TotalBound Football
Chelsea
FT
1–3
HT 1–0
Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League Sat 27 Sep, 15:00London Stamford Bridge, London Simon Hooper 39,597 attendance

Timeline

  1. 9' Joël Veltman Yellow Card
  2. 24' Enzo Fernández Goal - Header
  3. 42' Marc Cucurella Yellow Card
  4. 53' Trevoh Chalobah Red Card
  5. 54' Josh Acheampong for Andrey Santos
  6. 55' Mats Wieffer for Joël Veltman
  7. 63' Malo Gusto for Estêvão
  8. 64' Mats Wieffer Yellow Card
  9. 66' Reece James Yellow Card
  10. 67' Danny Welbeck for Kaoru Mitoma
  11. 67' Brajan Gruda for Carlos Baleba
  12. 77' Danny Welbeck assist Yankuba Minteh
  13. 79' Benoît Badiashile for Jorrel Hato
  14. 79' Romeo Lavia for Pedro Neto
  15. 85' Maxim De Cuyper for Diego Gómez
  16. 85' Stefanos Tzimas for Georginio Rutter
  17. 89' Jan Paul van Hecke Yellow Card
  18. 89' Benoît Badiashile Yellow Card
  19. 90' Lewis Dunk Yellow Card
  20. 90'+2' Maxim De Cuyper assist Mats Wieffer
  21. 90'+10' Danny Welbeck assist Brajan Gruda
  22. 90'+11' Danny Welbeck Yellow Card

Match stats

59.5% Possession 40.5%
13 Shots 12
3 On target 3
9 Fouls 16
3 Yellow cards 5
1 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 2
0 Saves 2
396 Accurate passes 266

Lineups

Chelsea 4-3-3
1 Sánchez
3 Cucurella 21 Hato 23 Chalobah 24 James
8 Fernández 25 Caicedo 17 Santos
7 Neto 20 Pedro 41 Estêvão
Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1
1 Verbruggen
24 Kadioglu 5 Dunk 6 van Hecke 34 Veltman
26 Ayari 17 Baleba
22 Mitoma 25 Gómez 11 Minteh
10 Rutter
Chelsea 4-3-3
  1. 1 Robert Sánchez G
  2. 21 Jorrel Hato ▼ CD-L
  3. 23 Trevoh Chalobah CD-R
  4. 3 Marc Cucurella LB
  5. 24 Reece James RB
  6. 25 Moisés Caicedo CM
  7. 8 Enzo Fernández LM
  8. 17 Andrey Santos ▼ RM
  9. 20 João Pedro F
  10. 7 Pedro Neto ▼ LF
  11. 41 Estêvão ▼ RF

Came on

  1. 5 Benoît Badiashile ▲ SUB
  2. 34 Josh Acheampong ▲ SUB
  3. 27 Malo Gusto ▲ SUB
  4. 45 Romeo Lavia ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 12 Filip Jørgensen SUB
  2. 38 Marc Guiu SUB
  3. 32 Tyrique George SUB
  4. 49 Alejandro Garnacho SUB
  5. 11 Jamie Gittens SUB
Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Bart Verbruggen G
  2. 5 Lewis Dunk CD-L
  3. 6 Jan Paul van Hecke CD-R
  4. 24 Ferdi Kadioglu LB
  5. 34 Joël Veltman ▼ RB
  6. 25 Diego Gómez ▼ AM
  7. 26 Yasin Ayari LM
  8. 17 Carlos Baleba ▼ RM
  9. 10 Georginio Rutter ▼ F
  10. 22 Kaoru Mitoma ▼ AM-L
  11. 11 Yankuba Minteh AM-R

Came on

  1. 29 Maxim De Cuyper ▲ SUB
  2. 27 Mats Wieffer ▲ SUB
  3. 8 Brajan Gruda ▲ SUB
  4. 9 Stefanos Tzimas ▲ SUB
  5. 18 Danny Welbeck ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 20 James Milner SUB
  2. 42 Diego Coppola SUB
  3. 21 Olivier Boscagli SUB
  4. 23 Jason Steele SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 3.
  2. 90'+14' Second Half ends, Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 3.
  3. 90'+13' Attempt missed. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Reece James with a cross.
  4. 90'+11' Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  5. 90'+10' Goal! Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 3. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Brajan Gruda with a through ball.
  6. 90'+9' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
  7. 90'+2' Goal! Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mats Wieffer with a headed pass following a corner.
  8. 90'+2' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Josh Acheampong.
  9. 90' Fourth official has announced 11 minutes of added time.
  10. 90' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 89' Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 89' Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
114 earlier entries
  1. 89' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  2. 87' Delay in match because of an injury Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  3. 87' Attempt missed. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stefanos Tzimas.
  4. 87' Attempt missed. Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ferdi Kadioglu with a cross.
  5. 85' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Stefanos Tzimas replaces Georginio Rutter.
  6. 85' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Maxim De Cuyper replaces Diego Gómez.
  7. 85' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  8. 84' Delay in match because of an injury Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  9. 84' Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  10. 84' Foul by João Pedro (Chelsea).
  11. 83' Robert Sánchez (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  12. 83' Foul by Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  13. 79' Substitution, Chelsea. Roméo Lavia replaces Pedro Neto.
  14. 79' Substitution, Chelsea. Benoît Badiashile replaces Jorrel Hato.
  15. 78' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Malo Gusto.
  16. 77' Goal! Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Yankuba Minteh with a cross.
  17. 76' Attempt missed. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Cucurella following a set piece situation.
  18. 75' Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  19. 75' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  20. 74' Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter is caught offside.
  21. 74' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Reece James.
  22. 72' Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  23. 72' Attempt blocked. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  24. 70' Foul by Marc Cucurella (Chelsea).
  25. 70' Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  26. 69' Attempt missed. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Georginio Rutter with a through ball.
  27. 68' Malo Gusto (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  28. 68' Foul by Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  29. 67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Carlos Baleba.
  30. 67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  31. 67' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  32. 66' Reece James (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  33. 66' Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Neto (Chelsea).
  34. 65' Attempt blocked. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  35. 64' Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  36. 64' Pedro Neto (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  37. 64' Foul by Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  38. 63' Substitution, Chelsea. Malo Gusto replaces Estêvão.
  39. 63' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  40. 63' Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  41. 59' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  42. 59' Foul by Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  43. 58' Attempt blocked. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  44. 57' Pedro Neto (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  45. 57' Foul by Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  46. 57' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  47. 57' Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  48. 55' Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  49. 55' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mats Wieffer replaces Joël Veltman.
  50. 54' Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Andrey Santos.
  51. 53' Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) is shown the red card.
  52. 51' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea).
  53. 49' Foul by Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea).
  54. 49' Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  55. 49' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  56. 47' Delay in match because of an injury Reece James (Chelsea).
  57. 46' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  58. 46' Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  59. 46' Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  60. 46' Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
  61. 45' Second Half begins Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
  62. 45'+3' First Half ends, Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
  63. 45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  64. 42' Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yasin Ayari with a cross following a set piece situation.
  65. 42' Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  66. 41' Foul by Marc Cucurella (Chelsea).
  67. 41' Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  68. 35' Offside, Chelsea. Pedro Neto is caught offside.
  69. 33' Robert Sánchez (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  70. 33' Foul by Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  71. 32' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
  72. 31' Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. 31' Foul by João Pedro (Chelsea).
  74. 31' Attempt missed. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
  75. 29' Foul by Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
  76. 29' Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  77. 28' Attempt missed. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Sánchez following a fast break.
  78. 27' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Marc Cucurella.
  79. 26' Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  80. 26' Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).
  81. 24' Goal! Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) header from very close range to the top left corner.
  82. 21' Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  83. 21' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  84. 20' Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  85. 20' Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).
  86. 17' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
  87. 16' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  88. 16' Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  89. 15' Attempt blocked. Estêvão (Chelsea) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro.
  90. 13' Offside, Chelsea. Pedro Neto is caught offside.
  91. 12' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
  92. 12' Attempt blocked. Estêvão (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Sánchez.
  93. 10' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Bart Verbruggen.
  94. 10' Attempt saved. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Pedro Neto.
  95. 9' Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  96. 9' Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  97. 9' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  98. 8' Attempt blocked. Estêvão (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro.
  99. 8' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  100. 8' Foul by Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  101. 7' Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman is caught offside.
  102. 6' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Jorrel Hato.
  103. 6' Attempt blocked. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  104. 5' Attempt missed. Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  105. 4' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Joël Veltman.
  106. 4' Attempt blocked. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrey Santos.
  107. 3' Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Bart Verbruggen.
  108. 3' Attempt saved. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  109. 2' Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  110. 2' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  111. 1' João Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  112. 1' Foul by Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  113. First Half begins.
  114. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Chelsea W L L D W

  • W Fulham 2-0 Premier League
  • D at Brentford 2-2 Premier League
  • L at Bayern Munich 3-1 UEFA Champions League
  • L at Manchester United 2-1 Premier League
  • W at Lincoln City 2-1 Carabao Cup

Brighton & Hove Albion W D L W W

  • W at Oxford United 6-0 Carabao Cup
  • W Manchester City 2-1 Premier League
  • L at AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Premier League
  • D Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Premier League
  • W at Barnsley 6-0 Carabao Cup

Head to head

CHE leads series 3-2

  • 14 Feb 2025 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Chelsea 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 8 Feb 2025 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Chelsea 2024-25 English FA Cup
  • 28 Sep 2024 Chelsea 4–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 15 May 2024 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–2 Chelsea 2023-24 English Premier League
  • 3 Dec 2023 Chelsea 3–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 2023-24 English Premier League

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