Match summary
Chelsea saw off Brighton 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.
Jorginho put Chelsea ahead from the penalty spot in the 50th minute and Willian made it 2-0 in the 76th minute, set up by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 4.28 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Brighton's 0.62 from 8.
Before kick-off
Chelsea win
67%
Avg odds 1.43
Draw
20%
Avg odds 4.74
Brighton win
13%
Avg odds 7.74
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.