Chelsea predicted lineup vs Brentford - Premier League
Chelsea will look to snap their seven-Game winless run when Brentford head to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
The Blues haven't gone this long without a win since February 1995, when they actually made it to eight games without a victory. 21 members of the Blues first team weren't even alive at that point.
An eighth consecutive match without a win would see this run become the third-worst in Chelsea's History in the Premier League era, so here's how Frank Lampard should set up to avoid that unwanted honour.
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Chelsea predicted lineup vs Brentford (3-4-2-1)
GK: Kepa Arrizabalaga - Kepa's days as Chelsea starter may be numbered as the Blues look for an upgrade in goal this summer.
CB: Wesley Fofana - Fofana must be a permanent starter at this point. With nothing to play for other than the sliver of pride Chelsea still have left, these next few fixtures should be about experience for the future.
CB: Trevoh Chalobah - Kalidou Koulibaly is injured and Thiago Silva may get a rest to protect his ageing legs ahead of next weekend's Game against Arsenal.
CB: Benoit Badiashile - Badiashile quickly established himself as Chelsea's best defender following his January move from Monaco but has inexplicably been riding the bench in recent weeks. Unsurprisingly, Chelsea have lost five of the six league Games in which he did not play, drawing the other.
RM: Reece James - James looks absolutely exhausted these days but he just has to start here, such is his importance to the team (and the woeful lack of alternatives. Please hurry, Malo Gusto).
CM: Enzo Fernandez - A key part of both the present and the future, Fernandez deserves to start once again.
CM: Mateo Kovacic - Declan Rice, Romeo Lavia and Manu Kone are all under consideration for this spot but, for now, it's Kovacic's to lose.
LM: Ben Chilwell - After serving his European suspension, Chilwell should waltz back into the squad and give Marc Cucurella a chance to hide away from his critics.
RW: Mykhailo Mudryk - Does Mudryk deserve to start? Probably not, but the £88m man is obviously here to stay and therefore needs the experience. How about some minutes for Noni Madueke though? Remember him?
ST: Kai Havertz - Havertz put in a decent shift against Real Madrid and deserves to keep his place for now.
LW: Joao Felix - The Chelsea board are still exploring turning Felix's loan into a permanent deal so he might as well get more minutes here. Does it even matter at this point?
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