Chelsea tops Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2. HIGHLIGHTS

LONDON. Chelsea conquers Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2.

September 29, 2024

LONDON. Chelsea tops Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2. Brighton & Hove Albion lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Bankes assisted by Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was David Webb. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 13.12 degrees Celsius or 55.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.

Match Statistics

Chelsea

4 - 2

Brighton & Hove Albion

41 Ball Possession 59

Shots

15 Total 15
7 On Target 5
5 Off Target 5
3 Shots blocked 5

45 Attack 126
27 Dangerous attack 60
78 Ball safe 81

1 Penalties 0
8 Corners 2
6 Off Sides 2

Fouls

11 Total 8
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Brighton & Hove Albion was in firm control of the ball 59% while Chelsea was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brighton & Hove Albion was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Chelsea managed to find the solution to win this match.

Chelsea shot 15 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Chelsea received 3 yellow cards (Marc Cucurella, Wesley Fofana and Enzo Fernández). Talking about the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards (Pervis Estupiñán and Lewis Dunk).

Match Timeline

Georginio Rutter(goal)Carlos Baleba

Cole Palmer(goal)Nicolas Jackson

21'

Jadon Sancho(VAR)

24'

27'

Lewis Dunk- Yellow

Cole Palmer(penalty)

28'

29'

Pervis Estupiñán- Yellow

Enzo Fernández- Yellow

29'

Cole Palmer(goal)

31'

Marc Cucurella- Yellow

33'

34'

Carlos Baleba(goal)

Cole Palmer(goal)Jadon Sancho

41'

57'

Yasin Ayari- sub ->Mats Wieffer

57'

Igor Júlio- sub ->Adam Webster

Pedro Neto- sub ->Noni Madueke

63'

Renato Veiga- sub ->Marc Cucurella

70'

71'

Julio Enciso- sub ->Ferdi Kadıoğlu

71'

Yankuba Minteh- sub ->Georginio Rutter

Mykhaylo Mudryk- sub ->Jadon Sancho

71'

Marc Cucurella(VAR)

69'

Wesley Fofana- Yellow

78'

Roméo Lavia- sub ->Enzo Fernández

79'

Christopher Nkunku- sub ->Nicolas Jackson

79'

81'

Evan Ferguson- sub ->Danny Welbeck

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After this match, Chelsea has 13 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion will stays with 9 points like Nottingham Forest to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Chelsea will host Nottingham Forest on the 5th of October with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (2 draws).

Brighton & Hove Albion will host Tottenham Hotspur on the 6th of October with a 11-4 head to head record in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (2 draws).

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea

Robert Sánchez 1.Spain

6.5

Marc Cucurella 3.Spain

6.6

70'

33'

Levi Colwill 6.England

6.8

Malo Gusto 27.France

6.6

Wesley Fofana 29.France

6.6

78'

Enzo Fernández 8.Argentina

6.8

79'

29'

Noni Madueke 11.England

6.7

63'

Jadon Sancho 19.England

7.8

71'

Cole Palmer 20.England

10.0

21', 28', 31', 41'

Moisés Caicedo 25.Ecuador

7.5

Nicolas Jackson 15.Senegal

6.9

79'

Substitutes

Filip Jørgensen 12.Denmark

Axel Disasi 2.France

Tosin Adarabioyo 4.England

Mykhaylo Mudryk 10.Ukraine

6.5

71'

Renato Veiga 40.Portugal

6.9

70'

Roméo Lavia 45.Belgium

6.4

79'

Pedro Neto 7.Portugal

6.7

63'

João Félix 14.Portugal

Christopher Nkunku 18.France

6.8

79'

Chelsea started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Enzo Maresca decided to play with the following team: Robert Sánchez (6.5), Malo Gusto (6.6), Wesley Fofana (6.6), Levi Colwill (6.8), Marc Cucurella (6.6), Moisés Caicedo (7.5), Enzo Fernández (6.8), Noni Madueke (6.7), Cole Palmer (10.0), Jadon Sancho (7.8) and Nicolas Jackson (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Filip Jørgensen, Axel Disasi, Tosin Adarabioyo, Pedro Neto (6.7), Mykhaylo Mudryk (6.5), João Félix, Christopher Nkunku (6.8), Renato Veiga (6.9) and Roméo Lavia (6.4).

Substitutions

Chelsea made 5 changes: Noni Madueke for Pedro Neto (63′), Enzo Fernández for Roméo Lavia (79′), Nicolas Jackson for Christopher Nkunku (79′), Jadon Sancho for Mykhaylo Mudryk (71′) and Marc Cucurella for Renato Veiga (70′).

Player of the match: Jadon Sancho

The player that probably impressed the most for Chelsea was Jadon Sancho even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.8 with 20 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 11.

Brighton & Hove Albion – Formation

Brighton & Hove Albion

Bart Verbruggen 1.Netherlands

5.6

Adam Webster 4.England

6.2

57'

Ferdi Kadıoğlu 24.Turkey

6.6

71'

Lewis Dunk 5.England

6.5

27'

Jan Paul van Hecke 29.Netherlands

Pervis Estupiñán 30.Ecuador

6.4

29'

Joël Veltman 34.Netherlands

Mats Wieffer 27.Netherlands

6.3

57'

Carlos Baleba 20.Cameroon

8.7

34'

Kaoru Mitoma 22.Japan

7.3

Jack Hinshelwood 41.England

6.3

Georginio Rutter 14.France

7.3

71'

Danny Welbeck 18.England

6.6

81'

Substitutes

Jason Steele 23.England

Tariq Lamptey 2.Ghana

Igor Júlio 3.Brazil

6.9

57'

Imari Samuels 47.England

Julio Enciso 10.Paraguay

7.3

71'

Jakub Moder 15.Poland

Yasin Ayari 26.Sweden

6.7

57'

Evan Ferguson 28.Republic of Ireland

6.7

81'

Yankuba Minteh 17.Gambia

6.5

71'

Brighton & Hove Albion started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Fabian Hürzeler played with: Jan Paul van Hecke, Joël Veltman, Bart Verbruggen (5.6), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (6.6), Adam Webster (6.2), Lewis Dunk (6.5), Pervis Estupiñán (6.4), Jack Hinshelwood (6.3), Mats Wieffer (6.3), Carlos Baleba (8.7) and Georginio Rutter (7.3), Danny Welbeck (6.6), Kaoru Mitoma (7.3).

They had on the bench: Yankuba Minteh (6.5), Tariq Lamptey, Igor Júlio (6.9), Julio Enciso (7.3), Jakub Moder, Jason Steele, Yasin Ayari (6.7), Evan Ferguson (6.7) and Imari Samuels.

Substitutions

Brighton & Hove Albion made 5 changes: Mats Wieffer for Yasin Ayari (57′), Adam Webster for Igor Júlio (57′), Ferdi Kadıoğlu for Julio Enciso (71′), Georginio Rutter for Yankuba Minteh (71′) and Danny Welbeck for Evan Ferguson (81′).