Chelsea 4-2 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 41% – 59%
- Shots 15 (7 on target) – 15 (5)
- Decisive moment: 28' Cole Palmer, FN xPts +0.8
Cole Palmer 21'
Cole Palmer 28' (pen)
Cole Palmer 31'
Cole Palmer 41'
Cole Palmer 28' (pen)
Cole Palmer 31'
Cole Palmer 41'
HT 4:2
Georginio Rutter 7'
Carlos Baleba 34'
Carlos Baleba 34'
Chelsea 6th → 2nd · 13 pts|Brighton 7th · 9 pts
Chelsea won on the scoreboard and on xG (4.16–1.11).
Player of the matchCole PalmerDecisive moment28' Cole Palmer+0.8
Player of the match
Cole Palmer Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.8 (Dominant)
Game state
Chelsea ahead 62 min · level 14 min · Brighton ahead 14 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
7'
Georginio Rutter
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Carlos Baleba +0.2
+0.7
21'
Cole Palmer
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Nicolas Jackson +0.2
+0.7
28'
Cole Palmer
Pen goal
+0.8
31'
Cole Palmer
Goal
+0.5
34'
Carlos Baleba
Goal
+0.3
41'
Cole Palmer
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Jadon Sancho +0.2
+0.5
Chelsea
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments +2.5Opponent moments −1.2Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +1.0Opponent moments −2.2Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
ChelseaBrighton
41%Possession59%
4.16Expected goals (xG)1.11
0.28xG per shot0.07
15Shots15
7Shots on target5
47%Shots on target %33%
13Shots in box8
376Passes552
77%Pass accuracy86%
8Corners2
4Saves2
11Fouls8
3Yellow cards2
6Offsides2
Compared with usual
Chelsea
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2.4 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.88 | |
| xG | 4.16 | 1 | high |
| xG against | 1.11 | 0.74 | |
| Shots | 15 | 13.9 | |
| On target | 7 | 6.3 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 13.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.28 | 0.08 | high |
| Possession | 41% | 60.3% | low |
| Passes | 376 | 554.4 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 77% | 87.9% | low |
| Corners | 8 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 9.9 |
Brighton
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0.86 | |
| xG | 1.11 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 4.16 | 0.82 | |
| Shots | 15 | 15.9 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.7 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 8.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.07 | |
| Possession | 59% | 58.7% | |
| Passes | 552 | 504.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 85.4% | |
| Corners | 2 | 6.1 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.1 |
Timeline
- 7' Goal Georginio Rutter league goal #1 assist Carlos Baleba
- 21' Goal Cole Palmer league goal #3 assist Nicolas Jackson
- 27' Yellow Lewis Dunk
- 28' Goal Cole Palmer (pen) league goal #4
- 29' Yellow Enzo Fernández
- 29' Yellow Pervis Estupiñán
- 31' Goal Cole Palmer league goal #5
- 33' Yellow Marc Cucurella
- 34' Goal Carlos Baleba league goal #1
- 41' Goal Cole Palmer league goal #6 assist Jadon Sancho
- 57' Sub Mats Wieffer → Yasin Ayari
- 57' Sub Adam Webster → Igor Júlio
- 63' Sub Noni Madueke → Pedro Neto
- 70' Sub Marc Cucurella → Renato Veiga
- 71' Sub Jadon Sancho → Mykhaylo Mudryk
- 71' Sub Ferdi Kadıoğlu → Julio Enciso
- 71' Sub Georginio Rutter → Yankuba Minteh
- 78' Yellow Wesley Fofana
- 79' Sub Enzo Fernández → Roméo Lavia
- 79' Sub Nicolas Jackson → Christopher Nkunku
- 81' Sub Danny Welbeck → Evan Ferguson
Category leaders
- Key passesCole Palmer4
- Duels wonJadon Sancho8/12
- DribblesJadon Sancho7/9
- Defensive actionsMalo Gusto6
- ShotsCole Palmer7 (on target 5)
- Fouls wonJulio Enciso3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.