FA Cup · ENG · Round 4
Brighton & Hove Albion
2 - 1
Full time
Chelsea
American Express Stadium · Falmer, East Sussex
Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion4-2-3-1BV
1⚽Verbruggen
1⚽VerbruggenJV
34Veltman
34VeltmanJP
29van Hecke
29van HeckeLD
5↓46'Dunk
5↓46'DunkTL
2Lamptey
CB
20↓75'Baleba
20↓75'BalebaJH
41↓67'Hinshelwood
41↓67'HinshelwoodYM
17Minteh
17MintehGR
14⚽↓75'Rutter
14⚽↓75'RutterKM
22⚽Mitoma
22⚽MitomaDW
18↓89'Welbeck
18↓89'WelbeckRS
1Sánchez
1SánchezMG
27Gusto
27GustoTA
4Adarabioyo
TC
23Chalobah
23ChalobahMC
3Cucurella
3CucurellaMC
25Caicedo
25CaicedoKD
22↓59'Dewsbury-Hall
22↓59'Dewsbury-HallPN
7↓74'Neto
7↓74'NetoCP
20Palmer
20PalmerJS
19↓74'Sancho
19↓74'SanchoCN
18Nkunku
18Nkunku Chelsea4-2-3-1Brighton & Hove Albion substitutes
4 Adam Webster ↑46'
25 Diego Gomez ↑67'
26 Yasin Ayari ↑75'
9 Joao Pedro ↑75'
33 Matthew O'Riley ↑89'
38 Thomas McGill
16 Eiran Cashin
8 Brajan Gruda
11 Simon Adingra
Coach: Fabian Hürzeler
Chelsea substitutes
8 Enzo Fernández ↑59'
11 Noni Madueke ↑74'
32 Tyrique George ↑74'
12 Filip Jörgensen
30 Aaron Anselmino
62 Ishe Samuels-Smith
34 Josh Acheampong
6 Levi Colwill
39 Mathis Amougou
Coach: Enzo Maresca
Match events
5'Bart Verbruggen (own goal) 0 - 1⚽
12'Georginio Rutter assist: Joel Veltman 1 - 1⚽
14'Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
20'Georginio Rutter
27'Joel Veltman
Second half
46'↑ Adam Webster ↓ Lewis Dunk⇄
57'Kaoru Mitoma assist: Georginio Rutter 2 - 1⚽
59'↑ Enzo Fernández ↓ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall⇄
67'↑ Diego Gomez ↓ Jack Hinshelwood⇄
68'Moisés Caicedo
74'↑ Noni Madueke ↓ Pedro Neto⇄
74'↑ Tyrique George ↓ Jadon Sancho⇄
75'↑ Yasin Ayari ↓ Carlos Baleba⇄
75'↑ Joao Pedro ↓ Georginio Rutter⇄
89'↑ Matthew O'Riley ↓ Danny Welbeck⇄
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Match details
| Competition | FA Cup |
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| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 8 February 2025, 20:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.
Head to head
5Brighton & Hove Albion wins5Draws11Chelsea wins21 past meetings on record. Biggest Brighton & Hove Albion win: Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Chelsea (2025). Biggest Chelsea win: Brighton & Hove Albion 0–4 Chelsea (2018).
27 Sep 2025Chelsea 1 - 3 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
14 Feb 2025Brighton & Hove Albion 3 - 0 ChelseaPremier League
28 Sep 2024Chelsea 4 - 2 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
15 May 2024Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 2 ChelseaPremier League
3 Dec 2023Chelsea 3 - 2 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
27 Sep 2023Chelsea 1 - 0 Brighton & Hove AlbionEFL Cup
22 Jul 2023Chelsea 4 - 3 Brighton & Hove AlbionClub Friendlies
15 Apr 2023Chelsea 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
29 Oct 2022Brighton & Hove Albion 4 - 1 ChelseaPremier League
18 Jan 2022Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 ChelseaPremier League
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29 Dec 2021Chelsea 1 - 1 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
20 Apr 2021Chelsea 0 - 0 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
14 Sep 2020Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 3 ChelseaPremier League
29 Aug 2020Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 ChelseaClub Friendlies
1 Jan 2020Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 ChelseaPremier League
28 Sep 2019Chelsea 2 - 0 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
3 Apr 2019Chelsea 3 - 0 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
16 Dec 2018Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 2 ChelseaPremier League
20 Jan 2018Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 4 ChelseaPremier League
26 Dec 2017Chelsea 2 - 0 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
4 Aug 2012Brighton & Hove Albion 3 - 1 ChelseaClub Friendlies
