**Post Match report for the Chelsea game - Sunday, 30th August 2026**
PREMIER LEAGUE 26/27: Chelsea V Brighton - 30/8/26 P2 \* \* \* \* \* SOUTHCOAST BUBBLE BURSTS QUICKLY \* \* \* \* \* RESULT: 4-3 ~ Yalcouye, og, Gross . . . (h-t 3-1) VENUE: Stamford Bridge, London SW1 - first away match of 2 fixtures to date . . Sun 2pm BEFORE KICKOFF: travelling support were in affluent reaches of the capital for our initial domestic trip on the road this campaign. Brighton fans were in good mood having topped the table on day1 and reached the Conference League proper. WEATHER: summer . KIT: white . ATMOSPHERE: another false dawn in London FABIAN HURZELER was experienced from a certain longevity by current Prem coaches numbers as he continued this campaign start. FH made changes according to the injury list and other player-power considerations. SQUAD: 3 Julio 16 Cashin 26 Ayari 30 Svoboda 36 Yohanna INJURED: 8 Hinshelwood 10 Rutter 11 Minteh . . REHAB: 7 Mitoma 9 Tzimas 28 Ferguson OOL: 14 Watson 40 Buonanotte . . LEFT: 17 Baleba STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1 TEAM: 1 Verbruggen 27 Wieffer 44 Vuskovic 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu 25 Gomez 13 Gross 21 Boscagli 29 de Cuyper 35 Yalcouye 19 Kostoulas SUBS: 15 Osman (74), 12 David (80), 20 Costinha (80) BENCH: 23 Steele 4 Stuijk 6 Hadjam 22 Duberry 33 ORiley 49 Oriola GOALS: 1-0 - 4 . Verbruggen panics & blunders at hosts pressure in attack when presenting a tap in. 2-0 - 14 . visitors defence fails to cope with another local foray when pressed and again concede too easily. 3-0 - 32 . travellers are caught on the break and fail to provide sufficient cover or tackles. 3-1 - 35 . YALCOUYE smashes a volley home off a post after good interplay with Kostoulas. 3-2 - 63 . hosts concede an og when a dig by Gross deflects past the keeper. 4-2 - 74 . locals restore a two goal cushion as the away outfit cannot deal with rapid direct attacks. 4-3 - 96 . GROSS scores at a very late foray. YELLOWS: Dunk 70 Boscagli 89 Costinha 91 CHANGES: 74 - Osman for Yalcouye . 80 - David & Costinha for Kostoulas & Wieffer FIRST HALF: visitors are three down by self-inflicted errors just outside half an hour. Travellers pull one back by the interval. SECOND HALF: an own goal past the hour mark puts visitors back into contention. Hosts seal the win midway thru the half. The away outfit net a consolation in stoppage time. IN THE END: despite superior possession visitors always chase the game from kickoff. NUMBERS: poss 26%-74% on target 6-6, off target 11-9, corners 4-7, fouls 6-12, yellows 1-3, subs 4-3, shape 3421-4231 . . . . . gd3 pt3 po8 FS BROWSING: via Stats page tabs all History & Travel, Squad, Archive players, plus stats.