With five Premier League games to play, Chelsea are currently sixth and one of three teams on 48 points. We are seven points behind Liverpool in fifth and 10 behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.

Brighton, in ninth position, are on 47 points.

Head-to-head

Our last victory at the Amex Stadium was in May 2024 when we won 2-1 with goals from Cole Palmer and Christopher Nkunku.

Brighton are looking to win four consecutive games in all competitions against Chelsea for the first time.

Chelsea are looking to prevent the Seagulls from completing a league double against us for the second time, following on from the 2022/23 campaign.

In the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in September, two stoppage-time goals by Danny Welbeck and Maxim De Cuyper secured a 3-1 win for Brighton after Enzo Fernandez opened the scoring in the first half. Trevoh Chalobah was sent off (53 minutes) for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity when we were winning 1-0.

Since the start of the 2022/23 season, Brighton have scored two or more goals in six of their seven league games against Chelsea, netting 17 times in total (2.4 per game).

Of the 27 matches in all competitions between the clubs, Chelsea have only failed to score in two of them – 0-0 in April 2021 at Stamford Bridge and 0-3 at the Amex last season.

Head-to-head (all competitions)

Played: 27
Won: 16
Drawn: 5
Lost: 6

Last five meetings at the Amex

18 Jan 2022 | Premier League | D 1-1 Ziyech
29 Oct 2022 | Premier League | L 1-4 Havertz
15 May 2024 | Premier League | W 2-1 Palmer, Nkunku
8 Feb 2025 | FA Cup | L 1-2 Own goal
14 Feb 2025 | Premier League | L 0-3

Biggest win for each team:

Brighton 0-4 Chelsea 2017/18 Premier League
Chelsea 4-0 Brighton 1966/67 FA Cup

Brighton 4-1 Chelsea 2022/23 Premier League

Chelsea stats

Only Arsenal (32) and Man City (28) have won more away points in the Premier League this season than Chelsea (25).

The Blues have netted the most Premier League goals on the road this season (30), three more than any other side.

Chelsea had 21 shots against Manchester United - our second-most in a Premier League game this season, after the 22 attempted against Newcastle at home.

Chelsea have lost four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since April/May 2023. The last time we lost five league games in a row was in October/November 1993 under Glenn Hoddle.

We have earned five points from the last available 24 (one win, two draws). Our last clean sheet was versus Brentford 11 games ago.

A quarter of our 53 league goals this season have been scored in the first 15 minutes of the second half (13).

Cole Palmer has scored five goals in his past three Premier League appearances against Brighton, with four of those coming in one game at Stamford Bridge in September 2024.

Joao Pedro has 19 Premier League goal involvements this season (14 goals, 5 assists) and could become the sixth player to reach 20 in his debut season for Chelsea after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in 2000/01 (32), Eden Hazard in 2012/13 (20), Diego Costa (23) and Cesc Fabregas (21) in 2014/15 and Cole Palmer in 2023/24 (33).

Premier League scorers
Joao Pedro 14, Palmer 9 (5 pens), Fernandez 8 (2 pens), Neto 5, Caicedo 3, Chalobah 3, Gusto 2, Estevao 2, James 2, Acheampong 1, Cucurella 1, Delap 1, Garnacho 1, own goal 1

Premier League assists
Joao Pedro 5, Garnacho 4, James 4, Neto 4, Cucurella 3, Fernandez 3, Gusto 3, Estevao 2, Gittens 2, Caicedo 1, Fofana 1, Guiu 1, Palmer 1, Sanchez 1

Most Premier League minutes playedSanchez 2,705, Fernandez 2,671, Chalobah 2,561, Joao Pedro 2,404, Neto 2,399, Caicedo 2,357, Cucurella 2,260, Gusto 1,913, James 1,896, Palmer 1,606

Milestones

Against Man Utd, Marc Cucurella started his 100th Premier League match for the club and Wesley Fofana made his 50th Premier League appearance for Chelsea.

Brighton stats

This season’s Premier League stats

Most minutes played (max 2,970): Verbruggen 2,970, Van Hecke 2,761, Kadioglu 2,684, Dunk 2,565, Gomez 2,052, Minteh 2,007
Most goals: Welbeck 12, Gomez 5, Ayari 3, Mitoma 3, Rutter 3, Van Hecke 3
Most assists: Minteh 4, Ayari 3, Gross 3, Hinshelwood 3, Van Hecke 3, Wieffer 3
Most duels won: Van Hecke 177, Gomez 156, Minteh 145, Wieffer 135, Kadioglu 124
Clean sheets: Verbruggen 8
Most fouls conceded: Gomez 48, Hinshelwood 29, Wieffer 29, Rutter 27
Most yellow cards: Dunk 10, Gomez 9, Van Hecke 8, Wieffer 8
Red cards: None

Brighton and Hove Albion have won five of their past seven Premier League matches (one draw, one defeat), as many wins as they had in their previous 20 combined, although they have lost two of their last four at the Amex.

Only Man City (11) have won more points in the last five Premier League games than Brighton (10).

The Seagulls have only won one home Premier League game (Brentford in November) against London sides this season (three draws, two defeats).

At the Amex, Brighton have won seven of their 16 Premier League matches this season. Their home wins include against Manchester City, Newcastle, Brentford and Liverpool. Their three home defeats have been against Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Arsenal.

Over their previous nine Premier League home games, Brighton’s matches have averaged 1.8 goals per match, with the Seagulls netting nine goals and their opponents scoring seven.

No side has won possession in the opposition final third more times than Brighton in the Premier League this season (62).

The Seagulls are one of four clubs not to have a player sent off in the Premier League this season (also Arsenal, Fulham and Man City). However, Brighton (together with Tottenham) have received more yellow cards in the competition than any other side this term (81).

Danny Welbeck’s brace against Liverpool last month took his Premier League tally to 12 this season; only Glenn Murray has scored for Brighton in a season in the competition (13 in 2018/19).

Welbeck has been involved in seven goals in eight Premier League appearances against Chelsea for Brighton (five goals, two assists).

Since his first season in the Premier League in 2017/18, only Trent Alexander-Arnold (36) and Kevin De Bruyne (30) have registered more assists from crosses than Pascal Gross (27).

Fabian Hurzeler has never lost a Premier League match against an English manager in nine meetings (seven wins, two draws). He is unbeaten against Sean Dyche, Eddie Howe, Gary O'Neil, Graham Potter and Scott Parker.

Fabian Hurzeler’s management record vs Chelsea

Won: 3
Drawn: 0
Lost: 1

Last five Brighton results (all Premier League)

Arsenal (h) | L 0-1
Sunderland (a) | W 1-0
Liverpool (h) | W 2-1
Burnley (a) | W 2-0
Tottenham (a) | D 2-2

Last Premier League line-up

Tottenham Hotspur 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 2
Saturday 18 April
Team (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Wieffer, Van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu; Ayari (Kostoulas 82), Gross (Mitoma 20) (De Cuyper 75); Gomez, Hinshelwood (O’Riley 75), Minteh; Welbeck (c) (Rutter 75)
Goals: Mitoma 45+3, Rutter 90+5

Discipline

There are no suspensions.

Ten bookings will no longer will result in a suspension. Any player who now reaches 15 yellow cards before the end of the season will be suspended for three matches.

Match officials

Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistants: Lee Betts, Mat Wilkes
Fourth official: Ruebyn Ricardo
VAR: James Bell
Assistant VAR: Peter Wright

Craig Pawson is officiating his first Chelsea match this season. His last Blues game was our 1-0 home win against Tottenham last April.