Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League
Chelsea beat Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 in the Premier League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion met in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge in London on Sunday, 30 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Chelsea: R. Lavia 4'; P. Neto 14'; J. Pedro 32'; C. Palmer 74'. Brighton & Hove Albion: M. Yalcouyé 35'; J. Pedro 63'; P. Groß 90'.
How the match went
Brighton & Hove Albion saw more of the ball, 74% of it. Chelsea had 17 shots with 6 on target, Brighton & Hove Albion 15 with 6 on target. There were 11 corners in total, 4 to Chelsea and 7 to Brighton & Hove Albion. Chelsea conceded 6 fouls, Brighton & Hove Albion 12. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for Chelsea, 3 for Brighton & Hove Albion).
Line-ups
Chelsea started in a 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 started in a 4-2-3-1: Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Luka Vušković, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Pascal Groß, Olivier Boscagli, Diego Gómez, Malick Yalcouyé, Maxim De Cuyper, Charalampos Kostoulas.
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