palmer and Chris Wood can better the duo’s tally of nine Premier League goals each.
Chelsea vs Brentford prediction
Brentford have been incredibly poor away from home this season, scoring only five times and failing to win a single match.
Chelsea’s stars will be rested, having been left out of the trip to Kazakhstan, and they are expected to ease to another comfortable win, even if the Bees are capable of causing some difficult moments for the Blues’ defence.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Chelsea vs Brentford latest odds
Odds via Betfair and subject to change.
