Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea: Premier League live text, team news, score, stats & head-to-head

Brighton have gained their final two league video games towards Chelsea, as many instances as that they had of their first 19 towards the Blues (D4 L13).

Having been unbeaten of their first 5 Premier League away video games towards Brighton (W3 D2), Chelsea have now misplaced two of their final three visits to the Amex Stadium (W1).

Since the beginning of 2022-23, Brighton have scored 2+ targets in six of their seven league video games towards Chelsea, netting 17 instances in whole (2.4 per sport). Between 1983-84 and 2021-22, they by no means scored greater than eleven in 14 league video games towards Chelsea, netting simply six targets in that point (0.4 per sport).

Chelsea have misplaced two of their final 4 Premier League video games when scoring first towards Brighton, together with within the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge. The solely two events that the Blues have scored first and misplaced each video games towards a team in a single Premier League season had been in 1992-93 vs Norwich and 2009-10 vs Manchester City.

Brighton’s final 9 residence Premier League matches have averaged simply 1.8 targets per sport, with 16 targets scored by the Seagulls (9) and their opponents (7). In their first seven residence video games in 2025-26, the typical goals-per-game on the Amex was twice as excessive at 3.6 targets per sport, with 25 targets scored.

Since a run of 4 clear sheets in 5 away Premier League video games between October and December, Chelsea have gone eight in a row with out one on the street. However, their xG towards per sport was really greater in that run of 4 shutouts in 5 video games (1.42) than of their eight with out one (1.30).

Chelsea have gained simply three of their final 14 Premier League video games on a Tuesday (L6 L5), conceding two or extra targets in 5 of their final six. Away from residence, they’ve misplaced 5 of their final six on the street on this present day (D1) since a 3-2 win over Crystal Palace in July 2020.

Brighton supervisor Fabian Hürzeler has by no means misplaced a Premier League match towards an English supervisor in 9 conferences (W7 D2), unbeaten towards Sean Dyche, Eddie Howe, Gary O’Neil, Graham Potter, and Scott Parker. Only Luiz Felipe Scolari has managed extra instances towards Englishmen within the competitors with out dropping (11).

Danny Welbeck has been concerned in seven targets in eight Premier League appearances towards Chelsea for Brighton (5 targets, 2 assists). In his 10 appearances towards the Blues earlier than that for Sunderland, Man Utd, Arsenal, and Watford, he solely scored one purpose and didn’t help any targets.

Cole Palmer has 5 targets in his final three Premier League appearances towards Brighton and Hove Albion, with 4 of these coming in a single sport at Stamford Bridge in September 2024. He’s had 16 photographs in his final three video games towards the Seagulls, making up 43% of Chelsea’s whole makes an attempt in these matches.