Chelsea vs Brighton head-to-head

The Blues are looking to extend our winning run at Stamford Bridge against the Seagulls to four games. Brighton's most recent victory here was in April 2023, which remains their only win in 12 visits.

Of the 26 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 Stadium last season.

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

Chelsea's four-match winning streak ended with back-to-back defeats last season at the Amex in both the Premier League and FA Cup.

Head-to-Head (all competitions)

Played 26
Won 16
Drawn 5
Lost 5

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’s biggest home Premier League win against Brighton was 3-0 in 2018/19

Last five meetings at Stamford Bridge

29 December 2021: Premier League D 1-1 Lukaku
15 April 2023: Premier League L 2-1 Gallagher
27 September 2023: League Cup W 1-0 Jackson
3 December 2023: Premier League W 3-2 Fernandez 2 (1 pen), Colwill
28 September 2024: Premier League W 4-2 Palmer 4 (1 pen)

Chelsea stats

Chelsea are unbeaten in our last 12 home Premier League games (nine wins, three draws), keeping seven clean sheets in our last nine at Stamford Bridge.

We are seeking four home clean sheets in a row for the first time since our first five under Thomas Tuchel between January and March 2021.

A year ago this weekend, we beat Brighton 4-2 at Stamford Bridge. Cole Palmer’s four first-half goals won the Premier League’s Best Individual Performance of the Season.

Chelsea are hoping for a clean sheet for the first time since our last home game against Fulham four weeks ago. We have conceded eight in our last four away games.

91.8 per cent of Chelsea’s passes in the Premier League this season have been short passes, the highest ratio of any side in the division.

Chelsea are the only team in the Premier League so far this season yet to name a player aged 30 or over in their squad for a match, with Tosin Adarabioyo our current oldest at 27 years and 361 days against Manchester United.

The Blues are unbeaten in our last five Premier League games kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday, since a 4-1 defeat at Newcastle United in November 2023.

Robert Sanchez could return from a one-match suspension after becoming Chelsea's first Premier League goalkeeper to be sent off since Thibaut Courtois in April 2016. His fifth-minute red card at Old Trafford was the club’s earliest ever in the competition.

Brighton stats

Last season

Premier League - Eight with 61 points, 13 points more and three places above their 2023/24 campaign.
FA Cup - Lost on penalties at home to Nottingham Forest in the quarter-finals
Carabao Cup - Lost 3-2 at home to Liverpool in the fourth round
Top scorers (all competitions): Mitoma and Welbeck 11
Top Premier League scorers: Mitoma, Joao Pedro and Welbeck 10

This season’s Premier League stats

Most minutes played (max 450): Dunk 450, Van Hecke 450, Verbruggen 450, Mitoma 443
Goals: Ayari 1, Gruda 1, Milner 1, Minteh 1, Mitoma 1, O'Riley 1
Assists: Minteh 1, Mitoma 1, Rutter 1
Most duels won: Ayari 21, Minteh 36, Veltman 23
Clean sheets: None
Most fouls conceded: Mitoma 11, Ayary 6, Baleba 6, De Cuyper 6
Most yellow cards: Gomez 2, Kadioglu 2
Red cards: None

Having won their final away Premier League game last term (4-1 against Tottenham Hotspur), the Seagulls have lost their first two on the road this season (2-0 at Everton and 2-1 at Bournemouth).

Brighton have kept one clean sheet in their last 17 Premier League games, a 2-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers in May.

Brighton have played 13.2 per cent of their passes in the Premier League long this season, their highest in a season since 2018/19.

Brighton are unbeaten in their last 16 games when netting the first goal, but 50 per cent of them have ended as a draw.

Joao Pedro made 58 Premier League appearances for Brighton, scoring 19 goals and providing nine assists. He could become the fourth player to score against the Seagulls having previously played for them in the competition after Dan Burn, Leandro Trossard and Levi Colwill.

Danny Welbeck has had a hand in five goals in his last six Premier League appearances against Chelsea (three goals, two assists), scoring in two of his last three games at the Bridge.

Just before the international break, James Milner became the oldest penalty scorer in Premier League history, aged 39 years and 239 days.

James Trafford, the Manchester City goalkeeper he scored against, was born exactly one month before Milner’s debut in the competition in 2002. Milner is both the second-oldest and second-youngest scorer in the Premier League.

Last five results

Oxford United (League Cup a) W 6-0
Manchester City (h) W 2-1
Bournemouth (a) L 2-1
Tottenham Hotspur (h) D 2-2
Barnsley (League Cup a) W 6-0

Last Premier League line-up

Saturday 20 September

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Team (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk (c), Kadioglu (Wieffer 85); Baleba (Gomez h-t), Ayari; Minteh (Coppola 76), Gruda (Milner 63), Mitoma; Rutter (Welbeck 75)
Goals: Minteh 8, Ayari 31

Match officials

Referee: Simon Hooper
Assistants: Adrian Holmes and Simon Long
Fourth official: Ruebyn Ricardo
VAR: Darren England
Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick

Simon Hooper’s last Blues game was our 3-1 home win against Liverpool in May.