Brighton and Chelsea meet at the Amex in the Premier League only six days after they played there in the FA Cup. Brighton won that game to progress to the fifth round, but in their last Premier League match, they got smashed 7-0 by Nottingham Forest. They currently sit tenth in the league. Before the defeat to Forest, they lost to Everton. Prior to this they won two in a row against Man United and Ipswich. In the league, Brighton haven’t won in their last five games at the Amex, with three draws and two defeats.
Chelsea haven’t won their last four league away games. Their last two league away wins came at Spurs and Southampton. In Chelsea’s last eight Premier League games they have won two games in a run that dates back to the 22nd December. At this time Chelsea were seen as serious title contenders but this run has left them seven points off Arsenal and 14 behind Liverpool, despite sitting in fourth. A result here would be crucial as Man City and Newcastle are close on their heels for the top four, both teams sit only two points behind.
Head-to-head record: Last 10 meetings
Brighton 2-1 Chelsea
Chelsea 4-2 Brighton
Brighton 1-2 Chelsea
Chelsea 3-2 Brighton
Chelsea 1-0 Brighton
Chelsea 1-2 Brighton
Brighton 4-1 Chelsea
Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
Chelsea 1-1 Brighton
Chelsea 0-0 Brighton
Brighton three wins
Three Draws
Chelsea four wins
Matchup Statistics
- This is Brighton and Chelsea’s sixth meeting in the last two seasons having already met in both the FA Cup this year and Carabao Cup last season.
- This fixture has seen three red cards in the last 10 plus another in a preseason friendly.
- Brighton haven’t kept a clean sheet against Chelsea since 2021. That makes it nine games without a clean sheet. Chelsea’s only clean sheet against Brighton in that time came in their 1-0 Carabao Cup win last season.
Team Statistics
- Defeat would make it three Premier League losses in a row for Brighton. They haven’t done this since March 2022, when they lost six in a row.
- Chelsea haven’t won any of their last five away games, drawing two and losing five. All seven away games they have remaining come against teams which are currently in the top 11.
- Only Liverpool (34) have scored more goals than Chelsea away from home who have scored 25 goals.
- Chelsea are second in the league for big chances created with 84 but are only fifth in the league for goals with 47.
Player Statistics
- Cole Palmer scored four goals in the reverse fixture earlier this season. Only on three occasions has a Chelsea player scored five goals against the same team in a season. The most recent was Diego Costa in 2014-15. He also scored last season to make it five goals in his only two league starts vs Brighton. This was the only time this season any player in the Premier League has scored four goals.
- Three of Georgino Ruttter’s 10 goal involvements in all competitions have come in the two matches in the league and FA Cup against Chelsea.
- No player has made more errors leading to a goal in a single game than Robert Sanchez did in the first game against Brighton with two.