Chelsea have come to specialise in impossible-to-script controversies and player-kicks-ballboy was yet another twist. Eden Hazard begins his suspension for that here and Rafael Benítez has been left to crave a humdrum victory, where everything is efficient and there is nothing to spark alarm. Chelsea's impressive recent record in the FA Cup faces a derby test on a difficult surface against fired-up League One opponents. Benítez painted a picture of a stretched squad that is battling to cope with a punishing schedule. Whatever is next for the defending European champions? *David Hytner*
*Venue *Griffin Park, Sunday midday
*Referee* Jon Moss
*Odds* Brentford 12-1 Chelsea 3-10 Draw 4-1
*Head to head *Brentford 4 Chelsea 6 Draws 1
**Brentford**
*Subs from *Gounet, Lee, Dallas, Ademyi, O'Connor, Saunders, El Alagui, Hodson, Reeves, Hayes, Legge, German
*Unavailable* Bidwell
**Chelsea**
*Subs from *Hilário, Turnbull, Ferreira, Ake, Ivanovic, Cole, Saville, Ba, Kane
*Injured *Benayoun, David Luiz, Romeu
*Unavailable *Hazard, Mikel, Moses
**Match pointers**
*• *Chelsea have won 15 of their past 16 fourth-round ties, losing the other on penalties to Everton
• Brentford have won one of their past 13 FA Cup games against Premier League teams Reported by guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago. ~Chelsea Headlines on One News Page [United Kingdom]~
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