English Premier League

FT Friday, February 14, 2025
Chelsea DWLWL 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWLLW 3
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CHE000
BHA213
American Express Stadium · 31,503 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Brighton beat shot-shy Chelsea after Kaoru Mitoma stunner

A brilliant goal by Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma and a Yankuba Minteh double gave the Seagulls a 3-0 Premier League home win over Chelsea on Friday, a week after they knocked their London visitors out of the FA Cup.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
1
69.5
Possession
30.5
8
SHOTS
13
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
664
Accurate Passes
251
735
Passes
327
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
3
0.1
Cross %
0.7
36
Long Balls
52
17
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
20
0.2
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
13
9
Effective Clearances
32
9
Clearances
32

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-1

Lineups

BHA · 5-4-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 29Jan Paul van HeckeCD
  3. 4Adam WebsterCD-L
  4. 34Joël VeltmanCD-R
  5. 2Tariq LampteyLB
  6. 17Yankuba MintehRB
  7. 41Jack HinshelwoodCM-L
  8. 20Carlos BalebaCM-R
  9. 22Kaoru MitomaLM
  10. 14Georginio RutterRM
  11. 18Danny WelbeckF

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Filip JørgensenG
  2. 6Levi ColwillCD-L
  3. 23Trevoh ChalobahCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 27Malo GustoRB
  6. 20Cole PalmerAM
  7. 8Enzo FernándezLM
  8. 25Moisés CaicedoRM
  9. 18Christopher NkunkuF
  10. 7Pedro NetoAM-L
  11. 11Noni MaduekeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Substitution, Chelsea. Jadon Sancho replaces Noni Madueke because of an injury.
  2. 27' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Chelsea 0. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bart Verbruggen.
  3. 38' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Chelsea 0. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
  4. 42' Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Chelsea 0. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
  6. 64' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Malo Gusto because of an injury.
  8. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Tyrique George replaces Pedro Neto.
  9. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Moisés Caicedo.
  10. 73' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. João Pedro replaces Georginio Rutter.
  11. 74' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Gómez replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  12. 81' Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 84' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Danny Welbeck.
  14. 84' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari replaces Carlos Baleba.
  15. 89' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra replaces Yankuba Minteh.

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