The story
Chelsea beat Brighton 4-3 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League, gameweek 2.
Chelsea's goals came from Roméo Lavia (4'), Pedro Neto (14'), João Pedro (32'), Cole Palmer (74') and an own goal by João Pedro (63'); Malick Yalcouyé (35') and Pascal Groß (90+6') replied for Brighton.
It was 3-1 at half-time.
Brighton had 74% of the ball and 15 shots to Chelsea's 17.
On expected goals it finished 3.0 to 1.5 (Opta, via Fantasy Premier League).
Match stats
Player of the match
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 1
- xG
- 0.05
- FPL points
- 13
Key moments
- 4' Roméo Lavia Goal · Chelsea 1-0
- 14' Pedro Neto Goal · Chelsea 2-0 Assist: Morgan Rogers
- 32' João Pedro Goal · Chelsea 3-0 Assist: Jorrel Hato
- 35' Malick Yalcouyé Goal · Brighton 3-1
- 63' João Pedro Own goal · Chelsea 4-1
- 74' Cole Palmer Goal · Chelsea 5-1 Assist: João Pedro
- 90+6' Pascal Groß Goal · Brighton 5-2
Line-ups
Chelsea
- Emiliano MartínezGoalkeeper
- Maxence LacroixDefender
- Malo GustoDefender
- Levi Colwilloff 72'Defender
- Jorrel HatoDefender
- Wesley Fofanaoff 68'Defender
- Roméo Laviaoff 68'Midfielder
- João PedroForward
- Cole PalmerForward
- Morgan RogersForward
- Pedro Netooff 68'Forward
Brighton
- Bart VerbruggenGoalkeeper
- Lewis DunkDefender
- Olivier BoscagliDefender
- Maxim De CuyperDefender
- Luka VuskovicDefender
- Ferdi KadiogluDefender
- Pascal GroßMidfielder
- Diego GómezMidfielder
- Mats Wiefferoff 80'Midfielder
- Malick Yalcouyéoff 74'Midfielder
- Charalampos Kostoulasoff 80'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (11)
- 4' ⚽ Roméo Lavia
- 14' ⚽ Pedro Netoassist Morgan Rogers
- 32' ⚽ João Pedroassist Jorrel Hato
- 35' ⚽ Malick Yalcouyé
- 55' 🟨 Wesley Fofana
- 63' ⚽ João Pedro (og)
- 70' 🟨 Lewis Dunk
- 74' ⚽ Cole Palmerassist João Pedro
- 89' 🟨 Olivier Boscagli
- 90+1' 🟨 Costinha
- 90+6' ⚽ Pascal Groß
Head to head
2Chelsea wins0Draws4Brighton wins
