Chelsea — Brighton & Hove Albion 4:3, 30 August: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 2 Sunday 30 August · 13:00 UTC

Chelsea 4th · 6 pts LDLWW

4 : 3 1st half 3:1

Brighton & Hove Albion 9th · 3 pts WWDLW

Stamford Bridge · referee M. Oliver

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Chelsea 39% draw 22% Brighton & Hove Albion 39%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Chelsea win, and the match finished 4:3. Fans backed Chelsea win — they got it right.

fans 45 votes

Chelsea 51% draw 11% Brighton & Hove Albion 38%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

R. Lavia 1-0 4'

P. Neto assist: M. Rogers 2-0 14'

Joao Pedro assist: J. Hato 3-0 32'

M. Yalcouye 3-1 35'

W. Fofana 55'

Joao Pedro own goal 3-2 63'

M. Caicedo for P. Neto 68'

J. Acheampong for W. Fofana 68'

R. James for R. Lavia 68'

L. Dunk 70'

P. Chavarria for L. Colwill 72'

C. Palmer assist: Joao Pedro 4-2 74'

I. Osman for M. Yalcouye 74'

Costinha for M. Wieffer 80'

P. David for C. Kostoulas 80'

O. Boscagli 89'

P. Gross 4-3 90+6'

Costinha 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Chelsea 3-4-2-1 · Xabi Alonso 4-2-3-1 · Fabian Hurzeler Brighton & Hove Albion

Emiliano Martínez  
Wesley Fofana  5 Maxence Lacroix  6 Levi Colwill  
Pedro Neto  27 Malo Gusto  45 Roméo Lavia  21 Jorrel Hato  
Cole Palmer  17 Morgan Rogers  
João Pedro  

Charalampos Kostoulas  
Diego Gómez  35 Malick Yalcouyé  29 Maxim De Cuyper  
Pascal Groß  21 Olivier Boscagli  
Mats Wieffer  44 Luka Vušković  5 Lewis Dunk  24 Ferdi Kadıoğlu  
Bart Verbruggen  

Chelsea bench

18Danny Welbeck
41Estêvão
11Jamie Gittens
34Josh Acheampong
39Mike Penders
25Moisés Caicedo
29Pep Chavarría
24Reece James
4Valentín Barco

Brighton & Hove Albion bench

22Amario Cozier-Duberry
20Costinha
15Ibrahim Osman
6Jaouen Hadjam
23Jason Steele
33Matt O'Riley
49Nehemiah Oriola
4Pascal Struijk
12Promise David

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

26%Possession74%

17Shots15

6Shots on target6

5Shots off target8

6Blocked shots1

15Shots inside box13

2Shots outside box2

58Attacks117

23Dangerous attacks70

4Corners7

6Fouls12

1Yellow cards3

4Saves1

218Passes628

147Accurate passes550

14Free kicks7

13Throw-ins25

16Goal kicks8

0Penalties0

Chelsea

Brighton & Hove AlbionThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion met on matchday 2 of the Premier League on 30 August at Stamford Bridge. Final score — 4:3.

Chelsea sit 4th on 6 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), winless in 3 matches. Brighton & Hove Albion sit 9th on 3 points after 5 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 3 matches, 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Chelsea won 0, Brighton & Hove Albion won 2. Aggregate score — 1:6.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Chelsea last five Brighton & Hove Albion

LDLWW form WWDLW

5 Matches 5

2 — 1 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 1 — 1

10 — 12 Scored — conceded 16 — 5

1.4 Points per game 2

2 Goals scored per game 3.2

0 Clean sheets 3

1 Failed to score 0

winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 3

Chelsea at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 6—5, 2 points per match.

Brighton & Hove Albion away: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 8—4, 1.5 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Chelsea wins 0 draws 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins goals 1:6 Chelsea — Brighton & Hove Albion

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27/09/2025	Челси — Брайтон	1:3	Английская Премьер-лига

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Arsenal FC	5	4	0	1	8—4	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	1	1	16—5	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	10—4	9
…
9	Newcastle United	5	2	2	1	9—9	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	10—12	7
11	Ipswich Town	5	2	0	3	7—11	6

Full Premier League table