Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chelsea win with a probability of 49.36%. A win for Brentford had a probability of 27.27% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Chelsea win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.54%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.61%) and 2-0 (7.6%). The likeliest Brentford win was 1-2 (6.79%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.81%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 3.8% likelihood.