English Premier League

FT Monday, September 14, 2020
Chelsea LWLLD 3
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Brighton & Hove Albion LDDWD 1
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BHA011
American Express Stadium

Match Report

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Chelsea beat Brighton to begin 2020-21 Premier League campaign

Chelsea kicked off their 2020-21 Premier League campaign with a 3-1 win at Brighton on Monday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
47.7
Possession
52.3
10
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
387
Accurate Passes
414
465
Passes
507
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
64
33
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
25
Interceptions
15
15
Effective Clearances
8
15
Clearances
8

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BHA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD
  3. 4Adam WebsterCD-L
  4. 3Ben WhiteCD-R
  5. 17Steven AlzateCM-L
  6. 14Adam LallanaCM-R
  7. 8Yves BissoumaAM
  8. 20Solly MarchLM
  9. 2Tariq LampteyRM
  10. 11Leandro TrossardCF-L
  11. 9Neal MaupayCF-R

CHE · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 15Kurt ZoumaCD-L
  3. 4Andreas ChristensenCD-R
  4. 3Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 24Reece JamesRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM-L
  7. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  8. 11Timo WernerCF-L
  9. 12Ruben Loftus-CheekCF-R
  10. 19Mason MountAM-L
  11. 29Kai HavertzAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Chelsea 1. Jorginho (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Aaron Connolly replaces Adam Lallana because of an injury.
  3. 54' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Chelsea 1. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tariq Lamptey.
  4. 56' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Chelsea 2. Reece James (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jorginho.
  5. 61' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  6. 66' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Chelsea 3. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Reece James with a cross following a corner.
  7. 79' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Steven Alzate.
  8. 79' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pascal Groß replaces Ben White.
  9. 80' Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Kai Havertz.
  10. 81' Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Substitution, Chelsea. César Azpilicueta replaces Jorginho because of an injury.

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