Match Centre: Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Player of the match Cole Palmer 10.0
GolVolt rating 9.7GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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4 of 7
Chelsea turned that many shots on target into goals with only 41% of the ball.
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0:1 → 4:2
Chelsea came from behind to win.
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6 → 3
Chelsea climb 3 places in the table. Brighton & Hove Albion: 7 → 8.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Palmer: 4 goals, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.5 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Palmer: 4 goals, Palmer scored the winner, Palmer: rated 10.0.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 10.0 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 3.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 6 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.7more watchable than 97% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
6 goals5 cards2 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 7' Goal: Georginio Rutterassist: Baleba0:1
- 21' Goal: Cole Palmerassist: Jackson1:1
- 24' Goal Disallowed
- 27' Lewis Dunkyellow card
- 28' Goal: Cole PalmerChelsea2:1
- 29' Chelseayellow card
- 29' Brighton & Hove Albionyellow card
- 31' Goal: Cole PalmerChelsea3:1
- 33' Marc Cucurellayellow card
- 34' Goal: Carlos BalebaBrighton & Hove Albion3:2
- 41' Goal: Cole Palmerassist: Sancho4:2
- Half-time · 4:2
- 57' 2 substitutionsAyari for WiefferJulio for Webster
- 63' SubstitutionPedro Neto for Madueke
- 69' Goal Disallowed
- 70' SubstitutionVeiga for Cucurella
- 71' 2 substitutionsEnciso for KadıoğluRutter
- 71' SubstitutionSancho
- 78' Wesley Fofanayellow card
- 79' 2 substitutionsLavia for FernándezNkunku for Jackson
- 81' SubstitutionFerguson for Welbeck
- Full-time · 4:2
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Chelsea
Brighton & Hove Albion
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Chelsea
- 12 Filip Jørgensen GK —
- 2 Axel Disasi DEF —
- 4 Tosin Adarabioyo DEF —
- 10 Mykhaylo Mudryk MID —
- 40 Renato Veiga MID on
- 45 Roméo Lavia MID on
- 7 Pedro Neto ATT on
- 14 João Félix ATT —
- 18 Christopher Nkunku ATT on
Brighton & Hove Albion
- 23 Jason Steele GK —
- 2 Tariq Lamptey DEF —
- 3 Igor Julio DEF on
- 47 Imari Samuels DEF —
- 10 Julio Enciso MID on
- 15 Jakub Moder MID —
- 26 Yasin Ayari MID on
- 17 Yankuba Minteh ATT —
- 28 Evan Ferguson ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Stamford Bridge, London
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Chelsea Cole Palmer
- 2. place · Brighton & Hove Albion Carlos Baleba
- 3. place · Chelsea Jadon Sancho
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