Chelsea 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Fernández 24'
- Chalobah 53'
- Welbeck 77'
- De Cuyper 90+2'
- Welbeck 90+10'
27 September 2025
The match in data
Brighton & Hove Albion got the better of Chelsea, 3–1, on 27 September 2025, on matchday 6 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Brighton & Hove Albion came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 24'.
Player of the match: Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 75, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 4 tackles. van Hecke produced 1.6 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Chelsea, the highest-rated player was Andrey Santos, with 66.
Danny Welbeck scored twice.
Trevoh Chalobah was sent off at 53'.
Jan Paul van Hecke
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.60× and cost 0.36× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.2×
- 4 tackles 2.3×
- 8 duels won 1.7×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Santos | Midfielder | 54 | 66 |
| Reece James | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Jorrel Hato | Defender | 79 | 56 |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Defender | 53 | 50 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 27 | 40 |
| Estêvão | Forward | 63 | 38 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Josh Acheampong | Defender | 36 | 33 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 79 | 28 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Benoît Badiashile | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Roméo Lavia | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Paul van Hecke ★ | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 23 | 67 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Joël Veltman | Defender | 55 | 58 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 85 | 50 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 23 | 49 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 35 | 42 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 85 | 41 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 67 | 37 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 67 | 35 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Stefanos Tzimas | Forward | 5 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.