Chelsea v Brighton: Pick of the stats

Having won 10 of their first 11 league games against Brighton (D1), Chelsea are now winless in five against the Seagulls (D3 L2), losing both Premier League meetings last season.

Brighton are one of only four sides yet to keep a Premier League clean sheet this season, with the Seagulls making a joint-high four errors leading to goals this season. They have also scored in every game, however, and could become just the sixth top-flight team ever to score and concede in their first 14 matches in a season, and first since Wolves in 1934-35.

Chelsea have lost five of their 13 Premier League games this season, only the second time in their last 28 seasons they have lost as many at this stage of a season, along with 2015-16 (7). They have also conceded 20 goals at this stage of a Premier League campaign for just the second time, with the other instance also in 2015-16 when they had let in 23 as reigning champions

After going 63 Premier League games in a row without a red card between February 2022 and the start of November, Brighton have received a red card in each of their last two games. Lewis Dunk’s dismissal against Nottingham Forest was his fifth in the Premier League, the most of any player since Brighton joined the division in 2017-18.

Raheem Sterling has been involved in one goal in each of his last three Premier League appearances (two goals, one assist), his best run as a Chelsea player. He is looking to score in three games in a row for the first time since December 2021, when he was at Manchester City (four in a row).