Brighton & Hove Albion 4-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2022

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 4-1 Chelsea: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Chelsea 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 October 2022. The half-time score was 3-0.

Leandro Trossard opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Leandro Trossard (5'), an own goal by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (14'), an own goal by Trevoh Chalobah (42') and Pascal Groß (90+2'). Chelsea scored through Kai Havertz (48').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 9th on 15 points from 11 and Chelsea 5th on 21 points from 11. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Chelsea 12th with 44.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Sánchez of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.2), ahead of Thiago Silva (7.9).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Leandro TrossardBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicChelsea
  • 14'Own goal · Ruben Loftus-CheekBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
  • 42'Own goal · Trevoh ChalobahBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-0
  • 48'Goal · Kai HavertzChelsea · 3-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingChelsea
  • 83'Yellow card · Julio EncisoBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+2'Goal · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 0, draws 4, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Pascal Groß, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupiñán, M. Caicedo, Alexis Mac Allister, S. March, Adam Lallana, Kaoru Mitoma, Leandro Trossard

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mateo Kovacic, Raheem Sterling, Conor Gallagher, Mason Mount, Kai Havertz