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

Premier League · Saturday 15 April 2023

Result

Chelsea 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 15 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Chelsea were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 April 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Conor Gallagher opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Conor Gallagher (13'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Danny Welbeck (42') and Julio Enciso (69').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 11th on 39 points from 30 and Brighton & Hove Albion 7th on 46 points from 28. Chelsea went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 6th with 62.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kepa Arrizabalaga of Chelsea (8.0), ahead of S. March (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 4 draws and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 13'Goal · Conor GallagherChelsea · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Conor GallagherChelsea
  • 51'Yellow card · Trevoh ChalobahChelsea
  • 69'Goal · Julio EncisoBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Robert SánchezBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 4, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

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

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Benoît Badiashile, Ben Chilwell, Denis Zakaria, Enzo Fernández, Christian Pulisic, Conor Gallagher, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Raheem Sterling

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

Robert Sánchez, Joël Veltman, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupiñán, Pascal Groß, M. Caicedo, S. March, Alexis Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma, E. Ferguson