Chelsea vs Brighton and Hove Albion prediction | 30 Aug 2026 | xGtoday


Chelsea
Ranking: #8 overall, #4 in England

90.2 → 86.6 (-3.6 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-3 04 May Nottm Forest (H) 87.9 -0.3
1-1 09 May Liverpool (A) 88.0 +0.1
2-1 19 May Tottenham (H) 87.0 -1.0
2-1 24 May Sunderland (A) 86.0 -1.0
2-3 24 Aug Fulham (A) 86.6 +0.6
Brighton and Hove Albion
Ranking: #10 overall, #5 in England

83.6 → 86.3 (+2.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-1 02 May Newcastle (A) 84.7 -0.7
3-0 09 May Wolves (H) 84.9 +0.2
1-0 17 May Leeds Utd (A) 86.3 +1.4
0-3 24 May Man United (H) 85.5 -0.8
4-0 23 Aug Aston Villa (H) 86.3 +0.8

Chelsea vs Brighton and Hove Albion: by the numbers

Brighton and Hove Albion trail Chelsea by 2 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 1 in England.

Over their last 10 matches Brighton and Hove Albion have moved +2.7 rating points, against -3.6 for Chelsea.

Chelsea lost 1.0 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 21 Apr 2026.

Chelsea first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 94.6 on 22 Aug 2021.

The highest Brighton and Hove Albion have ever stood in our European rankings is #4, first reached on 14 May 2023.