Chelsea suffered their first defeat under Graham Potter after losing 4-1 to Brighton in the English Premier League. Leandro Trossard opened the scoring in the fifth minute of the match. Chelsea conceded two own-goals in the first half, and Brighton went into the second half with a three-goal lead. Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah were the unlucky players who scored an own goal. Kai Havertz scored a goal in the opening minutes of the second half to give his team some hope. The Blues failed to add more goals and Pascal Groß sealed the win in the final stages of the match.
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* shot maps
* xT (expected threat)
* pass networks
* xG timelines * defensive duels
* average positions and much more!
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The home team played the match in a 4-4-1-1 formation. Leandro Trossard led the line and was supported by Adam Lallana.
Chelsea began the match in a 3-4-2-1 formation. Kai Havertz was the leader of the group and was joined by Mason Mount and Conor Gallagher in the attack. Graham Potter changed the shape of his team thrice in the match. His side even played with two strikers.
The Seagulls ended the match with a possession rate of 42.17%. They dominated possession in the first half and averaged more than 50% of the total ball possession. However, they failed to get hold of the ball in the second half and had a possession rate of around 32%.
The Blues had a possession rate of 57.83% at the end of the match. They began to get hold of the ball in the second half but were unable to create enough threats.
Brighton’s players were very efficient with their positional attacks. They created 20 attacks in total and attempted 12 shots from these attacks. The attacks created from the centre generated the highest xG for the home team.
Chelsea created 37 positional attacks in the match, and they attempted 11 shots from these attacks. The Blues tried to be creative from the right side and attempted most of their attacks from that side.
The home team attempted 19 shots and nine were on target. They attempted three shots within the first five minutes of the match. All three shots were on target. Brighton were even unlucky as one of the shots attempted struck the crossbar.
Chelsea attempted 15 shots and managed to hit the target seven times. The shots attempted by the Blues were straight towards the keeper and he made some easy saves.
Brighton had a high xG rate of 3.06. They attempted 13 shots from inside the opposition penalty box, and most of the shots were attempted from the left side of the attack.
Chelsea had an xG rate of 1.61 at the end of the match. They attempted eight shots from inside the penalty box and managed to hit the target on five occasions. Chelsea attempted six shots in the first half.
Brighton’s full-backs played really close to their midfield players and created most of the pass links in the centre. The team attempted 326 passes and had an 81.9% accuracy rate.
Chelsea created most of their channel of play from the centre and focused on the left side. They attempted 486 passes and had an 88.07% accuracy rate. Mason Mount was in the centre of most plays and linked a lot of his teammates.
The home team attempted 31 passes to the final third and delivered 23. Leandro Trossard and Solly March created most of the links.
Chelsea attempted 54 passes to the final third and delivered 45. Ruben Loftus-Cheek found himself behind some of these passes. Kai Havertz was the most targeted player in these dangerous areas.
Brighton made 40 recoveries in the defensive third, 23 in the middle third, and 16 in the final third. Most of the recoveries were made on the left side.
The Blues recovered the ball 22 times in the defensive third, 37 times in the middle third, and 12 times in the final third. Thiago Silva and Trevoh Chalobah recovered the ball in double figures.
Both teams contested 222 duels, and Brighton won 50% of them. They had a high win percentage in the centre of the field.
Chelsea players won 104 duels in the match. They contested most of these duels in the attacking half but had a low win percentage. Ruben Loftus-Cheek won 17 duels for his side.
The home team won 44 defensive duels in the match. They had a high win percentage in the defensive half.
Chelsea won 37 defensive duels in the match. They had a high win percentage in the middle third of the field.
Brighton won 18 aerial duels in the match. They managed to win four aerial duels inside the opposition penalty box.
Chelsea won 12 aerial duels in the match.
Leandro Trossard once again proved to be the game-changer for the Seagulls. He scored the opening goal of the match and attempted six shots in total. He made the keeper work on three other occasions. The player has now scored in back-to-back games.
Kai Havertz continued his goal-scoring form from Europe and scored Chelsea’s only goal. He attempted four shots and scored the goal from close range.
Chelsea suffered their third defeat of the season after a disappointing performance away from home. They have struggled to score goals throughout the season and Graham Potter might look for new options in the transfer window. The Blues are out of the top four after this result.
Visuals via Wyscout and the TFA data viz engine