Chelsea 4–3 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Lavia 4'
- Neto 14'
- Pedro 32'
- Palmer 74'
- Yalcouyé 35'
- Pedro 63' (o.g.)
- Groß 90+6'
30 August 2026
The match in data
Chelsea got the better of Brighton & Hove Albion, 4–3, on 30 August 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Pedro Neto (Chelsea), rated 81, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.55 xG. Neto produced 2.3 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
For Brighton & Hove Albion, the highest-rated player was Pascal Groß, with 70.
Pedro Neto
Chelsea · 68'
Produced 2.34× and cost 0.23× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 0.55 xG 2.6×
- 2 shots on target 3.4×
- 2 times dribbled past 4.0×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Neto ★ | Forward | 68 | 81 |
| Roméo Lavia | Midfielder | 68 | 74 |
| Wesley Fofana | Defender | 68 | 64 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 90 | 60 |
| Maxence Lacroix | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Levi Colwill | Defender | 72 | 56 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Reece James | Defender | 22 | 47 |
| Jorrel Hato | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Josh Acheampong | Defender | 22 | 24 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Pep Chavarría | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Valentín Barco | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Groß | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Malick Yalcouyé | Midfielder | 74 | 68 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 80 | 62 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | Forward | 80 | 57 |
| Olivier Boscagli | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Luka Vuskovic | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ibrahim Osman | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Costinha | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Promise David | Forward | 10 | 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.