Brighton & Hove Albion’s Ferdi Kadioglu netted an early opener and Jack Hinshelwood ​and Danny Welbeck scored in the second half to pile ‌more misery on Chelsea, beating the floundering ​Londoners 3-0 in the Premier League on ⁠Tuesday.

The result sees Brighton climb above its visitor to sixth in the table on 50 points, two ahead of ‌Chelsea, which has won one of its last nine league games and is in ‌danger of missing out on European football next ‌season ⁠if it cannot find a way out ⁠of its slump.

Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior shuffled both his players and his tactics during the game, but it had no response ​to going in ‌a goal down at the break, and his team limped to another embarrassing defeat.

Brighton’s Kadioglu side-footed home from a corner that was flicked on to ‌break the deadlock in the third minute, ​and the host should have doubled its lead in the 18th minute when Chelsea ⁠’keeper Robert Sanchez mishit a pass that went straight to Carlos Baleba in the visitor’s penalty area.

Baleba squared the ‌ball to Hinshelwood, but his tame effort was cleared by Trevoh Chalobah.

After failing to register a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes, half-time substitute Alejandro Garnacho gave Chelsea’s attack a much-needed shot in the arm, and he immediately ‌created a chance for Romeo Lavia, who blazed over.

Chelsea’s resurgence ​ended almost as quickly as it began, and in the 56th minute Hinshelwood redeemed his ⁠earlier miss by firing home a pass from Georginio ⁠Rutter to complete a counterattack.

With Chelsea still struggling to create any goal-scoring opportunities, Welbeck came ‌off the bench and added a late third to condemn the Blues to a fifth league ​defeat in a row without scoring.

Published on Apr 22, 2026