Brighton vs Chelsea

16 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Solly March 66’
  • Pedro 17’
  • Eden Hazard 33’

Match summary

Chelsea won 2-1 away at Brighton. Chelsea led 2-0 at half-time.

Pedro put Chelsea ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Eden Hazard, Eden Hazard made it 0-2 in the 33rd minute, set up by Willian, and Solly March pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 66th minute, set up by Bernardo.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Brighton's 0.26 from 6.

Match stats

Brighton Chelsea
6 Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.26 xG 1.61
0.26 Non-penalty xG 1.61
2 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Brighton Chelsea
Kick-off
17’
Pedro
Assist: Eden Hazard0-1 (Chelsea)
33’
Eden Hazard
Assist: Willian0-2 (Chelsea)
Half-time0-2
Solly March
Assist: Bernardo1-2 (Brighton)
66’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk
  • Florin Andone
Chelsea
  • Kepa
  • Marcos Alonso

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.26 1.61 17’ Pedro (Chelsea), 0-1 17’ 33’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), 0-2 33’ 66’ Solly March (Brighton), 1-2 66’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.26 1.61 17’ Pedro (Chelsea), 0-1 Pedro 17’ 33’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), 0-2 Hazard 33’ 66’ Solly March (Brighton), 1-2 March 66’
Brighton 0.26 xGChelsea 1.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Brighton attacking 
17’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 33’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 49’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 66’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 15’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 41’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 88’ Solly March (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ David Luiz (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 15’ Willian (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 31’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 63’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90’ Martín Montoya (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 33’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 49’ Pedro (Chelsea), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 66’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 15’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 41’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 88’ Solly March (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 6’ David Luiz (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Willian (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 17’ Eden Hazard (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 31’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 63’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 90’ Martín Montoya (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Ross Barkley (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Martín Montoya DEF901 0.020.000
Leon Balogun DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.040.000
Bernardo DEF9010 0.000.091
Anthony Knockaert MID840 0.000.000
Davy Pröpper MID900 0.000.000
Dale Stephens MID900 0.000.000
Solly March MID9014 0.200.062
Pascal Groß MID820 0.000.000
Glenn Murray FWD610 0.000.041
Florin Andone Sub290 0.000.000
Yves Bissouma Sub80 0.000.000
Jürgen Locadia Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 13% Bet365 odds 7.50
Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.50
Chelsea win 65% Bet365 odds 1.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton LDWWL
Chelsea DLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Chelsea 3-0 Brighton, 03 Apr 19  All Brighton vs Chelsea meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.