Chelsea 1-4 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2022
Result
Chelsea 1-4 Brentford
Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 1-4 Brentford: match report
Chelsea lost to Brentford 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 April 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.
Antonio Rüdiger opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Antonio Rüdiger (48'). Brentford scored through Vitaly Janelt (50'), Christian Eriksen (54'), Vitaly Janelt (60') and Yoane Wissa (87').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 59 points from 28 and Brentford 15th on 30 points from 30. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Brentford 13th with 46.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vitaly Janelt of Brentford (8.6), ahead of Bryan Mbeumo (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 0 draws and 0 for Brentford.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Brentford's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Antonio Rüdiger
- 50'Goal · Vitaly Janelt
- 54'Goal · Christian Eriksen
- 60'Goal · Vitaly Janelt
- 87'Goal · Yoane Wissa
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, N'Golo Kanté, Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner
Brentford line-up (5-3-2)
David Raya, Mads Roerslev, Kristoffer Ajer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Christian Eriksen, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney