“I would be worried” – Blues fan Paul Merson drops his Brentford vs Chelsea prediction | OneFootball

Blues fan Paul Merson has dropped his Brentford vs Chelsea prediction for this weekend as domestic football returns.

Chelsea have had an unbeaten start to the new Premier League season so far and despite stuttering on the opening day against Crystal Palace, they have since had two good wins against other London clubs.

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Incidentally, they have only played London clubs so far and that continues again this Saturday night as they face up against Brentford.

Every game is big in the Premier League and every game is tough, so it will be interesting to see how this one plays out. I think Chelsea should have enough to grab all three points, but what is Merson saying?

Merson predicts

Merson told Sportskeeda this week:

“Chelsea weren’t great against Fulham, but they still won so it’s still a positive result. They will have to be patient away from home against Brentford this weekend. But the longer this game goes on without a goal, I would be worried. Brentford will sit back and I don’t think Chelsea will be able to create a lot of chances here.

“Brentford away is never an easy place to go to and I expect Chelsea to be up against it. I still think they can hold on to a nervy 1-0 lead though.”

Prediction: Brentford 0-1 Chelsea.

He also speaks on the Jackson situation

Merson had his say on Nicolas Jackson too….

“The Nicolas Jackson situation at Chelsea was very interesting. He was on his way to Bayern Munich and all of a sudden, Liam Delap gets injured. They initially wanted to cancel Jackson’s loan but later decided to let him join Bayern, possibly with one eye on balancing the books as well. If I were Chelsea, I would have kept him. I don’t think he’s a bad player.

“I’m surprised Newcastle did not sign Jackson though. He fits the bill more than Nick Woltemade in the sense that he can be direct and make good runs like Alexander Isak.”