By Dan Tracey
The Bees have been virtually excellent in relation to this season’s league outings on the GTech Group Stadium however Thomas Frank’s facet have been largely forgettable on the street. It’s a conundrum we checked out intimately earlier within the week – in an article you possibly can learn right here.
The Type Information
Enzo Maresca’s facet return to Stamford Bridge having received their final six matches in all competitions and unbeaten of their final 9 utilizing the identical standards. Not since their Carabao Cup defeat at Newcastle in October have the Blues been second greatest when the ultimate whistle blows.
As for opponents Brentford, this season they’re a staff that Jekyll and Hyde could be most happy with. The Bees have collected a powerful 22 league factors from the 24 obtainable at dwelling however have picked up only a single level from the 21 supplied on their travels.
Who Are The Key Gamers
This encounter may nicely be received by whose strike partnership performs greatest on the day. The guests should be cautious of the 19 league targets that Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson have scored between them this season.
However by comparability, the mixed 18 league targets that Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbuemo have bagged shouldn’t be missed both and though there have been fears that Brentford would decline when Ivan Toney cashed in his chips to maneuver to Saudi Arabia, his two former teammates have greater than picked up the slack.
Who’s in and who’s out?
After a busy week each dwelling and overseas, Chelsea supervisor Maresca will ring the adjustments. Not solely due to Pedro Neto’s one-game suspension for 5 bookings but in addition as a result of health doubts surrounding the midfield pair of Enzo Fernández and Roméo Lavia.
Brentford will monitor the health of Vitaly Janelt earlier than they make the brief journey throughout the capital however he’s prone to seem. The identical can’t be mentioned for teammate Mathias Jensen who suffered a hamstring damage at the beginning of the month and isn’t anticipated to be match for this one.
Prediction
Though Chelsea have needed to cross continents with their journey to Kazakhstan this week, the extra time within the air mustn’t hamper their bid to beat Brentford on Sunday – particularly when you think about simply how poor the Bees have been away from dwelling this season.
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