Chelsea vs Brighton - Premier League, Regular Season - 2 (Sun, 30 August 2026)
Premier League Regular Season - 2 Full time
- Goal: Lavia 4'
- Goal: P. Neto 14'
- Goal: Pedro 32'
- Goal: Palmer 74'
- Goal: Yalcouye 35'
- Goal: Pedro 63' (OG)
- Goal: Gross 90+6'
Stamford Bridge, London
Player ratingsChelsea vs Brighton ratings show a wild 4-3 win built on big momentsChelsea vs Brighton ratings: Chelsea won 4-3 as M. Martinez and Pedro Neto posted 8.5s, with Cole Palmer scoring in the 75th minute. Events
First half
- Goal: R. Lavia 1-0 4'
- Goal: P. Neto assist: M. Rogers 2-0 14'
- Goal: Joao Pedro assist: J. Hato 3-0 32'
- 35' Goal: M. Yalcouye 3-1
Second half
- Yellow card: W. Fofana 55'
- 63' Own goal: Joao Pedro (OG) 3-2
- Substitution: R. LaviaR. James 68'
- Substitution: W. FofanaJ. Acheampong 68'
- Substitution: P. NetoM. Caicedo 68'
- 70' Yellow card: L. Dunk
- Substitution: L. ColwillP. Chavarria 72'
- 74' Substitution: M. YalcouyeI. Osman
- Goal: C. Palmer assist: Joao Pedro 4-2 74'
- 81' Substitution: C. KostoulasP. David
- 81' Substitution: M. WiefferCostinha
- Substitution: M. CaicedoV. Barco 82'
- 89' Yellow card: O. Boscagli
- 90+1' Yellow card: Costinha
- 90+6' Goal: P. Gross 4-3
Stats
ChelseaBrighton
- 26% Possession 74%
- 17 Shots 14
- 6 On target 5
- 2.97 xG 1.47
- 4 Corners 7
- 6 Fouls 12
All stats
- 214 Passes 620
- 68% Pass accuracy 88%
- 4 Saves 1
- 1 Yellow cards 3
Player of the match
PNPedro Neto
Chelsea· 1 goalStories
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Lineups & ratings
Chelsea
3-4-2-1 Coach Xabi Alonso
7 ↓68'
9
17
26
5
3 ↓68'
6 ↓72'
10
27
45 ↓68'
21
- 24 Reece James for R. Lavia
- 25 Moisés Caicedo for P. Neto
- 34 Josh Acheampong for W. Fofana
- 29 Pep Chavarría for L. Colwill
- 4 Valentín Barco for M. Caicedo
- 11
- 18
- 39
- 41
Brighton
4-2-3-1 Coach Fabian Hurzeler
24
5
13
21
27 ↓81'
29
25
44
19 ↓81'
35 ↓74'
- 15 Ibrahim Osman for M. Yalcouye
- 12 Promise David for C. Kostoulas
- 20 Costinha for M. Wieffer
- 4
- 6 Jaouen Hadjam
- 22 Amario Cozier-Duberry
- 23
- 33
- 49
Bench · Chelsea
- 24 Reece James for R. Lavia
- 25 Moisés Caicedo for P. Neto
- 34 Josh Acheampong for W. Fofana
- 29 Pep Chavarría for L. Colwill
- 4 Valentín Barco for M. Caicedo
- 11
- 18
- 39
- 41
Bench · Brighton
- 15 Ibrahim Osman for M. Yalcouye
- 12 Promise David for C. Kostoulas
- 20 Costinha for M. Wieffer
- 4
- 6 Jaouen Hadjam
- 22 Amario Cozier-Duberry
- 23
- 33
- 49