Chelsea and Brentford are going to clash on Saturday the 2nd of April at 3:00 pm in the 31st week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge. The referee will be Chris Kavanagh.
Chelsea is in the 3rd position in the standings with 59 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 17 times, draw 8 times, and lost 3 times.
Chelsea won the last 5 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 15th of January against Manchester City and the score was 1-0.
Brentford occupies the 15th position in the table with 30 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 8 times, draw 5 times, and lost 16 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 71.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (20 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-2-2-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: E. Mendy, T. Chalobah, A. Rüdiger, T. da Silva, M. Alonso Mendoza, N. Kanté, J. Frello Filho, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, M. Mount, C. Pulisic and K. Havertz.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Chelsea would be 28.82.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ A. Christensen, C. Hudson-Odoi, R. James and S. Ñíguez because of injury.
B. Chilwell will definitely miss the match.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (23 times or 79.31%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (23 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: D. Raya Martin, R. Henry, E. Pinnock, P. Jansson, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Y. Wissa, C. Nørgaard, V. Janelt, B. Mbeumo and I. Toney.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Brentford would be 26.30.
