October 16th features a match where Brentford plays host to Chelsea in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. Brentford is fresh off their 2-1 win against West Ham United. Bryan Mbeumo struck first for Brentford in the 20th minute, then Jarrod Bowen tied it up for West Ham United in the 80th minute. Brentford is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Chelsea, recorded a 3-1 win against Southampton. Trevoh Chalobah struck first for Chelsea in the 9th minute, then James Ward-Prowse tied it up for Southampton in the 61st minute. Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Romelu Lukaku and Antonio Rüdiger are the top scorers for Chelsea in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Both Ivan Toney and Yoane Wissa have been the hottest scorers for Brentford in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Thomas Frank’s squad will be without Joshua Da Silva and Mads Bech Sørensen, while Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea squad will be without Christian Pulišić, N’Golo Kanté and Reece James.