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Sutton's predictions: Brentford v Chelseapublished at 11:04 BST 13 September
11:04 BST 13 September
There was such a crazy finish to Brentford's defeat by Sunderland that the Bees must still be wondering how they lost.
I had been very confident Keith Andrews' side would go to the Stadium of Light and win after watching them beat Aston Villa the previous week - a result they thoroughly deserved.
I have to be careful with this prediction, though. At this stage of the season I can get hoodwinked a bit because I have covered some teams when they have played well, and it means I overlook some of their opposition's qualities.
Chelsea have some fantastic players and have made a decent start to the season so they have to be favourites here. But I am going to stick with my instincts and say Brentford will give them a good game too.
In fact, the more I think about it, the more this smells like a west London derby draw. The points have been shared in this fixture in the past three seasons, so let's go for four draws in a row.
Brentford v Chelsea: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 19:24 BST 12 September
19:24 BST 12 September
Tom McCoy BBC Sport journalist
Chelsea go in search of just their second Premier League win at Gtech Community Stadium, taking on a Brentford side vying for back-to-back home victories under new boss Keith Andrews. BBC Sport takes a look at some of the key themes before Saturday's match.
Many of Chelsea's players, particularly their South American contingent, spent the international break criss-crossing the globe - but little travel has been required so far in the Premier League, with this the Blues' fourth consecutive game against London opposition.
They are just the second side in the top four tiers of English football to begin a league season with four successive London derbies.
Enzo Maresca's side have taken seven points from their opening three fixtures, conceding just once - maintaining their strong defensive record from the final three months of last season. They have kept nine clean sheets in their past 15 top-flight matches, more than any other side since 25 February.
While they have benefited from contentious VAR interventions which led to disallowed goals for Fulham and Crystal Palace, Chelsea have coped well without key centre-back Levi Colwill, who will miss most of the season after injuring his knee in pre-season.
The Club World Cup winners suffered another injury blow when summer signing Liam Delap hurt his hamstring against Fulham, ruling the centre-forward out for up to eight weeks. The Blues briefly considered cancelling Nicolas Jackson's move to Bayern Munich but instead signed Facundo Buonanotte on loan from Brighton and recalled Marc Guiu from his loan spell at Sunderland.
Striker Guiu, 19, played three times for the Black Cats, including a late cameo in their 2-1 win over Brentford last time out, so could make consecutive appearances against the Bees.
Brentford in profit but could it prove costly in long run?
This is the first of back-to-back London derbies for Brentford, who also visit Fulham next weekend.
They suffered a frustrating defeat at the Stadium of Light on 30 August, finishing empty handed despite taking the lead after 77 minutes, having earlier missed a penalty. Those dropped points could prove crucial at the end of the season if the two clubs up being direct rivals in the relegation battle.
Brentford can no longer call upon one of the Premier League's most reliable penalty-takers, having sold Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United in July. The club also finally allowed Yoane Wissa to join Newcastle on deadline day, meaning both of last season's joint-top scorers have departed.
The Bees have spent £84m on seven new signings but recouped £133m in sales, resulting in a net profit of approximately £49m this summer, second only to Bournemouth.
Overall, six clubs finished with a surplus but of those sides only Brentford have a new manager at the helm, underlining the difficult task facing rookie boss Andrews.
Andrews on Nelson, Wissa and 'little Brentford against Chelsea'published at 14:53 BST 12 September
14:53 BST 12 September
Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Chelsea at Gtech Community Stadium (20:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Andrews confirmed Vitaly Janelt is available for the first time since suffering a heel injury in April. The midfielder played 45 minutes for Brentford's B team on Tuesday.
Michael Kayode is available after recovering from an illness picked up on international duty with Italy Under-21s while Paris Maghoma is still building fitness as he recovers from a hamstring injury.
Gustavo Nunes will return to team training next week having missed a block of pre-season.
New signing Reiss Nelson will feature: "Reiss will be involved. He gives us the type of player we don't have on that side of the pitch. He's a dribbler and technically very good. He complements what we have. He has slotted in seamlessly and adds a skillset we needed."
Andrews also commented on Yoane Wissa's move to Newcastle: "All along, I was very much that I expected Yoane to stay. Up until the very last press conference before we played Sunderland, it was nowhere near a move. I wanted Yoane to stay. I didn't really want to lose that amount of goals out of the building but at the same time I was very understanding of the way this club works. The medium to long-term future of the club is very important."
On facing west London rivals Chelsea: "The game is about players and fans. The fans will be feeling it tomorrow. We need to get them engaged in the game. That's going to be a really important part. We need to make it the type of game that suits us."
More on Saturday's game: "There'll be a narrative around the game that we're little Brentford and they're Chelsea - and I quite like that. I think it suits us. I think it suits where we are and the steps we need to take to where we're going to get to."
Andrews 'has a lot on his plate' going into 'daunting' fixture runpublished at 12:21 BST 9 September
12:21 BST 9 September
Ian Westbrook Fan writer
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So the Keith Andrews era has started with two wins, one in the Carabao Cup, and two defeats.
Without conceding that last-gasp goal which beat us at Sunderland, most of us would have been happy with the four points we would have had from our first three Premier League games.
We now head into a tricky run of matches - especially at home - over the next two months.
At least we don't leave London in that time, although we will make up for that later in the season. In fact, our next game outside the capital is at Brighton in late November. However, not one of our six September and October Premier League fixtures kicks off at 15:00 on a Saturday.
The task ahead cannot have been helped by the sudden departure of one of his new assistant coaches - Martin Drury - at the weekend.
Andrews will be hoping that the 16 first-team squad players away on international duty at the moment all return unscathed.
One thing he will need to sort out is who is the designated penalty-taker in matches. There was confusion when we won a spot-kick at Sunderland over who was going to take it.
In the stands, we all assumed it would be Igor Thiago, who found the net from the spot at Nottingham Forest, but after a discussion Kevin Schade took the ball, stepped up and saw his weak penalty saved.
Andrews said afterwards that everyone practises penalties, but surely the taker must be chosen before the players leave the dressing room.
How have Brentford spent and sold since promotion?published at 10:03 BST 5 September
10:03 BST 5 September
Chris Collinson BBC Sport statistician
Brentford's spending and finances have been the subject of several questions sent in via our 'Ask about Brentford' form."
One fan asked whether the Bees are in a financial surplus or deficit regarding player sales and transfers in since their promotion to the Premier League in 2021.
Read below what our BBC Sport statistician found out.
Since earning promotion to the Premier League in 2021, Brentford have gone on to well and truly establish themselves in the top-flight, even finishing in the top half of the table in two of the last four seasons.
What makes their success even more impressive is that they've not spent like crazy to gain a foothold in the Premier League. With the close of the summer transfer window, their net spend since being promoted is just £97.6m across five seasons, an average of around £20m per season.
If we compare that to other teams, 17 have spent more than Brentford in that time, including many that have failed to establish themselves in the top-flight such as Leeds, Southampton, Burnley and Ipswich.
This summer's transfer business has been very different to previous seasons, however. While the Bees still spent money bringing in the likes of Dango Ouattara for £37m, this summer also saw key players leave for big money, with Bryan Mbeumo joining Manchester United for £65m and Yoane Wissa moving to Newcastle for £50m.
While it means that Brentford made a net profit for the first time in the Premier League, Bees fans will be hoping that such good news in their accounts doesn't prove too costly on the pitch this season.
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Heading the other way, Brentford had 10 notable outgoings.
These included the permanent exits of star forwards Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United and Yoane Wissa to Newcastle, as well as club captain Christian Norgaard to Arsenal.
Of all the summer incomings at Gtech stadium, who do you think will have the biggest impact?
'Where we are really lacking is up front' - a 6/10 windowpublished at 08:03 BST 3 September
08:03 BST 3 September
Ian Westbrook Fan writer
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What brilliant business by Brentford director of football Phil Giles to get £55m for a player who turns 29 this week.
I fully support the Bees' decision not to cave in and sell Yoane Wissa off cheaply just because he basically threw a strop. If we had done, it would have opened the door for other players to do the same potentially in the future.
However, losing those two along with captain Christian Norgaard and goalkeeper Mark Flekken has undoubtedly weakened our squad.
The club deserves credit for replacing all but Wissa - Mbeumo with record signing Dango Ouattara, Norgaard with Jordan Henderson and Flekken with Caoimhin Kelleher. This is especially as Mbeumo was the only expected summer departure.
We have also made the signing of Michael Kayode permanent, brought in Antoni Milambo and, on deadline day, Reiss Nelson.
If everybody stays fit, we are well stocked for goalkeepers, defenders, attacking midfielders and wingers and also have plenty of players who can play comfortably in more than one position.
However, where we are really lacking is up front.
Igor Thiago is effectively in his first full season at the club, having missed almost the whole of last term with injury. Despite his early goals, the likelihood is that he will need a year to adjust - and we have no senior second striker.
While Kevin Schade and Fabio Carvalho could play in that role, it is not their natural position so we are going to have to hope that Thiago stays fit and settles quicker than anticipated. Replacing the 39 goals of Mbeumo and Wissa from last season won't be easy.
For that reason I can only rate our transfer window at 6/10.
Gossip: Wissa's Newcastle move completed with 30 seconds to gopublished at 07:11 BST 3 September
07:11 BST 3 September
Yoane Wissa's deadline-day move from Brentford to Newcastle was completed with only 30 seconds to spare, after the forward initially failed to sign one of the forms. (Sky Sports), external
Arsenal's Nelson seals Brentford loan switchpublished at 22:44 BST 1 September
22:44 BST 1 September
Brentford have completed the signing of Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson on a season-long loan.
The 25-year-old Gunners youth product made 90 appearances for his boyhood club and played 11 times on loan for Fulham last season.
This will be the fourth loan move of Nelson's career, after previously having spells with Bundesliga side Hoffenheim and Dutch club Feyenoord.
"Reiss has a skillset that will complement the rest of the attacking players we have," said Bees boss Keith Andrews. "He's a dribbler and he's very comfortable with the ball at his feet.
"I really like his Premier League experience and know-how of the league, as well as his age profile.
"He's coming into the optimum years of his career, and he's shown a real desire to come here when there's been a lot of interest elsewhere."
Wissa finally completes Newcastle move for deal worth £55mpublished at 22:01 BST 1 September
22:01 BST 1 September
Newcastle have completed the signing of Yoane Wissa from Brentford for a fee of £50m plus £5m in add-ons.
The 28-year-old striker has agreed a long-term deal and will wear the number nine shirt at St James' Park.
After scoring 49 goals in 149 appearances for the Bees, Wissa has not played for the club this season after accusing Brentford of "unduly standing in my way" over a move to the North East.
'We are Maupay's home' and 'get Wissa out' published at 07:03 BST 1 September
07:03 BST 1 September
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We asked for your views on what is still needed by Brentford on transfer deadline day.
Here are some of your comments:
Tim: Get shot of Yoane Wissa. Simple as that. He's lost the fans through his petulance and is not going to get them back.
Sid: Our best buy during this window is Michael Kayode. We should let Wissa go in a swap deal for a young striker.
Laura: We need someone to replace Norgaard and provide that crucial link between midfield and attack.
Charlie: If Neal Maupay is still free then sign him up. We love him, he loves us and we are his home.
Richard: After Wissa's statement on Sunday, we need to get him out. He has shown no signs of professionalism. We don't know where the club is at in terms of a replacement, but I am sure they know what they are doing. We hope!
Ian: Possibly a few ins and outs at the Gtech. The 'spine' of last season's Brentford has gone, from manager to players. It is now time to rebuild with a forward and an experienced midfielder.
Follow transfer deadline daypublished at 06:45 BST 1 September
06:45 BST 1 September
Today is the second transfer deadline day of the summer following a brief closure in June because of the Club World Cup.
In a change to previous windows, clubs only have until 19:00 BST to complete deals, bringing the Premier League in line with the EFL, Italy's Serie A, France's Ligue 1 and Germany's Bundesliga. The window in Scotland and Spain remains open until 23:00 BST.
It has already been a hectic window - with a number of storylines still to be resolved - but whether it turns out to be a day of transfer action or a pretty quiet one for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.
Sunderland 2-1 Brentford - the fans' verdictpublished at 14:30 BST 31 August
14:30 BST 31 August
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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Sunderland and Brentford.
Here are some of your comments:
Sunderland fans
Ian: Three points for a dogged performance. Never stopped running and trying after a stalemate first half. Some new Sunderland heroes in the making.
Michael: Fantastic result even if the performance wasn't our best. The centre-backs were superb. Even though Reinildo gave away the penalty, I thought he was outstanding. Granit Xhaka, again, controlled the midfield. Six points after three games is a brilliant return.
Reece: We rode our luck at times but the team showed they have real fight in them. Excellent performance from Nordi Mukiele stepping in to cover for Dan Ballard's absence.
Ronnie: The slogan going into the play-offs last season was "'Til The End" and we embodied that in all three play-off games. Against Brentford, Sunderland provided more evidence of the refusal to give up which personifies their recent attitude. Pride in the shirt is woven into the new signings and the Stadium of Light might prove a challenging environment for some this season.
Brentford fans
George: It is hard not to fixate on the decision to hand the ball to Kevin Schade for the penalty. I imagine the intention was to boost his confidence and give him his first goal of the season, but that has now squarely backfired. I worry for his confidence going into our next game.
Andy: When you don't take the opportunities given to you in the Premier League, you get punished - and that's what happened to us.
James: Our inability to close out a game from a winning position comes to the forefront once again. Schade - to my knowledge - has never taken a penalty for us before. Why then? Igor Thiago should be the designated penalty-taker.
Paul: Poor again away from home. Such bad game management again at the end of a game. I don't know what the answer is, but I'm not looking forward to the season ahead. It's going to be a long one.
'I feel compelled to make it clear I want to leave Brentford' - Wissa speaks outpublished at 10:39 BST 31 August
10:39 BST 31 August
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Striker Yoane Wissa has called on Brentford to "keep their word" and let him leave before the transfer deadline, accusing the club of "unduly standing in his way" of a move to Newcastle United.
Wissa has made clear he wants to leave for St James' Park and has not been training or playing with the first team this season.
Brentford have rejected two offers, with the latest being £35m guaranteed, plus a further £5m in add-ons.
In a statement on Instagram, Wissa said: "I have stayed silent for much of the summer, but with just hours remaining of the transfer window I feel compelled to make it clear that I want to leave Brentford.
"I believe the club are unduly standing in my way despite a series of fair offers throughout the summer.
"As the window comes to an end, the club has now significantly changed its position, going against what was communicated.
"This has left me in a difficult and frustrating position. The promise that I could leave this summer has not been fulfilled. It saddens me to have to write that, and I maintain total respect for the club and its fans.
"Being made to stay beyond this summer will only tarnish four wonderful years at this incredible club and so I ask Brentford's owners and directors to now honour their promise to let me leave in the final hours of the window.
"I want to make it clear that I have not acted unprofessionally, nor do I wish to leave Brentford on bad terms. I have been transparent in my position throughout. I have continued to communicate openly with the club and conduct myself in a way that reflects my values as both a footballer and a human being.
"I remain hopeful that a fair and reasonable resolution can still be found before the transfer window shuts.
"In the meantime, I must do what I feel is right for my career and family, and insist that Brentford honour their promise to let me join a new club and at a fair price."
