Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 August 2026

Result

Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 30 August 2026, 13:00 UTC · Stamford Bridge, London · half-time 3-1

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Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Chelsea won against Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 August 2026 at Stamford Bridge. The half-time score was 3-1.

Roméo Lavia opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Roméo Lavia (4'), Pedro Neto (14'), João Pedro (32') and Cole Palmer (74'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Malick Yalcouyé (35'), an own goal by João Pedro (63') and Pascal Groß (90+6').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table Chelsea are 4th on 16 points and Brighton & Hove Albion are 3rd on 19 points.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Chelsea (8.2), ahead of Malick Yalcouyé (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 5 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Roméo LaviaChelsea · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Pedro NetoChelsea · 2-0
  • 32'Goal · João PedroChelsea · 3-0
  • 35'Goal · Malick YalcouyéBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Wesley FofanaChelsea
  • 63'Own goal · João PedroBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 74'Goal · Cole PalmerChelsea · 4-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Olivier BoscagliBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+1'Yellow card · CostinhaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+6'Goal · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion · 4-3

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Brighton & Hove Albion9612247+1719WWWLW
4Chelsea95131915+416LWWLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 5.

Team news

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Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Wesley Fofana, Maxence Lacroix, Levi Colwill, Pedro Neto, Malo Gusto, Roméo Lavia, Jorrel Hato, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers, João Pedro

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Luka Vuskovic, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Pascal Groß, Olivier Boscagli, Diego Gómez, Malick Yalcouyé, Maxim De Cuyper, Charalampos Kostoulas

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