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10th · 2-1-2 · 7 pts · -2
YES!
Chelsea beat Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion1-0-1 3 – 4 Chelsea2-0-0
FT · Sun, Aug 30

Match Details

Stamford Bridge (London) · Peacock

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Chelsea 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 3.
  • 90'+6'Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 3.
  • 90'+6'Goal! Chelsea 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 3. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+4'Attempt missed. Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+4'Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+4'Foul by Valentín Barco (Chelsea).
  • 90'+3'Foul by Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  • 90'+3'Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2'Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Morgan Rogers.
  • 90'+1'Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Foul by Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion).

Line Score

12T
BHA 12 3
CHE 31 4

Match Leaders

Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea

League Table · 2026-27 English Premier League
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Man City 5 5 0 0 +8 15
2 Arsenal 5 4 0 1 +4 12
3 Brighton 5 3 1 1 +11 10
4 Brentford 5 2 3 0 +6 9
5 Leeds 5 2 3 0 +4 9
6 Liverpool 5 2 3 0 +3 9
7 Everton 5 2 3 0 +3 9
8 Hull 5 2 2 1 +2 8
9 Newcastle 5 2 2 1 0 8
10 Chelsea 5 2 1 2 -2 7
11 Ipswich 5 2 0 3 -4 6
12 Man United 5 1 2 2 0 5
13 Nottm Forest 5 1 2 2 -1 5
14 Sunderland 5 1 1 3 -4 4
15 C Palace 5 1 1 3 -5 4
16 Aston Villa 5 1 1 3 -5 4
17 Bournemouth 5 0 3 2 -2 3
18 Coventry 5 1 0 4 -9 3
19 Fulham 5 0 2 3 -3 2
20 Spurs 5 0 2 3 -6 2
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Key Events

90'+6'Goal! Chelsea 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 3. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
90'+1'Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89'Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82'Substitution, Chelsea. Valentín Barco replaces Moisés Caicedo because of an injury.
80'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Mats Wieffer.
80'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Promise David replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
74'Goal! Chelsea 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Pedro.
74'Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ibrahim Osman replaces Malick Yalcouyé.
72'Substitution, Chelsea. Pep Chavarría replaces Levi Colwill.
70'Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68'Substitution, Chelsea. Moisés Caicedo replaces Pedro Neto.
68'Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Wesley Fofana.
68'Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Roméo Lavia.
63'Own Goal by João Pedro, Chelsea. Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
55'Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
35'Goal! Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
32'Goal! Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jorrel Hato following a fast break.
14'Goal! Chelsea 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
4'Goal! Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Roméo Lavia (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.

Team Stats

Brighton & Hove AlbionChelsea
General
74.4 Possession % 25.6
15 Shots 17
6 On Target 6
0 Offsides 0
7 Corners 4
12 Fouls 6
Passing & Defense
549 Passes Completed 146
7 Crosses Won 3
7 Tackles Won 7
4 Interceptions 9
14 Clearances 38
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Saves 4

Recent Form

Chelsea W D W W W
Brighton & Hove Albion W W D W W

Starting Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion4-2-3-1
1 Verbruggen
27 Wieffer 44 Vuskovic 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
13 Gross 90'+6' 21 Boscagli
25 Gómez 35 Yalcouyé 35' 29 De Cuyper
19 Kostoulas
17 Rogers A
9 Pedro 32'63' OGA 10 Palmer 74'
21 Hato A 45 Lavia 4' 27 Gusto 7 Neto 14'
6 Colwill 5 Lacroix 3 Fofana
26 Martínez
Chelsea3-4-2-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Chelsea

  1. EM #26 Emiliano MartínezG
  2. ML #5 Maxence LacroixCD
  3. LC #6 Levi ColwillCD-L
  4. WF #3 Wesley FofanaCD-R
  5. RL #45 Romeo LaviaCM-L4'
  6. MG #27 Malo GustoCM-R
  7. #21 Jorrel HatoLM
  8. PN #7 Pedro NetoRM14'
  9. JP #9 João PedroF32'63' OG
  10. MR #17 Morgan RogersCF-L
  11. CP #10 Cole PalmerCF-R74'
Substitutes · 5 used

Brighton & Hove Albion

  1. BV #1 Bart VerbruggenG
  2. LD #5 Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. LV #44 Luka VuskovicCD-R
  4. FK #24 Ferdi KadiogluLB
  5. #27 Mats WiefferRB
  6. MY #35 Malick YalcouyéAM35'
  7. #21 Olivier BoscagliLM
  8. PG #13 Pascal GrossRM90'+6'
  9. CK #19 Charalambos KostoulasF
  10. MD #29 Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  11. DG #25 Diego GómezAM-R
Substitutes · 3 used

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