Brentford finished ninth in the Premier League standings last season after amassing an impressive 59 points, although they might struggle to reach this total for the 2023/24 campaign. Last weekend’s 3-0 win over Burnley was much-needed considering that it had been preceded by a run of eight games without a victory.
Thomas Frank is still doing a fantastic job at the Gtech Stadium and he can point to the fact that the Bees led at Old Trafford before the international break before conceding two injury-time goals. However, the team are certainly missing the suspended Ivan Toney even if Bryan Mbeumo produced a superlative performance against the Clarets.
Chelsea are starting to move through the gears and it should hardly come as a surprise considering that they have assembled an expensive squad. Thiago Silva and Levi Colwill are looking masterful in defence for the Blues, while the same can be said of Enzo Fernandez and Connor Gallagher in the midfield department.
Moises Caicedo and Cole Palmer represent the future of a team who have captain Reece James returning to action and we can see a fairly comfortable Chelsea win here. In order to land bigger odds, it could be worth considering a wager on the Blues to win and keeping a clean sheet. We don’t expect Brentford to create too many chances.