Premier League 2026-27 · Matchday 2
What did Chelsea's 4-3 win over Brighton & Hove Albion change in the Premier League table?
Goals
Chelsea
- 4'Romeo Lavia
- 14'Pedro Neto
- 32'Joao Pedro
- 74'Cole Palmer
Brighton & Hove Albion
- 35'Malick Yalcouye
- 63'Joao Pedro(OG)
- 90+6'Pascal Gross
HT 3-1
What this result changed
Standings entering Aug 30, Korea time (results through the previous day), plus this game only. Other games played on Aug 30 (Korea time) are not included.
This game alone
- Brighton & Hove AlbionPosition #4→#5
- ChelseaPosition #7→#3
Position change only:Everton #3→#4, Arsenal #5→#6, Brentford #6→#7
Before → with this result only
| Chelsea | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
|---|---|---|
| Position | #7→ | #4→ |
| Points | 3→ | 3 |
| Record | 1-0-0→ | 1-0-0→ |
| Games left | 37→ | 37→ |
| Possible finish | #1–20 | #1–20 |
| Out of title race in | 37→ | 37→ |
| Out of UCL race in | - | -→ |
| Safety clinch pts | 107→ | 107 |
“-” means there is no such number: for a clinch, the club can't clinch on its own (it needs other results); for an elimination, losing every remaining game still wouldn't settle it.
After all games on Aug 30 (Korea time)
Standings entering Aug 30, Korea time (results through the previous day), plus the 4 games finished on Aug 30. Clinches and eliminations that took more than one of those results show up only here.
17 clubs with a position change only
Everton #3→#6, Brighton & Hove Albion #4→#8, Arsenal #5→#9, Brentford #6→#4, Chelsea #7→#3, Ipswich Town #8→#10, Leeds United #9→#7, Liverpool #10→#12, Newcastle United #11→#5, Bournemouth #12→#13, Nottingham Forest #13→#14, Fulham #14→#15, Sunderland #15→#11, Tottenham Hotspur #17→#20, Aston Villa #18→#17, Coventry City #19→#18, Crystal Palace #20→#19
Games counted that day:
- Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Newcastle United
- Leeds United 1-1 Brentford
- Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Sunderland 1-0 Fulham
In races with more than 8 games left, countdown changes that stay far off (a clinch needing more than two-thirds of the points left, or an elimination more than half the games left away) are left out of this list. Clinches and eliminations are always listed, and both clubs' numbers are all in the two-club table.
Current numbers, including the day's other games, on the club pages:Chelsea scenarios →Brighton & Hove Albion scenarios →
Team stats
| Chelsea | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
|---|---|---|
| 25.9% | Possession | 74.1% |
| 17 | Shots | 15 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 6 |
| 4 | Corners | 7 |
| 6 | Fouls | 12 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Cards & substitutions
Cards
Chelsea
- Wesley Fofana
Brighton & Hove Albion
- Lewis Dunk
- Olivier Boscagli
- Costinha
Card times are not in the feed for European matches, so only names are listed.
Substitutions
Chelsea
- 68'On: Reece JamesOff: Romeo Lavia
- 68'On: Moises CaicedoOff: Pedro Neto
- 68'On: Josh AcheampongOff: Wesley Fofana
- 72'On: Pep ChavarriaOff: Levi Colwill
- 82'On: Valentin BarcoOff: Moises Caicedo
Brighton & Hove Albion
- 74'On: Ibrahim OsmanOff: Malick Yalcouye
- 80'On: Promise DavidOff: Charalampos Kostoulas
- 80'On: CostinhaOff: Mats Wieffer
Player stats
Chelsea3-4-2-1
| Player | Pos | Min | G | A | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Emiliano Martinez | GK | 90 | |||
| 3Wesley Fofana | DF | 68 | |||
| 5Maxence Lacroix | DF | 90 | |||
| 6Levi Colwill | DF | 72 | |||
| 7Pedro Neto | MF | 68 | 1 | ||
| 27Malo Gusto | MF | 90 | |||
| 45Romeo Lavia | MF | 68 | 1 | ||
| 21Jorrel Hato | MF | 90 | 1 | ||
| 10Cole Palmer | MF | 90 | 1 | ||
| 17Morgan Rogers | MF | 90 | 1 | ||
| 9Joao Pedro | FW | 90 | 1 | 1 | |
| 24Reece James | DF | 22 | |||
| 34Josh Acheampong | DF | 22 | |||
| 29Pep Chavarria | DF | 18 | |||
| 25Moises Caicedo | MF | 14 | |||
| 4Valentin Barco | MF | 8 |
Unused substitutes: Jamie Gittens, Danny Welbeck, Mike Penders, Estevao Willian
Indented names came off the bench. Minutes exclude stoppage time (a full match is 90).
Brighton & Hove Albion4-2-3-1
| Player | Pos | Min | G | A | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bart Verbruggen | GK | 90 | |||
| 27Mats Wieffer | DF | 80 | |||
| 44Luka Vuskovic | DF | 90 | |||
| 5Lewis Dunk | DF | 90 | |||
| 24Ferdi Kadioglu | DF | 90 | |||
| 13Pascal Gross | MF | 90 | 1 | ||
| 21Olivier Boscagli | MF | 90 | |||
| 25Diego Gomez | MF | 90 | |||
| 35Malick Yalcouye | MF | 74 | 1 | ||
| 29Maxim De Cuyper | MF | 90 | |||
| 19Charalampos Kostoulas | FW | 80 | |||
| 15Ibrahim Osman | FW | 16 | |||
| 12Promise David | FW | 10 | |||
| 20Costinha | DF | 10 |
Unused substitutes: Pascal Struijk, Jason Steele, Jaouen Hadjam, Amario Cozier Duberry, Nehemiah Oriola, Matt ORiley
Indented names came off the bench. Minutes exclude stoppage time (a full match is 90).
Match data: Naver Sports. Clinch and elimination numbers and possible finishes are computed by this site.