Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chelsea & Brighton & Hove Albion face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea have reached this Carabao Cup stage through battling and winning against AFC Wimbledon. Chelsea participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Overall Premier League stats playing at home this season for Chelsea are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Chelsea are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 285 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Jackson).
The Chelsea supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stamford Bridge: A 0-1 defeat against Aston Villa. Chelsea's goalkeeper Sánchez was extremely busy against Aston Villa, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
0-0 away at AFC Bournemouth before that.Chelsea have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
Brighton & Hove Albion's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the round of 16.Brighton & Hove Albion are yet to lose a point on their Premier League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Brighton are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against AFC Bournemouth. Midfield player Mitoma was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Mitoma scored two goals.
A painful defeat as solid favourites in the game before that one, the Europa League fixture home vs AEK Athens. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brighton & Hove Albion playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Brighton & Hove Albion manager Zerbi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Aston Villa.
{7 goals} so far away for Brighton & Hove Albion, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Brighton & Hove Albion have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Chelsea.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ferguson 4 goals |  S. March 3 goals |  K. Mitoma 3 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Chelsea | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 22 | Scored | S | 23 | 53 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 18 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Brentford | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 1 |
