Brighton vs Chelsea

Premier League ·Matchday 34

Brighton

1-2

Full-time HT 0-1

Chelsea

D. Welbeck 90+7'

Cole Palmer 34'
Christopher Nkunku 64'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Wednesday 15 May · 21:45 The American Express Community Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex M. Salisbury

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Chelsea beat Brighton 2-1. Scorers for Brighton: D. Welbeck 90+7'. Scorers for Chelsea: Cole Palmer 34', Christopher Nkunku 64'. Reece James of Chelsea was sent off in minute 88'. Brighton had 55% of possession.

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Full-time 1 - 2
Added time: 9 minutes
90+9'
Cesare Casadei Out: Cole Palmer · Chelsea Substitution for Chelsea: Cesare Casadei comes on for Cole Palmer
90+9'
L. Ugochukwu Out: Conor Gallagher · Chelsea Substitution for Chelsea: L. Ugochukwu comes on for Conor Gallagher
90+7'
D. Welbeck 1-2 Goal · Assist: João Pedro · Brighton Goal! D. Welbeck scores for Brighton, set up by João Pedro. It is 1-2
90'
Thiago Silva Out: Nicolas Jackson · Chelsea Substitution for Chelsea: Thiago Silva comes on for Nicolas Jackson
88'
Reece James Red card · Chelsea Straight red card for Reece James. Chelsea are down a man
87'
Reece James VAR · Card upgraded · Chelsea VAR review: Card upgraded
85'
Ansu Fati Out: Julio Enciso · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: Ansu Fati comes on for Julio Enciso
85'
O. Offiah Out: T. Lamptey · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: O. Offiah comes on for T. Lamptey
81'
Bart Verbruggen Yellow card · Brighton Bart Verbruggen of Brighton is booked
79'
Moisés Caicedo Yellow card · Chelsea Yellow card for Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea)
77'
R. Sterling Yellow card · Chelsea R. Sterling of Chelsea is booked
70'
D. Welbeck Out: Facundo Buonanotte · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: D. Welbeck comes on for Facundo Buonanotte
70'
Carlos Baleba Out: Billy Gilmour · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: Carlos Baleba comes on for Billy Gilmour
69'
Reece James Out: Malo Gusto · Chelsea Substitution for Chelsea: Reece James comes on for Malo Gusto
69'
R. Sterling Out: Chukwunonso Madueke · Chelsea Substitution for Chelsea: R. Sterling comes on for Chukwunonso Madueke
64'
Christopher Nkunku 0-2 Goal · Assist: Malo Gusto · Chelsea Goal! Christopher Nkunku scores for Chelsea, set up by Malo Gusto. It is 0-2
46'
Valentín Barco Out: Lewis Dunk · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: Valentín Barco comes on for Lewis Dunk
Half-time 0 - 1
42'
Christopher Nkunku Out: Mykhailo Mudryk · Chelsea Substitution for Chelsea: Christopher Nkunku comes on for Mykhailo Mudryk
34'
Cole Palmer 0-1 Goal · Assist: Marc Cucurella · Chelsea Goal! Cole Palmer scores for Chelsea, set up by Marc Cucurella. It is 0-1
29'
Lewis Dunk Yellow card · Brighton Yellow card for Lewis Dunk (Brighton)
17'
Marc Cucurella VAR · Penalty overturned · Chelsea VAR review: Penalty overturned
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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DLLWD Last 5 matches LDWWW

0.6Goals scored per match2.6

1.4Goals conceded per match1.7

4Clean sheets3

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Manchester City	38	28	7	3	96	34	96:34	+62	91	WWWWW
2	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	91:29	+62	89	WWWWW
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	86:41	+45	82	WDWDL
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	76:61	+15	68	LDLDW
5	Tottenham	38	20	6	12	74	61	74:61	+13	66	WLWLL
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	77:63	+14	63	WWWWW
7	Newcastle	38	18	6	14	85	62	85:62	+23	60	WLDWW
8	Manchester United	38	18	6	14	57	58	57:58	-1	60	WWLLD
9	West Ham	38	14	10	14	60	74	60:74	-14	52	LWLDL
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	57:58	-1	49	WWWDW
11	Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	55:62	-7	48	LLDWL
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	54:67	-13	48	LLLWW
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	55:61	-6	47	WLDDL
14	Wolves	38	13	7	18	50	65	50:65	-15	46	LLLWL
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	40:51	-11	40	LWDWW
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	56:65	-9	39	LWDLW
17	Nottingham Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	49:67	-18	32	WLWLL
18	Luton	38	6	8	24	52	85	52:85	-33	26	LLDLL
19	Burnley	38	5	9	24	41	78	41:78	-37	24	LLLDW
20	Sheffield Utd	38	3	7	28	35	104	35:104	-69	16	LLLLL