Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 15 May 2024

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Wednesday 15 May 2024, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 15 May 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Cole Palmer opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goal came from Danny Welbeck (90+7'). Chelsea scored through Cole Palmer (34') and Christopher Nkunku (64').

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

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 10th on 48 points from 36 and Chelsea 7th on 57 points from 36. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Chelsea 6th with 63.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Malo Gusto of Chelsea (7.9), ahead of João Pedro (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 4 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 34'Goal · Cole PalmerChelsea · 0-1
  • 64'Goal · Christopher NkunkuChelsea · 0-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingChelsea
  • 79'Yellow card · Moisés CaicedoChelsea
  • 81'Yellow card · Bart VerbruggenBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 88'Red card · Reece JamesChelsea
  • 90+7'Goal · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 2, draws 4, Chelsea 4.

Team news

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

Bart Verbruggen, Tariq Lamptey, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Igor Julio, Pascal Groß, Billy Gilmour, Facundo Buonanotte, Julio Enciso, Simon Adingra, João Pedro

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

Djordje Petrovic, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Benoît Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, M. Caicedo, Conor Gallagher, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Nicolas Jackson