Good chance we have here.

Brentford only have Raya, Dasilva, Ajer & Jeanvier out after they returned negative tests following their earlier outbreak. They overcame Watford in an even game but largely have been positive at home.

The earlier PL game Chelsea took a late first half lead but in the second half Brentford were a much better side vs near full strength side.

Fernandez has settled in well as goalkeeper as Raya injury; otherwise could be a similar outfield side given Thomas Frank's statement that Brentford will go as strong as possible (pinch of salt maybe).

No game in 12 days for Brentford and they have a tough away game at Brighton on boxing day. This fixture is more important to Brentford; realistic chance of final @ Wembley, rather than Chelsea who have more important things (PL, CL, covid issues).

For Chelsea; Chilwell, Christensen, Chabolah, Kante, Baker, Havertz, Ziyech, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Werner, Lukaku all confirmed out by Tuchel yesterday. Jorginho could feature after he tested negative after his false positive.

Tuchel said he planned on starting Lewis Baker before his positive covid test, which further suggests rotations. "Tomorrow we will prioritize health, not Aston Villa, and do not take any risks for some of our players".

Fiabema, Mbutamba, Vale, Hall, Brooking, Gilchrist, Rankine, Simons, Wareham, McEachran, Haigh, Webster all trained from the youth ranks, along with Soonsup-Bell who had missed previously with a (non-covid) related illness.

"We think about playing with the academy" said Tuchel, and while we dont expect an Academy XI; the likes of Harvey Vale, Mbuyamba could join Sarr, Saul, Barkley in an unfamiliar squad.

It will be their 4th game in 11 days and subsequently they face Villa (Away), Brighton (Home), Liverpool (Away) in the next 11 days. They'll likely start a mix of experience/subs & few kids. Without the likes of Werner, Lukaku, Havertz they lack someone who will take guilt edge chances and that's shown in the last few games.

Brentford have the second best xGA in the premier league this season (behind Man City), and tend to be rather solid. Given Chelsea's squad news + underlying numbers, it should close shorter.

我们这里有很好的机会。

布伦特福德只有 Raya、Dasilva、Ajer 和 Jeanvier 在早期爆发后检测结果呈阴性后缺席。他们在一场势均力敌的比赛中战胜了沃特福德，走势是积极的。

此前与切尔西的比赛，对手在上半场后期领先，但在下半场布伦特福德的表现要好得多。

由于拉亚受伤，费尔南德斯已经成为了首发的守门员；托马斯弗兰克声明布伦特福德将尽可能派上最强的阵容（可能有轮换）。

布伦特福德在 12 天内没有比赛，他们在节礼日将与布莱顿进行一场艰难的客场比赛。这场比赛对布伦特福德来说更重要；当然与切尔西的比赛同样重要。

切尔西的奇尔维尔、克里斯滕森、查博拉、坎特、贝克、哈弗茨、齐耶赫、洛夫图斯-奇克、哈德森-奥多伊、维尔纳、卢卡库昨天都被图赫尔证实会缺席。若日尼奥也有类似的特征。

图赫尔说，他计划在新冠病毒检测呈阳性之前开始使用刘易斯贝克，这进一步表明了轮换的可能性很大。 “明天我们将优先考虑健康，而不是阿斯顿维拉，不希望我们的一些球员承担任何风险”。

Fiabema、Mbutamba、Vale、Hall、Brooking、Gilchrist、Rankine、Simons、Wareham、McEachran、Haigh、Webster 以及之前因（非冠状病毒）相关疾病缺席的Soonsup-Bell 这些小将可能都会出场。

“我们考虑用青训队出场”图赫尔说，像哈维谷、姆布安巴这样的球员可以和萨尔、索尔、巴克利一起组成一个相对陌生的球队。

这将是他们 11 天内的第 4 场比赛，随后他们将在接下来的 11 天内面对维拉（客场）、布莱顿（主场）和利物浦（客场）。他们可能会开始让这几个孩子于球队磨合。如果没有维尔纳、卢卡库、哈弗茨这样的球员，他们就缺少能够把握住机会的人，这体现在最近几场比赛。

布伦特福德在本赛季的英超联赛中拥有第二好的预期表现（仅次于曼城），而且往往相当稳固。鉴于切尔西的球队新闻+基本数据，预测布伦特福德不败。