Premier League · Aug 30, 2026 14:00 · Round 2

Chelsea4 – 3Brighton & Hove Albion

Stamford Bridge, LondonReferee: Michael Oliver · 3 yellow cards per match23 °CArena 1 Premium, Arena Cloud, Arena Sport 1

Match officials

Michael Oliver · Referee
Stuart Burt · 1st Assistant
James Mainwaring · 2nd Assistant
Thomas Bramall · 4th Official

Match stats

26%Possession74%
17Shots15
6Shots on target6
5Shots off target8
6Blocked shots1
15Shots inside box13
2Shots outside box2
6Big chances5
4Corners7
227Passes647
155Accurate passes567
68%Pass accuracy88%
58Attacks117
23Dangerous attacks70
6Fouls12
4Saves1
12Tackles9
9Interceptions5
60%Dribble success64%
1Yellow cards3
3Accurate Crosses7
76Ball Safe83
3Big Chances Missed4
10Dribble Attempts11
46Duels Won36
14Free Kicks7
10Goal Attempts13
16Goal Kicks8
2Injuries0
14Key Passes8
49Long Passes65
5Substitutions3
6Successful Dribbles7
16Successful Headers14
18Successful Long Passes36
37%Successful Long Passes Percentage55%
8Tackles Won7
13Throwins25
9Total Crosses31

Events

4'Goal 1-0 · Roméo Lavia
14'Goal 2-0 · Pedro Neto (Morgan Rogers)
32'Goal 3-0 · João Pedro (Jorrel Hato)
35'Goal 3-1 · Malick Yalcouyé
55'Yellow card · Wesley Fofana
63'Own goal 3-2 · João Pedro
68'Substitution · Josh Acheampong in, Wesley Fofana out
68'Substitution · Moisés Caicedo in, Pedro Neto out
68'Substitution · Reece James in, Roméo Lavia out
70'Yellow card · Lewis Dunk
72'Substitution · Pep Chavarría in, Levi Colwill out
74'Substitution · Ibrahim Osman in, Malick Yalcouyé out
74'Goal 4-2 · Cole Palmer (João Pedro)
80'Substitution · Costinha in, Mats Wieffer out
80'Substitution · Promise David in, Charalampos Kostoulas out
82'Substitution · Valentín Barco in, Moisés Caicedo out
89'Yellow card · Olivier Boscagli
90+1'Yellow card · Costinha
90+6'Goal 4-3 · Pascal Groß

Lineups

Brighton & Hove AlbionCoach: Fabian Hürzeler4-2-3-1

1Verbruggen

27Wieffer

44Vuskovic

5Dunk

24Kadıoğlu

13Groß

21Boscagli

25Gómez

35Yalcouyé

29Cuyper

19Kostoulas

9Pedro

17Rogers

10Palmer

21Hato

45Lavia

27Gusto

7Neto

6Colwill

5Lacroix

3Fofana

26Martínez

ChelseaCoach: Xabi Alonso3-4-2-1

Substitutes

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

Substitutes

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

Missing players

Chelsea

Aarón AnselminoThigh Problems
Emmanuel EmeghaHamstring Injury
Jordan HendersonForearm Fracture

Brighton & Hove Albion

Jack HinshelwoodKnock

Players

Chelsea	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90				38	7.4
	68				13	6.5
	90			1	20	6.4
	72				21	6.6
	68	1		2	12	7.4
	90				12	6.4
	68	1		1	18	7.4
	90		1		14	7.1
	90	1		4	23	7.1
	90		1	3	16	7.3
	90	1	1	5	23	8.2
Substitutes
	8			1		6.4


	22				6	6.2
	14				2	6.4
	18				4	6.4
	22				5	6.1

Brighton & Hove Albion	Min	Goals	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90			49	5.3
	80		1	49	7.1
	90		2	95	6.6
	90			99	6.1
	90		1	61	6.0
	90	1	1	63	7.5
	90		1	82	6.8
	90		5	29	6.3
	74	1	2	30	7.5
	90		1	46	6.5
	80		1	23	6.6
Substitutes


	10			5	6.5
	16			9	6.6
	10			7	6.3

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Head-to-head

League matches between the teams

9Wins

4Draws

5Wins

18 matches · goals 31–25

Chelsea4 – 3Brighton & Hove Albion

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