Brentford vs Chelsea

16 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Ben Chilwell 45’

Match summary

Chelsea took a 1-0 win at Brentford. Chelsea led 1-0 at half-time.

Ben Chilwell put Chelsea ahead in the 45th minute.

Brentford can feel hard done by, creating 1.63 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Chelsea's 0.25 from 5.

Match stats

Brentford Chelsea
17 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.62 xG 0.25
1.62 Non-penalty xG 0.25
16 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Brentford Chelsea
Kick-off
45’
Ben Chilwell0-1 (Chelsea)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brentford
  • Sergi Canos
Chelsea
  • Mateo Kovacic

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.63 0.25 45’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), 0-1 45’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.63 0.25 45’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), 0-1 Ben Chilwell 45’
Brentford 1.63 xGChelsea 0.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Brentford attacking 
86’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 83’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 22’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 45’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 75’ Marcus Forss (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 73’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+3’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 21’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 27’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 37’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 17’ Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Marcus Forss (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+6’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+3’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 86’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 83’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 22’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 45’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 73’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 75’ Marcus Forss (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+3’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 75’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 21’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 27’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 37’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 17’ Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Marcus Forss (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+6’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 85’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Zanka DEF900 0.000.051
Ethan Pinnock DEF901 0.060.683
Pontus Jansson DEF901 0.550.000
Sergi Canos MID750 0.000.000
Rico Henry MID900 0.000.061
Christian Nørgaard MID906 0.240.101
Mathias Jensen MID900 0.000.031
Frank Onyeka MID700 0.000.000
Bryan Mbeumo FWD902 0.150.000
Ivan Toney FWD902 0.120.000
Marcus Forss Sub202 0.110.000
Saman Ghoddos Sub153 0.390.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 17% Avg odds 5.58
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.83
Chelsea win 58% Avg odds 1.66

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brentford DLWDW
Chelsea DWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Chelsea 1-4 Brentford, 02 Apr 22  All Brentford vs Chelsea meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.