Enzo Maresca doesn’t want Chelsea to get too far ahead of themselves about the Premier League title, even though his side have won four in a row and are in second place in Sunday’s west London derby against Brentford at Stamford Bridge. table position.

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How to watch Chelsea vs Brentford live, with stream link and start time

Kick-off time: 2:00 p.m. ET, Sunday (December 15)
Venue: Stamford Bridge – London
TV channels: USA Network
Streaming: Watch live on NBC.com

Chelsea vs Brentford live updates – by Andy Edwards

Chelsea vs Brentford live score: 1-0

Goal scorer: Marc Cucurella (43′)

GOAL! Chelsea – Brentford 1-0: Marc Cucurella heads a cross from Noni Madueke into the goal (43rd minute)

Chelsea starting lineup

Sanchez – Gusto, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella – Caicedo, Fernandez, Palmer – Madueke, Sancho, Jackson

Brentford’s starting lineup

Flekken – Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock – Roerslev, Yarmolyuk, Norgaard, Damsgaard, Lewis-Potter – Mbeumo, Wissa

The Blues (31 points) are now just four points behind Liverpool after the league leaders’ game against Everton was postponed last weekend, but Chelsea still had to go out and beat Tottenham the next day – which they did, scoring an early 2-0 -Overcame the deficit to win 4-3 away – to stay two points ahead of Arsenal in third place. Cole Palmer scored two goals in this game and had 33 goals and 17 assists (50 goal involvements) in 48 games for Chelsea. Unfortunately, Maresca doesn’t want anything to do with the title negotiations at the moment, and rightly so. “I’m pretty ambitious and the players and the club are ambitious, but if you’re thinking about things four or five months from now you might lose a little bit of focus on the now,” he warned this week.

Maresca should be happy to have the Bees at home this weekend as Thomas Frank’s side have the best home record in the PL this season (W7-1D-0L) while scoring at will (26 goals in 8 games). ). On the other hand, the Bees have the worst away record in the PL this season (W0-1D-6L) and often struggle to find the net, let alone put the ball in (5 goals in 7 games). Just a handful of points away from home would see Brentford (9th – 23 points) finish in a European spot as just two points separate them from Nottingham Forest in 5th. With Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa, Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade all hitting form together, Brentford’s potent attack could single-handedly lift them above the rest of the field – if they can get results away from home.

Chelsea team news, focus

Missing: Pedro Neto (suspension), Reece James (thigh), Wesley Fofana (thigh), Omari Kellyman (thigh)

Brentford team news, focus

OUT: Josh Dasilva (knee), Rico Henry (knee), Aaron Hickey (thigh), Mathias Jensen (thigh) | QUESTIONABLE: Vitaly Janelt (unknown)

Chelsea vs Brentford prediction

Brentford attempt a PL low of 7.6 shots per game away from home, while struggling with a PL high of 22.3 shots per game (5 more than any other team). Chelsea could have 40 shots in this game. Chelsea 4-1 Brentford.