Chelsea vs Brentford

26 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • César Azpilicueta 37’ (og)
  • Bryan Mbeumo 78’

Match summary

Brentford took a 2-0 win at Chelsea. Brentford led 1-0 at half-time.

Azpilicueta's own goal put Brentford ahead from a corner in the 37th minute and Bryan Mbeumo made it 0-2 in the 78th minute, set up by Shandon Baptiste.

Chelsea can feel hard done by, creating 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Brentford's 0.70 from 7.

Match stats

Chelsea Brentford
15 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.21 xG 0.70
1.21 Non-penalty xG 0.70
10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Chelsea Brentford
Kick-off
37’
César Azpilicueta
Own goal0-1 (Brentford)
Half-time0-1
78’
Bryan Mbeumo
Assist: Shandon Baptiste0-2 (Brentford)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Chelsea
  • Wesley Fofana
Brentford
  • Rico Henry
  • Mathias Jensen

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 0.70 37’ César Azpilicueta (Brentford) own goal, 0-1 37’ 78’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-2 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 0.70 37’ César Azpilicueta (Brentford) own goal, 0-1 Azpilicueta 37’ 78’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-2 Mbeumo 78’
Chelsea 1.21 xGBrentford 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Chelsea attacking 
55’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 78’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 37’ Zanka (Brentford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 84’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 27’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90+2’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 52’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 57’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 59’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 23’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 32’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 31’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 76’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), own goal 55’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 78’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 37’ Zanka (Brentford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 84’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 27’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90+2’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 52’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 57’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 59’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 32’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 31’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 76’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Thiago Silva (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kepa GK900 0.000.000
Thiago Silva DEF903 0.180.000
Wesley Fofana DEF900 0.000.011
Trevoh Chalobah DEF901 0.060.121
César Azpilicueta MID470 0.000.000
Ben Chilwell MID900 0.000.061
Mateo Kovacic MID900 0.000.071
Enzo Fernández MID801 0.040.052
N'Golo Kanté MID903 0.080.173
Conor Gallagher MID470 0.000.031
Raheem Sterling FWD802 0.060.532
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sub434 0.670.000
Mykhailo Mudryk Sub430 0.000.111
João Félix Sub100 0.000.000
Noni Madueke Sub101 0.120.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 54% Avg odds 1.79
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.67
Brentford win 20% Avg odds 4.84

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

Form going into the game

Chelsea DLDLL
Brentford DLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 0-0 Chelsea, 19 Oct 22 Next meeting: Chelsea 0-2 Brentford, 28 Oct 23  All Chelsea vs Brentford 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.