Chelsea vs Brentford 2025-26 English Premier League

Chelsea

26': João Pedro
76': Cole Palmer (P)

FT
2 - 0

Brentford

Cole Palmer scores as Liam Rosenior wins first Chelsea PL game

Liam Rosenior tasted victory in his first Premier League game in charge of Chelsea as goals from João Pedro and Cole Palmer earned a hard-fought 2-0 win over Brentford at Stamford Bridge.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
26': Goal! Chelsea 1, Brentford 0. João Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
36': Kevin Schade (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
45'+3': Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
57': Substitution, Chelsea. Andrey Santos replaces Alejandro Garnacho.
58': Substitution, Chelsea. Wesley Fofana replaces Tosin Adarabioyo because of an injury.
67': Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, Chelsea. Liam Delap replaces João Pedro.
76': Goal! Chelsea 2, Brentford 0. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
77': Substitution, Brentford. Dango Ouattara replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
82': Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Kevin Schade.
82': Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Rico Henry.
83': Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
85': Substitution, Chelsea. Jorrel Hato replaces Enzo Fernández.
85': Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Reece James.
90'+1': Cole Palmer (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Substitution, Brentford. Romelle Donovan replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Brentford 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 39,704

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+39	Arsenal	31	70	3
+32	Manchester City	30	61	5
+13	Manchester United	30	54	6
+3	Aston Villa	30	51	9

Full Table

Statistics

BRE		CHE
10	Fouls	7
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
9	Corner Kicks	3
0	Saves	6
54.2	Possession	45.8
15	SHOTS	6
5	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
446	Accurate Passes	374
513	Passes	443
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
7	Accurate Crosses	1
29	Crosses	11
0.2	Cross %	0.1
49	Long Balls	55
22	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	9
14	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	11
16	Effective Clearances	42
16	Clearances	42

Line-Ups

Chelsea (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Robert Sánchez (GK)
4	Tosin Adarabioyo
23	Trevoh Chalobah
3	Marc Cucurella
24	Reece James
10	Cole Palmer
8	Enzo Fernández
25	Moisés Caicedo
20	João Pedro
49	Alejandro Garnacho
7	Pedro Neto

Substitutes:

Jorrel Hato, Benoît Badiashile, Tyrique George, Josh Acheampong, Liam Delap, Filip Jørgensen, Wesley Fofana, Marc Guiu, Andrey Santos.

Brentford (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Caoimhín Kelleher (GK)
22	Nathan Collins
20	Kristoffer Ajer
3	Rico Henry
33	Michael Kayode
24	Mikkel Damsgaard
27	Vitaly Janelt
18	Yehor Yarmoliuk
9	Igor Thiago
7	Kevin Schade
8	Mathias Jensen