Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Chelsea FC, Premier League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2023-24

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

1 – 2

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Chelsea FC

Wed 15 May 2024 · 18:45 UTC Amex Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 34' Cole Palmer

0–2 64' Christopher Nkunku

Danny Welbeck 90+7' 1–2

Lewis Dunk 29' Y

Y 77' Raheem Sterling

Y 79' Moises Caicedo

Bart Verbruggen 81' Y

R 88' Reece James

Overview

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Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Chelsea FC — Premier League at Amex Stadium.

Brighton & Hove Albion FC 10 games · 22 pts (2026/27)
Chelsea FC 10 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Michael Salisbury
Assistant 1 Richard West
Assistant 2 Derek Eaton

5 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	27
2	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	10	22
3	Manchester City FC	10	21
4	Liverpool FC	10	18
5	Chelsea FC	10	16
6	Everton FC	10	16
7	AFC Bournemouth	10	15
8	Brentford FC	10	14
9	Leeds United FC	10	14
10	Aston Villa FC	10	13
11	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10	12
12	Newcastle United FC	10	12
13	Hull City AFC	10	11
14	Ipswich Town FC	10	11
15	Fulham FC	10	10
16	Nottingham Forest FC	10	9
17	Coventry City FC	10	9
18	Manchester United FC	10	8
19	Sunderland AFC	10	8
20	Crystal Palace FC	10	7

Head-to-Head

Brighton & Hove Albion FC 18 games · Avg 3.3 goals Chelsea FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-05-15 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–2 Chelsea FC 2023-12-03 Chelsea FC 3–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2023-04-15 Chelsea FC 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2022-10-29 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 4–1 Chelsea FC 2022-01-18 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–1 Chelsea FC

Recent Form

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	Chelsea FC	H	1–2	L
11 May	Newcastle United FC	A	1–1	D
05 May	Aston Villa FC	H	1–0	W
28 Apr	AFC Bournemouth	A	0–3	L
25 Apr	Manchester City FC	H	0–4	L
13 Apr	Burnley FC	A	1–1	D

Chelsea FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	A	2–1	W
11 May	Nottingham Forest FC	A	3–2	W
05 May	West Ham United FC	H	5–0	W
02 May	Tottenham Hotspur FC	H	2–0	W
27 Apr	Aston Villa FC	A	2–2	D
23 Apr	Arsenal FC	A	0–5	L

Season Stats

Brighton & Hove Albion FC		Chelsea FC
#2	Position	#5
22	Points	16
10	Played	10
7 / 1 / 2	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 4
26	Scored	19
7	Conceded	16
+19	GD	+3
2.20	PPG	1.60
70%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

70% Clean Sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Chelsea FC this season

Brighton & Hove Albion FC are 2nd (22 pts). Chelsea FC are 5th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

6/1

46-60

4/–

61-75

2/1

76+

5/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chelsea FC

0-15

7/–

16-30

–/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

4/3

61-75

5/1

76+

1/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Pascal Gross	4 G	4 A
Charalampos Kostoulas	3 G	2 A
Yasin Ayari	3 G	1 A
Jack Hinshelwood	3 G
Maxim De Cuyper	2 G	3 A

Chelsea FC

Joao Pedro	5 G	3 A
Morgan Rogers	5 G	1 A
Cole Palmer	3 G	3 A
Pedro Neto	3 G	1 A
Jordan Henderson	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Amex Stadium as Brighton & Hove Albion FC face off against Chelsea FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
10' Chelsea FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' With 1 assists to his name this season, Trevoh Chalobah is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Brighton & Hove Albion FC.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Brighton & Hove Albion FC and Chelsea FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
29' Lewis Dunk picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
34' What a strike from Cole Palmer! The score is 0-1.
39' Moises Caicedo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
42' A change in the Chelsea FC ranks — Mykhailo Mudryk exits the field as Christopher Nkunku enters on 42.
46' The supporters are chanting for Valentin Barco. He replaces Lewis Dunk on 46 minute.
51' Chelsea FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Joao Pedro scoring 2 goals.
56' It looks surprising Chelsea FC does not make any changes. Julio Enciso has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
61' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chelsea FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
64' A stunning finish from Christopher Nkunku — that came from absolutely nowhere!
69' Time for substitution for Chelsea FC. Noni Madueke is replaced by Raheem Sterling.
70' Time for substitution for Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Billy Gilmour is replaced by Carlos Baleba.
75' Bart Verbruggen has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 103 appearances.
77' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Raheem Sterling.
79' That looks like a foul for a card for Moises Caicedo.
81' Brighton & Hove Albion FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 81.
85' The whistle greets Tariq Lamptey as he departs to be replaced by Odel Offiah.
88' Reece James is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
90' Another substitution for Chelsea FC to replace Nicolas Jackson by Thiago Silva on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

4
Adam Webster
5
Lewis Dunk ↓ Valentin Barco 46'
13
Pascal Gross
9
Joao Pedro
3
Igor Julio
11
Billy Gilmour ↓ Carlos Baleba 70'
1
Bart Verbruggen
2
Tariq Lamptey ↓ Odel Offiah 85'
10
Julio Enciso ↓ Ansu Fati 85'
24
Simon Adingra
40
Facundo Buonanotte ↓ Danny Welbeck 70'

Bench

18
Danny Welbeck ↑ 70'
14
Adam Lallana
23
Jason Steele
15
Jakub Moder
31
Ansu Fati ↑ 85'
19
Valentin Barco ↑ 46'
42
Odel Offiah ↑ 85'
20
Carlos Baleba ↑ 70'

Coach Roberto De Zerbi

Chelsea FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

14
Trevoh Chalobah
3
Cucurella
10
Mykhailo Mudryk ↓ Christopher Nkunku 42'
23
Conor Gallagher ↓ Chimuanya Ugochukwu 90'
28
Dorde Petrovic
20
Cole Palmer ↓ Cesare Casadei 90'
27
Malo Gusto ↓ Reece James 69'
25
Moises Caicedo
11
Noni Madueke ↓ Raheem Sterling 69'
5
Benoit Badiashile
15
Nicolas Jackson ↓ Thiago Silva 90'

Bench

7
Raheem Sterling ↑ 69'
13
Marcus Bettinelli
24
Reece James ↑ 69'
6
Thiago Silva ↑ 90'
18
Christopher Nkunku ↑ 42'
16
Chimuanya Ugochukwu ↑ 90'
26
Levi Colwill
31
Cesare Casadei ↑ 90'

Coach Mauricio Pochettino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cole Palmer	6
Danny Welbeck	4
Yankubah Minteh	2
Eden Hazard	2
Leandro Trossard	2
Enzo Fernandez	2
Jorginho	2
Georginio Rutter	2

Head to Head

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form

2024-05-15 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–2 Chelsea FC L 2024-05-11 Newcastle United FC 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2024-05-05 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–0 Aston Villa FC W 2024-04-28 AFC Bournemouth 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC L 2024-04-25 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–4 Manchester City FC L 2024-04-13 Burnley FC 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D

Chelsea FC Form

2024-05-15 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–2 Chelsea FC W 2024-05-11 Nottingham Forest FC 2–3 Chelsea FC W 2024-05-05 Chelsea FC 5–0 West Ham United FC W 2024-05-02 Chelsea FC 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur FC W 2024-04-27 Aston Villa FC 2–2 Chelsea FC D 2024-04-23 Arsenal FC 5–0 Chelsea FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.62 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.4 Chelsea FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Brighton & Hove Albion FC53% Draw22% Chelsea FC25%

Actual: Chelsea FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 4.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Chelsea FC

47%

Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Chelsea FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Brighton & Hove Albion FC47% Draw36% Chelsea FC17%

Actual: Chelsea FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 1

7.4%

3 – 1

7.2%

2 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

4 – 1

4.8%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

4.5%

4 – 0

3.5%

4 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Handicap	Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers	Push	Chelsea FC covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	18%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	20%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	10%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Chelsea FC keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.