After blended ends in his two cup video games since taking on, Liam Rosenior’s first Premier League recreation in control of Chelsea sees them host fifth-placed Brentford at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
It’s a fixture wherein the Blues, two factors adrift of their opponents in eighth, have struggled in current occasions, registering only one win up to now eight conferences between the 2 golf equipment.
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Rosenior, whose dad Leroy is a former Brentford supervisor, will likely be hoping to emulate his fellow Englishman Graham Potter by profitable his first league recreation within the Chelsea hotseat – one thing which has eluded seven of the membership’s previous eight bosses.
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Current absentees Cole Palmer and Reece James have educated this week, however striker Liam Delap, who scored the ultimate aim of Enzo Maresca’s reign in one other west London derby in opposition to is predicted to overlook out due to sickness.
Rosenior will likely be conscious of the very fact Chelsea have conceded the opening aim in every of their previous three league video games, particularly since solely and have spent a bigger period of time in a profitable recreation state than Brentford (37.2%), proving how adept the guests are at defending a lead.
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Brentford are unbeaten in six league video games, their finest run since a seven-match stint in September 2023, however they battle on the street in their very own metropolis.
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The Bees have misplaced 11 of their previous 15 away London derbies within the league, conceding no less than twice in every defeat.
On a optimistic observe, no Premier League duo have mixed for extra objectives this season than Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade (4), the German laying on three assists for the in-form Brazilian, who’s second within the scoring charts with 16.
Thiago’s double in opposition to Sunderland means he has scored probably the most objectives of any Brazilian in a single Premier League marketing campaign, taking him away from Roberto Firmino, Matheus Cunha and Gabriel Martinelli.
The energetic link-up between the pair extends to possibilities created. Their report of 13 is barely bettered this season by Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard (16), Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins (16) and Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland (14).