§ Premier League · 2026-27 · Matchday 5

Brentford 3–0 Chelsea

  • Anthony 61'
  • Thiago 83'
  • Carvalho 90+4'

18 September 2026

The match in data

Brentford beat Chelsea 3–0 on 18 September 2026, on matchday 5 of the 2026-27 Premier League.

Player of the match: Jaidon Anthony (Brentford), rated 68, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.72 xG. Anthony produced 1.4 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Chelsea, the highest-rated player was Wesley Fofana, with 63.

68
Player of the match

Jaidon Anthony

Brentford · 81'

Produced 1.38× and cost 0.26× their position's average

Added
  • 1 goal 4.0×
  • 0.72 xG 2.9×
  • 1 shot on target 1.4×
Took away
  • 1 failed dribble 0.7×
  • 3 misplaced passes 0.6×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Brentford
PlayerPositionMinRating
Jaidon Anthony ★ Forward 81 68
Aaron Hickey Defender 21 59
Jannik Schuster Defender 90 55
Mamadou Sangaré Midfielder 21 55
Igor Thiago Forward 90 54
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder 90 50
Caoimhín Kelleher Goalkeeper 90 49
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder 69 42
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder 87 39
Keane Lewis-Potter Midfielder 81 39
Kevin Schade Forward 90 32
Kristoffer Ajer Defender 90 27
Michael Kayode Defender 69 23
Dango Ouattara Forward 9 no rating
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender 9 no rating
Fábio Carvalho Midfielder 3 no rating
Chelsea
PlayerPositionMinRating
Wesley Fofana Defender 71 63
Jordan Henderson Midfielder 90 59
Levi Colwill Defender 90 55
Maxence Lacroix Defender 90 55
Danny Welbeck Forward 71 55
Pep Chavarría Defender 90 51
Valentín Barco Midfielder 87 48
Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper 90 44
Morgan Rogers Midfielder 90 39
Pedro Neto Forward 87 35
Cole Palmer Midfielder 90 34
Geovany Quenda Forward 19 no rating
Josh Acheampong Defender 19 no rating
Estêvão Forward 3 no rating
Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli Midfielder 3 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Chelsea player made the most interceptions?

Wesley Fofana, with 6 interceptions. Next: Valentín Barco 2, Levi Colwill 2.

Wesley Fofana made 6 interceptions in Chelsea's 3–0 defeat at Brentford. That tripled the tallies of Valentín Barco and Levi Colwill, who had 2 each.

Which Brentford player won the most duels?

Mikkel Damsgaard, with 7 duels won. Next: Kevin Schade 5, Jannik Schuster 5.

In Brentford's 3–0 victory over Chelsea, Mikkel Damsgaard stood out in physical battles with 7 duels won. Damsgaard led the squad ahead of Kevin Schade and Jannik Schuster.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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Brentford 3–0 Chelsea, Premier League 2026-27. Player of the match: Jaidon Anthony, 68
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.