Chelsea 1-3 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 60% – 40%
- Shots 13 (3 on target) – 12 (3)
- Decisive moment: 90' Maxim De Cuyper, FN xPts +1.5
Enzo Fernández 24'
HT 1:0
Danny Welbeck 77'
Maxim De Cuyper 90'
Danny Welbeck 90'
Maxim De Cuyper 90'
Danny Welbeck 90'
Chelsea 6th · 8 pts|Brighton 15th → 9th · 8 pts
Brighton won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.81–2.28).
Player of the matchEnzo FernándezDecisive moment90' Maxim De Cuyper+1.5
Player of the match
Enzo Fernández Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.9 (Strong)
Game state
Chelsea ahead 53 min · level 37 min · Brighton ahead 0 min
- Chelsea: Red card 53' → ~37 min a player down
- Mats Wieffer — off the bench 35 min · 0G 1A
- Brajan Gruda — off the bench 23 min · 0G 1A
- Danny Welbeck — off the bench 23 min · 2G 0A
- Maxim De Cuyper — off the bench 19 min · 1G 0A
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.
24'
Enzo Fernández
Goal
+0.6
53'
Trevoh Chalobah
Red card
−0.3
77'
Danny Welbeck
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Yankuba Minteh +0.3
+0.9
90'
Maxim De Cuyper
Goal · scorer +1.0 · assist Mats Wieffer +0.5
+1.5
90'
Danny Welbeck
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Brajan Gruda +0.1
+0.3
Chelsea
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +0.3Opponent moments −2.4Time effect +0.1→ League points won 0
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments +2.7Opponent moments −0.3Time effect −0.2→ League points won 3
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
60%Possession40%
1.81Expected goals (xG)2.28
0.14xG per shot0.19
13Shots12
3Shots on target3
23%Shots on target %25%
7Shots in box8
470Passes316
84%Pass accuracy84%
5Corners7
0Saves2
9Fouls16
3Yellow cards5
2Offsides2
Compared with usual
Chelsea
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.81 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 2.28 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 13 | 12.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.3 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 12 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 60% | 60.9% | |
| Passes | 470 | 546 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 88.4% | |
| Corners | 5 | 5.3 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10 |
Brighton
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 2.28 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.81 | 0.98 | |
| Shots | 12 | 12.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 11.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.19 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 40% | 50.3% | |
| Passes | 316 | 425.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 83% | |
| Corners | 7 | 3.7 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 14 |
Timeline
- 9' Yellow Joël Veltman
- 24' Goal Enzo Fernández league goal #3
- 42' Yellow Marc Cucurella
- 51' VAR Trevoh Chalobah
- 53' Red Trevoh Chalobah
- 54' Sub Andrey Santos → Josh Acheampong
- 55' Sub Joël Veltman → Mats Wieffer
- 63' Sub Estêvão → Malo Gusto
- 64' Yellow Mats Wieffer
- 66' Yellow Reece James
- 67' Sub Kaoru Mitoma → Danny Welbeck
- 67' Sub Carlos Baleba → Brajan Gruda
- 77' Goal Danny Welbeck league goal #1 assist Yankuba Minteh
- 79' Sub Jorrel Hato → Benoît Badiashile
- 79' Sub Pedro Neto → Roméo Lavia
- 85' Sub Diego Gómez → Maxim De Cuyper
- 85' Sub Georginio Rutter → Stefanos Tzimas
- 89' Yellow Benoît Badiashile
- 89' Yellow Jan Paul van Hecke
- 90' Yellow Lewis Dunk
- 90' Goal Maxim De Cuyper league goal #1 assist Mats Wieffer
- 90' Goal Danny Welbeck league goal #2 assist Brajan Gruda
- 90+11' Yellow Danny Welbeck
Category leaders
- Key passesRobert Sánchez2
- Duels wonMoisés Caicedo8/12
- DribblesEstêvão3/5
- Defensive actionsJan Paul van Hecke8
- ShotsEnzo Fernández4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonMoisés Caicedo4
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.