Brighton vs Chelsea

14 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Kaoru Mitoma 27’
  • Yankuba Minteh 38’, 63’

Match summary

Brighton won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Chelsea. Brighton led 2-0 at half-time.

Kaoru Mitoma put Brighton ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Bart Verbruggen, Yankuba Minteh made it 2-0 in the 38th minute, set up by Danny Welbeck, and Minteh made it 3-0 in the 63rd minute, set up by Danny Welbeck.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 2.07 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Chelsea's 0.65 from 8.

Match stats

Brighton Chelsea
13 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 0
2 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.07 xG 0.65
2.07 Non-penalty xG 0.65
7 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Brighton Chelsea
Kick-off
Kaoru Mitoma
Assist: Bart Verbruggen1-0 (Brighton)
27’
Yankuba Minteh
Assist: Danny Welbeck2-0 (Brighton)
38’
Half-time2-0
Yankuba Minteh
Assist: Danny Welbeck3-0 (Brighton)
63’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Yankuba Minteh
Chelsea
  • Enzo Fernández
  • Moisés Caicedo

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.07 0.65 27’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), 1-0 27’ 38’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 2-0 38’ 63’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 3-0 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.07 0.65 27’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), 1-0 Mitoma 27’ 38’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 2-0 Minteh 38’ 63’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 3-0 Minteh 63’
Brighton 2.07 xGChelsea 0.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Brighton attacking 
85’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 38’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 63’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 35’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.28 xG, blocked 73’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 71’ Tyrique George (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 18’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 51’ Georginio Rutter (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+3’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 27’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 78’ João Pedro (Brighton), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 30’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Malo Gusto (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 38’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 63’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 35’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.28 xG, blocked 73’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 71’ Tyrique George (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 18’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 51’ Georginio Rutter (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+3’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 27’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 78’ João Pedro (Brighton), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 30’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Malo Gusto (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bart Verbruggen GK9010 0.000.051
Yankuba Minteh DEF9022 0.770.163
Joël Veltman DEF901 0.600.000
Jan Paul van Hecke DEF900 0.000.000
Adam Webster DEF900 0.000.000
Tariq Lamptey DEF901 0.080.000
Georginio Rutter MID771 0.090.281
Carlos Baleba MID882 0.070.000
Jack Hinshelwood MID780 0.000.000
Kaoru Mitoma MID9012 0.330.000
Danny Welbeck FWD8821 0.020.772
João Pedro Sub132 0.080.000
Diego Gómez Sub120 0.000.000
Matt O'Riley Sub20 0.000.000
Yasin Ayari Sub21 0.020.682
Simon Adingra Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 33% Avg odds 2.93
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.66
Chelsea win 41% Avg odds 2.36

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton DWWLL
Chelsea DDWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Chelsea 4-2 Brighton, 28 Sep 24 Next meeting: Chelsea 1-3 Brighton, 27 Sep 25  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.