Chelsea vs Brighton
Ref: Simon Hooper, EnglandStamford Bridge, London · 41,841 cap
Match recap
Brighton beat Chelsea 3–1 in their Premier League fixture. Fernández scored for Chelsea; Welbeck, Welbeck, and De Cuyper replied for Brighton. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.81 for Chelsea versus 2.28 for Brighton. Chelsea sit 10th in the Premier League table while Brighton are 8th.
First Half
9'
Veltman
Yellow Card
⚽
Fernández
Cucurella
Yellow Card
Second Half
VAR
Card upgrade
Chalobah
Red Card
⇄
Santos
55'
⇄
Veltman
⇄
Estêvão
64'
Wieffer
Yellow Card
James
Yellow Card
67'
⇄
Baleba
67'
⇄
Mitoma
77'
⚽
Welbeck
Assist: Minteh
⇄
Neto
⇄
Hato
85'
⇄
Rutter
85'
⇄
Gómez
Badiashile
Yellow Card
89'
van Hecke
Yellow Card
90+11'
Welbeck
Yellow Card
90'
⚽
Welbeck
Assist: Gruda
90'
Dunk
Yellow Card
90'
⚽
De Cuyper
Assist: Wieffer
Match Statistics
ChelseaBrighton
8Won
Statistical edge
8–5
battles won across 17 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.81VS2.28
Attack2 · 3 won
13
Shots
12
3
Shots on target
3
7
Shots in the box
8
6
Shots outside box
4
4
Shots off goal
7
5
Corners
7
Possession & Passing3 · 0 won
60%
Possession
40%
470
Total passes
316
396
Accurate passes
266
84%
Pass accuracy
84%
Discipline2 · 1 won
9
Fouls
16
3
Yellow cards
5
1
Red cards
0
2
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
2
6
Blocked shots
2
1
Goals prevented
1
Chelsea
4-3-3
Brighton
4-2-3-1
Chelsea
4-3-3Starting XI
- 1Robert SánchezG
- 3Marc CucurellaD
- 7Pedro NetoF
- 8E. FernándezM
- 17Andrey SantosM
- 20João PedroF
- 21J. HatoD
- 23T. ChalobahD
- 24R. JamesD
- 25M. CaicedoM
- 41EstêvãoF
Substitutes
- 5B. BadiashileD
- 11J. Bynoe-GittensF
- 12F. JörgensenG
- 27M. GustoD
- 32Tyrique GeorgeF
- 34Joshua Kofi AcheampongD
- 38Marc GuiuF
- 45R. LaviaM
- 49A. GarnachoF
Brighton
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1B. VerbruggenG
- 5L. DunkD
- 6J. van HeckeD
- 10G. RutterF
- 11Y. MintehM
- 17C. BalebaM
- 22K. MitomaM
- 24F. KadıoğluD
- 25D. GómezM
- 26Y. AyariM
- 34J. VeltmanD
Substitutes
- 8B. GrudaM
- 9S. TzimasF
- 18D. WelbeckF
- 20J. MilnerM
- 21O. BoscagliD
- 23J. SteeleG
- 27M. WiefferM
- 29M. De CuyperD
- 42D. CoppolaD
Chelsea
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece James(C) | D | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Enzo Fernández | M | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Moisés Caicedo | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Andrey Santos | M | 54 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pedro Neto | F | 79 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/5 |
| Estêvão | F | 63 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 3/5 |
| João Pedro | F | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/3 |
| Jorrel Hato | D | 79 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Marc Cucurella | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Robert Sánchez | G | 90 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Trevoh Chalobah | D | 53 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Alejandro Garnacho | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Filip Jørgensen | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jamie Gittens | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyrique George | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marc Guiu | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Roméo Lavia | M | 11 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benoît Badiashile | D | 11 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malo Gusto | D | 27 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Josh Acheampong | D | 36 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
Brighton
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Paul van Hecke | D | 90 | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bart Verbruggen | G | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yasin Ayari | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Diego Gómez | M | 85 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Joël Veltman | D | 55 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georginio Rutter | F | 85 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Lewis Dunk(C) | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Kaoru Mitoma | M | 67 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/4 |
| Yankuba Minteh | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2/6 |
| Carlos Baleba | M | 67 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Diego Coppola | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Milner | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olivier Boscagli | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jason Steele | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Danny Welbeck | F | 23 | 8.6 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Maxim De Cuyper | D | 19 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Mats Wieffer | M | 35 | 6.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Brajan Gruda | M | 23 | 6.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Stefanos Tzimas | F | 19 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |