Chelsea 2-0 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2026

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Brentford

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Brentford: match report

Chelsea beat Brentford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

João Pedro opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Chelsea's goals came from João Pedro (26') and Cole Palmer (76', penalty). Brentford did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 8th on 31 points from 21 and Brentford 6th on 33 points from 21. Chelsea went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Brentford 9th with 53.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Sánchez of Chelsea (8.6), ahead of Enzo Fernández (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 3 for Brentford.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-D-D-L-D and Brentford's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · João PedroChelsea · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Kevin SchadeBrentford
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Vitaly JaneltBrentford
  • 67'Yellow card · Marc CucurellaChelsea
  • 76'Penalty goal · Cole PalmerChelsea · 2-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Wesley FofanaChelsea
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Cole PalmerChelsea

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Chelsea 2, draws 4, Brentford 3.

Team news

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Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Cucurella, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Alejandro Garnacho, João Pedro

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Rico Henry, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago