Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2018
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 20 January 2018, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Chelsea: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Chelsea 0-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 January 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Brighton & Hove Albion did not score. Chelsea scored through Eden Hazard (3'), Willian (6'), Eden Hazard (77') and Victor Moses (89').
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 16th on 23 points from 23 and Chelsea 4th on 47 points from 23. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Chelsea 5th with 70.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 5-3-2 and Chelsea in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (9.9), ahead of Willian (9.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 0 draws and 1 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 6'Goal · Willian
- 36'Yellow card · Ezequiel Schelotto
- 56'Yellow card · Shane Duffy
- 77'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 79'Yellow card · Connor Goldson
- 89'Goal · Victor Moses
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (5-3-2)
Mathew Ryan, Ezequiel Schelotto, Connor Goldson, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Markus Suttner, Pascal Groß, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, Tomer Hemed, S. March
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Willy Caballero, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Michy Batshuayi, Eden Hazard