Chelsea 2–0 Brentford
- Pedro 26'
- Palmer 76' (pen.)
17 January 2026
The match in data
A 2–0 win for Chelsea against Brentford on 17 January 2026, on matchday 22 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), rated 64, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 5 key passes. Janelt produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Chelsea, the highest-rated player was Moisés Caicedo, with 62.
Vitaly Janelt
Brentford · 90'
Produced 1.37× and cost 0.58× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.1×
- 5 key passes 4.0×
- 81 passes 1.8×
- 2 times dribbled past 2.4×
- 4 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.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 60 |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Defender | 58 | 60 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 85 | 59 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 74 | 55 |
| Reece James | Defender | 85 | 53 |
| Andrey Santos | Midfielder | 33 | 47 |
| Wesley Fofana | Defender | 32 | 47 |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Forward | 57 | 21 |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Jorrel Hato | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Josh Acheampong | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitaly Janelt ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Rico Henry | Defender | 82 | 59 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 77 | 51 |
| Igor Thiago | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 82 | 39 |
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | 28 |
| Dango Ouattara | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Romelle Donovan | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Chelsea player recovered the most balls?
Cole Palmer, with 8 recoveries. Next: Pedro Neto 5, Moisés Caicedo 5.
Cole Palmer set the defensive tone for Chelsea with 8 ball recoveries in the 2–0 victory over Brentford. Pedro Neto and Moisés Caicedo followed with 5 each.
Which Brentford player won the most aerial duels?
Kristoffer Ajer, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Nathan Collins 3, Kevin Schade 2.
In Brentford's 2–0 loss to Chelsea, Kristoffer Ajer stood out in the air with 5 aerial duels won. Nathan Collins trailed with 3, while Kevin Schade won 2.
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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