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Tuesday 21 April 2026 · 20:00 · HT 1-0 · American Express Stadium, Falmer · Referee Craig Pawson

Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Brighton & Hove Albion's last 10 home games and Chelsea's last 10 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 14 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 9.9 corners per match (league 9.9) and 4.7 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea, full match

53%

Possession

47%

2.14

Expected goals (xG)

0.37

15

Shots

6

9

Shots on target

0

6

Corners

5

15

Fouls

6

1

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

4

Goals and cards

3'

Goal

Ferdi Kadıoğlu BRI

45+1'

Yellow card

Wesley Fofana CHE

56'

Goal

Jack Hinshelwood BRI

58'

Yellow card

Yankuba Minteh BRI

90+1'

Goal

Danny Welbeck BRI

At a glance

Brighton & Hove Albion

8th in the table

D

W

L

Chelsea

10th in the table

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Brighton & Hove Albion's home games and Chelsea's away games in the Premier League this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Brighton & Hove Albion's last 10 home games and Chelsea's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

70%

14/20 games · League 56%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

10/20 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

75%

15/20 games · League 57%

Brighton & Hove Albion clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 26%

Chelsea clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 26%

Brighton & Hove Albion fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 26%

Chelsea fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 2.8

Corners

9.9

League 9.9

Cards

4.7

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Bart Verbruggen

DEFENDERS

6

21

24

27

MIDFIELDERS

13

Jack Hinshelwood

17

Carlos Baleba

30

Pascal Groß

FORWARDS

10

Georginio Rutter

11

Yankuba Minteh

22

Kaoru Mitoma

SUBSTITUTES

23

3

5

29

34

26

33

18

19

Charalampos Kostoulas

Chelsea

4-4-1-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Robert Sánchez

DEFENDERS

3

21

23

27

29

MIDFIELDERS

25

Moisés Caicedo

45

Roméo Lavia

FORWARDS

7

Pedro Neto

8

Enzo Fernández

9

Liam Delap

SUBSTITUTES

28

4

19

34

14

17

38

49

55

Referee: Craig Pawson

21 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

2.8

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

2.7

Red cards per game

0.10

Fouls per game

21.7

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.29

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BRI

CHE

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

2.9

2.7

Over 0.5

94%

31/33

94%

31/33

94%

62/66

92%

Over 1.5

82%

27/33

85%

28/33

83%

55/66

79%

Over 2.5

45%

15/33

64%

21/33

55%

36/66

54%

Over 3.5

18%

6/33

33%

11/33

26%

17/66

28%

Over 4.5

6%

2/33

9%

3/33

8%

5/66

13%

Bet

BRI

CHE

Match

League

Yes

61%

20/33

61%

20/33

61%

40/66

56%

Yes and win

18%

6/33

18%

6/33

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

42%

14/33

52%

17/33

47%

31/66

44%

Yes and draw

27%

9/33

21%

7/33

24%

16/66

19%

Yes and loss

15%

5/33

21%

7/33

18%

Yes in both halves

6%

2/33

0%

0/33

3%

2/66

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Bet

BRI

CHE

Match

League

Corners per match

9.7

10.5

10.1

9.9

Over 7.5

73%

24/33

82%

27/33

77%

51/66

75%

Over 8.5

61%

20/33

79%

26/33

70%

46/66

66%

Over 9.5

58%

19/33

70%

23/33

64%

42/66

56%

Over 10.5

42%

14/33

52%

17/33

47%

31/66

43%

Over 11.5

30%

10/33

36%

12/33

33%

22/66

29%

Over 12.5

6%

2/33

21%

7/33

14%

9/66

19%

Referee Craig Pawson: 2.8 cards and 21.7 fouls per game in 21 games this season

Bet

BRI

CHE

Match

League

Cards per match

4.6

4.8

4.7

3.9

Over 2.5

88%

29/33

73%

24/33

80%

53/66

72%

Over 3.5

70%

23/33

70%

23/33

70%

46/66

56%

Over 4.5

42%

14/33

58%

19/33

50%

33/66

38%

Over 5.5

27%

9/33

42%

14/33

35%

23/66

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Enzo Fernández

30 starts · 0.3 per 90

3%

1/29

27%

8/30

0%

0/30

0%

0/30

Pedro Neto

27 starts · 0.2 per 90

4%

1/26

15%

4/27

0%

0/27

0%

0/27

Kaoru Mitoma

16 starts · 0.1 per 90

0%

0/14

13%

2/16

0%

0/16

0%

0/16

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.