On Tuesday, April 21, a match took place at the Brighton stadium in which the local team met Chelsea as part of the 34th round of the English Premier League.
The London club suffered its fifth consecutive defeat in the championship, again failing to score, losing to the Seagulls with a crushing score of 0:3.
Brighton opened the scoring in the third minute thanks to a goal from Ferdi Kadioglu, who sent the ball into the goal after a corner kick from the left flank and an unsuccessful attempt to clear the ball by the opponents.
The home team increased their lead in the 56th minute. Georginio Rutter collected the ball in the center of the field after a clearance from his own penalty area, advanced to someone else's penalty area and passed the ball to Jack Hinshelwood, who sent the ball into the bottom left corner.
Danny Welbeck brought the score to a devastating blow in stoppage time, finishing in a cross from the left flank at the near post.. Chelsea ended the match without a single shot on target.
With 50 points, Brighton moved ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League standings and moved up to sixth position.. Londoners with 48 points are one line below.
Statistics of the match Brighton - Chelsea 34th round of the English Championship Brighton - Chelsea 3:0 Goals: Kadioglu, 3, Hinshelwood, 56, Welbeck, 90+1 Expected goals (xG): 2. 17 - 0. 38 Ball possession: 54% - 46% Shots: 15 - 6 Shots on target: 9 - 0 Corners: 6 - 5 Fouls: 15 - 5 Brighton:
Verbruggen - Wiffer (Veltman 46), van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu - Baleba, Grosse - Minthe (De Kuyper 77), Hinshelwood.
Chelsea: Sanchez - Chalobah, Fofana (Garnacho, 46), Hato - Gusteau (Acheampong, 90+2), Caicedo, Lavia (Essougu, 73), Cucurella - Fernandez - Neto, Delap (Guiyu, 72).
Warnings: Minte - Fofana.
It was previously reported that Chelsea could go down in history on the negative side.
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