Chelsea are up for a new task after their 0-2 against Real Madrid in the previous match. Brighton & Hove Albion are coming to play!
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Chelsea have less rest than Brighton & Hove Albion in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Real Madrid, so at least Chelsea are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Chelsea form and stats
6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Chelsea have to build on here at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 284 minutes without scoring a league goal. Havertz was the last player to find the net.
The club members hope that Chelsea will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Real Madrid.
Prior to that, an away loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League.It should be noted that a glance at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chelsea, as the Champions League home game vs Real Madrid is only three days away.
Chelsea has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Chelsea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stamford Bridge in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Brighton & Hove Albion playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Brighton & Hove Albion, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Tottenham Hotspur (placed 5th). That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Defender Dunk was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Dunk scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus AFC Bournemouth at their stadium, the result 2-0.Brighton are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 14 away games so far. Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Brighton & Hove Albion have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Chelsea.The last head to head meeting ended Brighton & Hove Albion - Chelsea 4-1, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mac Allister 8 goals |   K. Havertz 7 goals |  S. March 7 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Chelsea | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 27 | 52 |
| 31 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 36 |
| 87% | 87% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 60% | 53% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 37% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 71% | 61% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 50% | 43% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 21% | 25% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 79% | 57% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 32% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 7% | 18% |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.9 | 6.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 13.6 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 13.8 | 15.3 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 24% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 32% |
| 11 | 10.5 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 11.1 | 9.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 43 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 75 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 48 | 67 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 27 | 56 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 53 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 46 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 44 |
| 9 | Brentford | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 31 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 30 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 38 | -29 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -15 | 29 |
| 17 | Everton | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 27 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 40 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -27 | 23 |
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