Chelsea v Brentford Betting Tips [2 April 2022]

Chelsea have fallen a bit behind in the title race but when they take on struggling Brentford they will be looking to shoot themselves back into the race. They go into the game placed third in the league standings with 59 points while Brentford are 15th with 30 points. Chelsea are on great run; they go into this game having won each of their last six matches, with four producing over 2.5 goals. In league action, the Blues have five straight wins with four clean sheets in the five matches. They have conceded just one goal in five league matches and in three of the five games, they’ve scored two or more goals. Chelsea have already taken on Brentford twice this season - in the league and in the League Cup. The Blues won both of them, keeping clean sheets in a 1-0 and win and most recently a 2-0 win

Brentford have faced Chelsea five times since 2013; they have no win in that run, only managing a draw once, in an FA Cup clash that ended in a humiliating 4-0 loss. In fact, in their last four matches against Chelsea, Brentford have scored no goal. Here, they will however be banking on an attack that has been delivering. In their last five matches, Brentford have failed to score in just one of their last five matches but they have managed just one clean sheet in those five matches. Three times in their last five matches, they’ve conceded two or more goals and three of the five matches have produced over 2.5 goals. Away from home, they do not have much to smile about; Brentford have four losses in the last five away matches. They have conceded at least two goals in four of those five away matches. Four of the last five away matches have produced over 2.5 goals.

Chelsea have a game in hand and the chase for a top four slot means they can’t afford a lot of slip ups. Here they face a side they’ve become accustomed to beating and there is a big chance this will continue but in both sides’ scoring returns, over 2.5 goals will pass here.