Brentford vs. Chelsea: Head-to-head record and past meetings ahead of Premier League clash

By Andrew Delaney | 16 Sep 2026 08:53, Last updated: 16 Sep 2026 08:53

Chelsea will continue their 2026-27 Premier League campaign with a contest against Brentford on Friday night.

The Blues were held to a 2-2 draw by Hull City in the league last time out.

Xabi Alonso's side have picked up seven points from their opening four matches of the campaign, which has left them in sixth spot in the Premier League table.

Brentford, meanwhile, have six points from their first four matches, with the Bees sitting seventh in the table, one spot and one point behind their opponents in Friday's West London derby.

Keith Andrews' side drew 2-2 with Bournemouth in the Premier League last time out.

However, the hosts have played since, recording a 2-1 win over Reading in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night to secure a spot in the fourth round.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up the head-to-head record and looks at the past meetings between the two sides ahead of the West London derby at the Brentford Community Stadium.

With Brentford now establishing themselves as Premier League regulars, it is hard to believe they spent almost a century outside of the top flight.

On their long-awaited return to the top table in 2021, the Bees were beaten at home by the Blues in both the league and the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, though Thomas Frank's men made up for that by stunning the reigning European Champions 4-1 at Stamford Bridge.

The Bees would go on to win their next two games at Stamford Bridge too, both by two goals to nil, becoming the first team to ever win on their first three trips to the venue in Premier League history.

At home, though, Brentford are still yet to win a Premier League game against the Blues, having drawn with them in all of the last four seasons.

The Bees secured a 0-0 stalemate in both 2022-23 and 2024-25, as well as 2-2 draws in 2023-24 and 2025-26, meaning the two sides have drawn all of their last four Gtech meetings.

A first defeat at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League era eventually came in December 2024, when Marc Cucurella and Nicolas Jackson goals sank the Bees despite a spirited late fightback in a 2-1 loss.

The history between the two clubs dates much further back than the recent seasons Brentford have spent in the Premier League, though. As Second Division champions in 1935, Brentford won promotion to the top tier for the first time, and they would face Chelsea in the four seasons prior to World War Two.

Chelsea won their first three home games against Brentford all by a scoreline of 2-1, but then lost both league matches against the Bees in the 1938-39 season, with both clubs narrowly avoiding relegation.

The outbreak of war meant that the two teams would not meet again for another seven-and-a-half years, and with Brentford one of the weakest clubs post-WW2, they suffered demotion in the first season back, with Chelsea doing the league double over them.

It is not just in the league where they two have faced off though, because shortly after Brentford's relegation, they were drawn against each other in the third round of the 1950 FA Cup, with the Blues narrowly winning 1-0.

Sixty-three years passed before they met again in any capacity, and it was in the FA Cup once more. Uwe Rosler's League One Brentford forced a replay and could have won the tie on the day, leading twice before Fernando Torres's 83rd-minute strike saw the game end 2-2.

The replay ended in a 4-0 drubbing in favour of Chelsea, and the same scoreline, at the same venue, in the same round of the same competition ensued when they were drawn together again in 2017.

Most recently, Keith Andrews's Brentford travelled to Stamford Bridge, hoping to bolster their push for Champions League football. However, Liam Rosenior's Blues ran out 2-0 winners thanks to Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer, who secured a win in the Chelsea manager's first league game.

Jan 17, 2026: Chelsea 2-0 Brentford (Premier League)

Sep 13, 2025: Brentford 2-2 Chelsea (Premier League)

Apr 06, 2025: Brentford 0-0 Chelsea (Premier League)

Dec 15, 2024: Chelsea 2-1 Brentford (Premier League)

Mar 02, 2024: Brentford 2-2 Chelsea (Premier League)

Oct 28, 2023: Chelsea 0-2 Brentford (Premier League)

Apr 26, 2023: Chelsea 0-2 Brentford (Premier League)

Oct 19, 2022: Brentford 0-0 Chelsea (Premier League)

Apr 02, 2022: Chelsea 1-4 Brentford (Premier League)

Dec 22, 2021: Brentford 0-2 Chelsea (EFL Cup Quarter-Finals)

Oct 16, 2021: Brentford 0-1 Chelsea (Premier League)

Jan 28, 2017: Chelsea 4-0 Brentford (FA Cup Fourth Round)

Feb 17, 2013: Chelsea 4-0 Brentford (FA Cup Fourth Round Replay)

Jan 27, 2013: Brentford 2-2 Chelsea (FA Cup Fourth Round)

Jan 07, 1950: Brentford 0-1 Chelsea (FA Cup Third Round)

Mar 15, 1947: Brentford 0-2 Chelsea (First Division)

Nov 09, 1946: Chelsea 3-2 Brentford (First Division)

Feb 25, 1939: Chelsea 1-3 Brentford (First Division)

Oct 22, 1938: Brentford 1-0 Chelsea (First Division)

Mar 09, 1938: Brentford 1-1 Chelsea (First Division)

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