Chelsea 4–3 Brighton & Hove Albion

Chelsea

4–3

30 Aug 2026

Brighton & Hove Albion

Europa League Sun 30 Aug, 14:00London Stamford Bridge, London Michael Oliver

Timeline

4' Romeo Lavia
14' Pedro Neto assist Morgan Rogers
32' João Pedro assist Jorrel Hato
35' Malick Yalcouyé
55' Wesley Fofana Yellow Card
63' João Pedro own goal
68' Reece James for Romeo Lavia
68' Josh Acheampong for Wesley Fofana
68' Moisés Caicedo for Pedro Neto
70' Lewis Dunk Yellow Card
72' Pep Chavarría for Levi Colwill
74' Ibrahim Osman for Malick Yalcouyé
74' Cole Palmer assist João Pedro
80' Promise David for Charalambos Kostoulas
80' Costinha for Mats Wieffer
82' Valentín Barco for Moisés Caicedo
89' Olivier Boscagli Yellow Card
90'+1' Costinha Yellow Card
90'+6' Pascal Gross Goal - Header

Match stats

25.6% Possession 74.4%

17 Shots 15

6 On target 6

6 Fouls 12

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

0 Offsides 0

4 Saves 1

146 Accurate passes 549

Lineups

Chelsea 3-4-2-1

26 Martínez

6 Colwill 5 Lacroix 3 Fofana

21 Hato 45 Lavia 27 Gusto 7 Neto

17 Rogers 9 Pedro

10 Palmer

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1

1 Verbruggen

24 Kadioglu 5 Dunk 44 Vuskovic 27 Wieffer

21 Boscagli 13 Gross

29 De Cuyper 35 Yalcouyé 25 Gómez

19 Kostoulas

Chelsea 3-4-2-1

26 Emiliano Martínez G
5 Maxence Lacroix CD
6 Levi Colwill ▼ CD-L
3 Wesley Fofana ▼ CD-R
45 Romeo Lavia ▼ CM-L
27 Malo Gusto CM-R
21 Jorrel Hato LM
7 Pedro Neto ▼ RM
9 João Pedro F
17 Morgan Rogers CF-L
10 Cole Palmer CF-R

Came on

25 Moisés Caicedo ▲ SUB
34 Josh Acheampong ▲ SUB
24 Reece James ▲ SUB
4 Valentín Barco ▲ SUB
29 Pep Chavarría ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (4)

11 Jamie Gittens SUB
18 Danny Welbeck SUB
39 Mike Penders SUB
41 Estêvão SUB

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1

1 Bart Verbruggen G
5 Lewis Dunk CD-L
44 Luka Vuskovic CD-R
24 Ferdi Kadioglu LB
27 Mats Wieffer ▼ RB
35 Malick Yalcouyé ▼ AM
21 Olivier Boscagli LM
13 Pascal Gross RM
19 Charalambos Kostoulas ▼ F
29 Maxim De Cuyper AM-L
25 Diego Gómez AM-R

Came on

20 Costinha ▲ SUB
12 Promise David ▲ SUB
15 Ibrahim Osman ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (6)

23 Jason Steele SUB
22 Amario Cozier-Duberry SUB
49 Nehemiah Oriola SUB
6 Jaouen Hadjam SUB
33 Matt O'Riley SUB
4 Pascal Struijk SUB

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).

94 earlier entries

90' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89' Foul by Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion).
89' Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87' Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
87' Foul by Cole Palmer (Chelsea).
86' Attempt missed. Valentín Barco (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Pedro.
84' Handball by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
82' Substitution, Chelsea. Valentín Barco replaces Moisés Caicedo because of an injury.
81' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
81' Delay in match because of an injury Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Mats Wieffer.
80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Promise David replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
77' Attempt missed. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
76' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Josh Acheampong.
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' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Mats Wieffer.
72' Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cole Palmer.
72' Substitution, Chelsea. Pep Chavarría replaces Levi Colwill.
71' Attempt missed. Maxence Lacroix (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cole Palmer with a cross following a set piece situation.
70' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70' Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
70' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
69' Attempt saved. Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea).
68' Substitution, Chelsea. Moisés Caicedo replaces Pedro Neto.
68' Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Wesley Fofana.
68' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Roméo Lavia.
65' Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
63' Own Goal by João Pedro, Chelsea. Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
62' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Emiliano Martínez.
62' Attempt saved. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea). Assisted by Pascal Groß.
60' Attempt missed. Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
59' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
58' Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Neto (Chelsea).
58' Attempt missed. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
58' Attempt saved. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Emiliano Martínez.
57' Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
56' Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Olivier Boscagli with a cross following a set piece situation.
55' Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55' Foul by Pedro Neto (Chelsea).
54' Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
51' Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
51' Pedro Neto (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
49' Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Martínez.
45' Second Half begins Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
45'+3' First Half ends, Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
45'+3' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+2' Delay in match because of an injury Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
45'+2' Delay in match because of an injury João Pedro (Chelsea).
45'+2' Attempt missed. Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ferdi Kadioglu.
45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45' Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross.
43' Foul by Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion).
43' Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Levi Colwill.
42' Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
41' Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
41' Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorrel Hato.
40' Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion).
40' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40' Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
40' Roméo Lavia (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37' Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37' Foul by Morgan Rogers (Chelsea).
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.
35' Attempt saved. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea). Assisted by Malick Yalcouyé.
34' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Olivier Boscagli.
34' Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
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.
30' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30' Foul by João Pedro (Chelsea).
29' Attempt saved. Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Emiliano Martínez (Chelsea). Assisted by Diego Gómez with a cross.
26' Foul by Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion).
26' Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
25' Attempt missed. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pedro Neto.
24' Attempt blocked. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Kostoulas.
21' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Wesley Fofana.
17' Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
17' Roméo Lavia (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15' Foul by Morgan Rogers (Chelsea).
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.
13' Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
13' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by João Pedro.
7' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Maxence Lacroix.
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.
4' Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Chelsea) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Neto with a cross.
3' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Chelsea W W W D W

W AC Milan 3-0 Club Friendly
D at Johor Darul Ta'zim 3-3 Club Friendly
W Real Sociedad 3-1 Club Friendly
W at Fulham 3-2 Premier League
W Luton Town 2-0 Carabao Cup

Brighton & Hove Albion W W D W W

W AS Roma 3-0 Club Friendly
W Bologna 1-0 Club Friendly
D at Tromso 0-0 UEFA Conference League Qualifying
W Aston Villa 4-0 Premier League
W Tromso 4-0 UEFA Conference League Qualifying

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