Chelsea beat Brighton & Hove Albion 4–3 — 2026 Premier League 2026-27 English Premier League

Chelsea beat Brighton & Hove Albion 4–3 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, August 30, 2026.

The goals

• 4' — Roméo Lavia (Chelsea)
• 14' — Pedro Neto (Chelsea)
• 32' — João Pedro (Chelsea)
• 35' — Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• 63' — Own Goal by João Pedro, Chelsea. Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
• 74' — Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
• 90'+6' — Pascal Groß (Brighton & Hove Albion)

How it unfolded

1. —•First Half begins.
2. 4'⚽Goal! Chelsea 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Roméo Lavia (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
3. 14'⚽Goal! Chelsea 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Pedro Neto (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
4. 32'⚽Goal! Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jorrel Hato following a fast break.
5. 35'⚽Goal! Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
6. 45'+2'•Delay in match because of an injury João Pedro (Chelsea).
7. 45'+2'•Delay in match because of an injury Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
8. 45'+3'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
9. 45'+3'•First Half ends, Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
10. 55'•Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
11. 58'•Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Neto (Chelsea).
12. 59'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
13. 63'⚽Own Goal by João Pedro, Chelsea. Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
14. 68'•Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Roméo Lavia.
15. 68'•Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Wesley Fofana.
16. 68'•Substitution, Chelsea. Moisés Caicedo replaces Pedro Neto.
17. 70'•Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
18. 72'•Substitution, Chelsea. Pep Chavarría replaces Levi Colwill.
19. 74'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ibrahim Osman replaces Malick Yalcouyé.
20. 74'⚽Goal! Chelsea 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Pedro.
21. 80'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Promise David replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
22. 80'•Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Mats Wieffer.
23. 81'•Delay in match because of an injury Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea).
24. 81'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
25. 82'•Substitution, Chelsea. Valentín Barco replaces Moisés Caicedo because of an injury.
26. 89'•Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27. 90'+1'•Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28. 90'+6'⚽Goal! Chelsea 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 3. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

How they arrived

• Chelsea: 4W 1D 1L in their last 6 — 67% win rate, 14 scored and 7 conceded.
• Brighton & Hove Albion: 5W 1D 0L in their last 6 — 83% win rate, 16 scored and 3 conceded.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 Premier League 2026-27 English Premier League — live match data

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