§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 6

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 70, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 4 tackles. van Hecke produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 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 57.

Danny Welbeck scored twice.

Trevoh Chalobah  was sent off at 53'.

70
Player of the match

Jan Paul van Hecke

Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'

Produced 1.42× and cost 0.34× their position's average

Added
  • 12 final-third passes 2.2×
  • 4 tackles 2.3×
  • 8 duels won 1.7×
Took away
  • 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
  • 2 duels lost 0.5×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Chelsea
PlayerPositionMinRating
Andrey Santos Midfielder 54 57
Reece James Defender 90 53
Jorrel Hato Defender 79 51
Estêvão Forward 63 47
Enzo Fernández Midfielder 90 46
Moisés Caicedo Midfielder 90 44
Trevoh Chalobah Defender 53 43
Malo Gusto Defender 27 39
João Pedro Forward 90 37
Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper 90 36
Marc Cucurella Defender 90 32
Josh Acheampong Defender 36 31
Pedro Neto Forward 79 29
Benoît Badiashile Defender 11 no rating
Roméo Lavia Midfielder 11 no rating
Brighton & Hove Albion
PlayerPositionMinRating
Jan Paul van Hecke ★ Defender 90 70
Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper 90 66
Lewis Dunk Defender 90 60
Danny Welbeck Forward 23 57
Joël Veltman Defender 55 53
Brajan Gruda Midfielder 23 47
Yankuba Minteh Forward 90 46
Yasin Ayari Midfielder 90 45
Mats Wieffer Defender 35 43
Diego Gómez Midfielder 85 37
Georginio Rutter Forward 85 37
Ferdi Kadıoğlu Defender 90 35
Carlos Baleba Midfielder 67 35
Kaoru Mitoma Forward 67 26
Maxim De Cuyper Defender 5 no rating
Stefanos Tzimas Forward 5 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Chelsea player completed the most dribbles?

Estêvão, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Marc Cucurella 1, Pedro Neto 1.

In the 1–3 home defeat to Brighton, Estêvão provided Chelsea's main spark off the dribble with 3 successful take-ons. Marc Cucurella and Pedro Neto managed just 1 each.

Which Brighton & Hove Albion player won the most duels?

Jan Paul van Hecke, with 8 duels won. Next: Diego Gómez 6, Yankuba Minteh 5.

Jan Paul van Hecke controlled individual battles at Stamford Bridge, winning 8 duels. Diego Gómez followed with 6, while Yankuba Minteh added 5 for the visitors.

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.

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Chelsea 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion, Premier League 2025-26. Player of the match: Jan Paul van Hecke, 70
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.