Post Match report for the Chelsea game - Saturday, 27th September 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Chelsea V Brighton - 27/9/25 P6
* * * * * ONE MAN UP * * * * *
RESULT: 1-3 ~ Welbeck 2 de Cuyper . (h-t 1-0)
VENUE: Stamford Bridge, London SW6 - third away match of 6 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: having returned from Yorkshire in midweek this next visit for travelling support was the second of three straight away contests in all competitions to date.
A regular trip into the familiar west end of the capital was something Brighton fans felt as almost local territory.
And we would be back in northern reaches of the metropolis at end of October for some evening knockout participation.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: tba . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: from doom & gloom to flying onto cloud nine.
FABIAN HURZELER was buoyed by suitable selections executed during that League Cup goal-fest last Tuesday night.
FH could nearly call on a full Prem group bar three known long-term absentees.
SQUAD: 14 Watson 19 Kostoulas 38 McGill (gk)
INJURED: 13 Hinshelwood . REHAB: 4 Webster 7 March
OOL: 3 Julio 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 32 Sarmiento 33 ORiley 39 Rushworth (gk) 40 Buonanotte
LEFT: Lamptey Enciso Estupinan Pedro Adingra Offiah Mullins Barco
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu
. 11 Minteh 17 Baleba 26 Ayari 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 25 Gomez . . . . . 10 Rutter
SUBS: 27 Wieffer (55), 8 Gruda (67), 18 Welbeck (67), 9 Tzimas (85), 29 de Cuyper (85)
BENCH: 23 Steele 20 Milner 21 Boscagli 42 Coppola
GOALS:
1-0 - 24 . hosts score first from a header at the back post that could not miss after visitors poor defending.
1-1 - 77 . WELBECK comes on as sub and soon heads home a fast cross by Minteh.
1-2 - 92 . De CUYPER arrives late in play and contributes with a goal from a ball by Wieffer..
1-3 - 99 . WELBECK grabs a second deep into stoppage time from assist by Gruda.
YELLOWS: Veltman 9, Wieffer 64, van Hecke 89, Dunk 90, Welbeck 101 . . RED: hosts 53
CHANGES: 55 Wieffer for Veltman . 67 Gruda & Welbeck for Baleba & Mitoma
85 Tzimas & de Cuyper for Rutter & Gomez
FIRST HALF: locals are straight off the blocks at pace and lead just inside half an hour.
Travellers wake up to a soiled clean sheet and chase the game but register zero shots on target.
SECOND HALF: Blues have a player sent off very early into this period for illegally preventing an opportunity,
Albion seize initiative past the hour mark with significant substitutions against ten men.
Visitors equalise around a quarter of an hour left to ninety minutes.
Hosts threats are seriously nullified.
Seagulls win it with two scored in stoppage time from two attempts.
IN THE END: balance was tipped towards the away unit making attacking alterations when having a man spare.
NUMBERS: poss 59%-41%, on target 3-3, off target 10-9, corners 5-7,
fouls 9-16, yellows 3-5, red 1-0 subs 4-5, shape 433-4231 . . . . . gd0 pt8 po10
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