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Brentford v Chelsea team news: Sangare benched, no Pedro

18 September 2026 613 comments
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Brentford take on Chelsea at the Gtech Community Stadium in the Gameweek 5 curtain-raiser.

Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Xabi Alonso makes five changes from the side that drew 2-2 against Hull City last weekend.

Maxence Lacroix, Jordan Henderson, Valentin Barco, Pep Chavarria and Danny Welbeck come in.

Reece James and Joao Pedro both miss out due to injury, while Malo Gusto, Romeo Lavia and Jorrel Hato have to make do with substitute duty.

Interest in Morgan Rogers is particularly high this week – he’s the most-bought player for the second Gameweek running.

The England international retains his place from Gameweek 4, along with Emiliano Martinez, Wesley Fofana, Levi Colwill, Pedro Neto and Cole Palmer.

Brentford boss Keith Andrews brings in Michael Kayode and Mikkel Damsgaard.

Aaron Hickey and Mamadou Sangare drop to the bench.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Schuster, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Yarmoliuk, Janelt, Anthony, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago

Subs: Balcombe, Hickey, Henry, Ouattara, Wilson, Carvalho, Sangare, Diouf, Fredrick

Chelsea XI: Martinez, Fofana, Lacroix, Colwill, Neto, Henderson, Barco, Chavarria, Palmer, Rogers, Welbeck

Subs: Penders, Acheampong, Gusto, Hato, Lavia, Nicoll-Jazuli, Gittens, Estevao, Quenda

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  1. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 hours, 39 mins ago

    4x more Defcons Rogers go on

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    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      13 hours, 36 mins ago

      He's been on 8 defcons for 84 years

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  2. The_FF_King
    • 13 Years
    13 hours, 38 mins ago

    Can’t decide whether to wildcard and activate tonight to maximise price rises.

    International break a good time to do it right? I do have some duds in my team

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    1. FantasyTony
      • 9 Years
      13 hours, 36 mins ago

      Yeah. 3 weeks and international teams have 4 matches. Plenty of opportunity for injuries and recoveries.

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    2. fusen
      • 14 Years
      13 hours, 35 mins ago

      If you're more than likely to wildcard for the next gameweek then just trigger it now and try and lock in some price rises. You may get a 0.2 increase from someone you don't actually want and can bag the increase

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  3. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    13 hours, 37 mins ago

    Chelsea shouldn’t have sold Delap

    Bizzare decision to sign Uncle Welbeck and sell Delap

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    1. have you seen cyan
      • 7 Years
      13 hours, 36 mins ago

      they got like 40mil for Delap, sell him lol.

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        13 hours, 35 mins ago

        Delap is good

        Great backup strike to have

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    2. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      13 hours, 36 mins ago

      Delap was terrible for them

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        13 hours, 35 mins ago

        Tore it up for Ipswich

        Injury ridden season and they lost faith

        Sigh…

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    3. FPL Blow-In
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      • 13 Years
      13 hours, 35 mins ago

      Delap never performed. They gave him ample opportunities to. They sold him for a chunk of change and got Welbeck for 5m

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        13 hours, 34 mins ago

        Just 1 season and he was injured most of that

        Deserved more

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    4. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      13 hours, 35 mins ago

      Delap hatty tomorrow please

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        13 hours, 34 mins ago

        Possible

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  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    13 hours, 36 mins ago

    holdddd kelleher

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  5. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    13 hours, 35 mins ago

    I think Xabi will try to have JP fit for the london derby against Spurs. Think he is a sell unless you are happy to lose SV or you've got fire elsewhere

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    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      13 hours, 33 mins ago

      Last game was 12 Sep, next Chelsea game is 10 Oct. That's a four week break between games.

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      1. PartyTime
        • 5 Years
        13 hours, 30 mins ago

        Fair enough. I think he is out for 4-6 weeks.

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  6. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    13 hours, 35 mins ago

    End to end stuff now

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  7. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    13 hours, 34 mins ago

    Thiago is on track for a 50 point season here

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  8. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    13 hours, 34 mins ago

    penalty claim

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  9. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    13 hours, 34 mins ago

    Awful game of fotball this

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  10. JBG
    • 8 Years
    13 hours, 33 mins ago

    Thiago has been shocking

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    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      13 hours, 33 mins ago

      Since gw1
      I know as I’ve owned him for he first 3.

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    2. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      13 hours, 33 mins ago

      Has anyone impressed in this game?

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      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        13 hours, 32 mins ago

        True tbf. Schuster maybe

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  11. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 hours, 33 mins ago

    Barcola kicks him

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    1. Emiliano Sala
      • 10 Years
      13 hours, 32 mins ago

      This

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  12. Emiliano Sala
    • 10 Years
    13 hours, 32 mins ago

    No pen clearly

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  13. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    13 hours, 32 mins ago

    Palmer almost got space in the box, shot deflected out for a corner

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  14. Emiliano Sala
    • 10 Years
    13 hours, 29 mins ago

    Brentford should not stay back
    They are stronger

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 hours, 29 mins ago

      They’ll play on the counter and score again

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      1. Emiliano Sala
        • 10 Years
        13 hours, 28 mins ago

        There is no reason to risk it

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          13 hours, 27 mins ago

          Pushing on is riskier

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      2. Emiliano Sala
        • 10 Years
        13 hours, 27 mins ago

        Lol :)))))

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          13 hours, 26 mins ago

          Why thank you

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      3. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        13 hours, 27 mins ago

        😎

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        1. Emiliano Sala
          • 10 Years
          13 hours, 26 mins ago

          Well done 😀

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      4. Moon Dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        13 hours, 26 mins ago

        Nice 🙂

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  15. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    13 hours, 28 mins ago

    Thiago 4 point yellow

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  16. F4L
    • 11 Years
    13 hours, 27 mins ago

    thiago g
    schade a

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  17. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    13 hours, 27 mins ago

    Thiago finally

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  18. Pablitto
    • 16 Years
    13 hours, 27 mins ago

    Shaade A

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  19. Machine Gun Skelly
    13 hours, 27 mins ago

    Schade assist?

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    1. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      13 hours, 26 mins ago

      yes

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      1. Dank Squid
        • 8 Years
        13 hours, 12 mins ago

        Granville appearance, appreciated

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    2. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      13 hours, 25 mins ago

      Yes

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  20. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    13 hours, 27 mins ago

    Oh that meant a lot for him. Glad he's broken his duck.

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  21. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    13 hours, 27 mins ago

    Good move

    Appreciate the booking too, if it stands

    As I sold Thiago the other week

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      13 hours, 25 mins ago

      13th shot from Thiago

      Goal stands

      He obviously doesn't play FPL

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  22. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    13 hours, 26 mins ago

    Chelsea need to replace Sanchez ASAP

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  23. BazingtoN
    • 1 Year
    13 hours, 26 mins ago

    is that a Schade A ?

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 hours, 26 mins ago

      Yes

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  24. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 hours, 26 mins ago

    Schade should be scoring there though

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  25. have you seen cyan
    • 7 Years
    13 hours, 26 mins ago

    Need a Schade goal now

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      13 hours, 23 mins ago

      Don't be greedy

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  26. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    13 hours, 26 mins ago

    Any chance of an offside there?

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 hours, 26 mins ago

      Nah

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  27. F4L
    • 11 Years
    13 hours, 26 mins ago

    dont switch off, please hold that cs brentford

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  28. JBG
    • 8 Years
    13 hours, 25 mins ago

    Yes at least an assist from Schade

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  29. Traction Engine Foot
    • 8 Years
    13 hours, 25 mins ago

    Sangare YC..

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  30. tutankamun
    • 17 Years
    13 hours, 25 mins ago

    Sangare YC

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