The fifth round of matches in the English Premier League gets under way on Friday night with a West London derby between Brentford and Chelsea and we are looking for goals
Brentford
Brentford are in seventh place 1 position and 1 point behind their opponents here. They saw Spurs off 3-0 in a home fixture on the opening weekend and since then they have remained unbeaten in playing out draws at Leeds and at home to Sunderland (both 1-1) and most recently away to Bournemouth (2-2). Brentford scored first in all 3 of those matches although in the Bournemouth game they also had to come from 2-1 down to salvage a point.
Brentford made it through to the fourth round of the EFL Cup with a 2-1 win away to Reading in midweek.
Chelsea
Chelsea began with a 3-2 win away to Fulham in another West London derby on the opening weekend and they followed up with a 4-3 home win over Brighton. Their only defeat so far came at arsenal (2-1) but last weekend they let many favourite backers down when they drew 2-2 at home to surprise package Hull City.
Chelsea beat Leeds 6-2 in their EFL Cup 3rd round tie at Stamford Bridge last week and they have not been in action since the Hull game.
The Betting
Brentford are trading at 37/20 with the draw at 11/4 and Chelsea can be backed at around 5/4
A game of 3 goals or more is 9/20 and it’s 4/10 for both teams to score.
Price boosts from Sportingbet include Chelsea to win a game of 4 goals or more in total at 4/1 (from 7/2)
Verdict:
Like the previous Chelsea games I see scope for goals here and I will a fairly speculative aim at both teams to score in both halves of football.
The any time goalscorer interest come sin the shape of Kevin Schade who bagged a brace in Brentford’s recent visit to Bournemouth
Bet: Both teams to score in both halves? yes at 27/4 with Sportingbet
Anytime goalscorer Kevin Schade at 28/10 with Sportingbet
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