Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion Preview

Chelsea host Brighton & Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon in a meeting of two of the Premier League’s early pacesetters, with both sides unbeaten through the opening exchanges of pre-season and the start of the campaign.

Chelsea’s form has been strong through the closing weeks of summer. Their most recent outing brought a 3-2 win away at Fulham in the league. Prior to that, a 3-1 home win over Real Sociedad kept the good run going. Before that, a 3-3 draw away at Johor DT was the only blemish in an otherwise solid spell. Earlier in this run, a 3-0 home win over AC Milan and a 0-1 home defeat to Juventus complete a five-match sequence of three wins, one draw and a single loss.

Brighton arrive in even sharper form. Their most recent outing was a 4-0 home win over Aston Villa in the league. Prior to that, a goalless draw away at Tromso in Europe was the only stumble. Before that, a 1-0 home win over Bologna continued a fine run. Earlier in this run, a 3-0 home win over AS Roma and a 4-3 home win over Strasbourg complete a five-game spell of four wins and a single draw, with no defeats in that stretch.

The head-to-head record favours Brighton & Hove Albion, who have won four of the last five meetings, with no draws and a single win for Chelsea. Most recently, Brighton won 3-0 at home. In the previous encounter, Brighton won 3-1 away at Chelsea. History gives the visitors a clear edge heading into this one.

In the UK and Ireland, the match is live on Sky Sports Main Event, available via Sky Go and NOW. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on fuboTV and NBCSN. Coverage also extends to Australia via Stan Sport and to Spain on DAZN Spain.

Possible Lineups

Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Sanchez, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Gusto, James, Lavia, Hato, Palmer, Rogers, Joao Pedro

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen, Boscagli, Dunk, Vuskovic, Wieffer, Ayari, Gross, De Cuyper, Hinshelwood, Gomez, Rutter

Chelsea Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Fulham	2-3	Chelsea	Premier League	24.08.26
✅	Chelsea	3-1	Real Sociedad	Club Friendly	15.08.26
🤝	Johor DT	3-3	Chelsea	Club Friendly	09.08.26
✅	Chelsea	3-0	AC Milan	Club Friendly	08.08.26
❌	Chelsea	0-1	Juventus	Club Friendly	05.08.26

Brighton & Hove Albion Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Brighton	4-0	Aston Villa	Premier League	23.08.26
🤝	Tromso	0-0	Brighton	Conference League	20.08.26
✅	Brighton	1-0	Bologna	Club Friendly	15.08.26
✅	Brighton	3-0	AS Roma	Club Friendly	08.08.26
✅	Brighton	4-3	Strasbourg	Club Friendly	01.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Brighton	3-0	Chelsea	Premier League	21.04.26
Chelsea	1-3	Brighton	Premier League	27.09.25
Brighton	3-0	Chelsea	Premier League	14.02.25
Brighton	2-1	Chelsea	FA Cup	08.02.25
Chelsea	4-2	Brighton	Premier League	28.09.24

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	Sky Go UK, NOW, Sky Sports Main Event
Ireland Republic	Sky Go UK, NOW, Sky Sports Main Event
USA	fuboTV, NBCSN, SiriusXM FC
Australia	Stan Sport
Spain	DAZN Spain, DAZN1 Spain, Movistar+
France	Canal+ Foot, myCANAL
Canada	DAZN Canada, fuboTV Canada
India	JioHotstar
New Zealand	Sky Sport Premier League
Portugal	DAZN1 Portugal, DAZN Portugal

Table

POS	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	3
2	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3
3	Brentford	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	3
4	Everton	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
5	Hull City	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
6	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	3
7	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
8	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3
9	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
10	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
11	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
12	Fulham	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0
13	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
14	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
15	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
16	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
17	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
18	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
19	Coventry City	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0
20	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0