How Brighton's opener unlocked more staggering Chelsea stats 🔓 | OneFootball

Chelsea's season is officially going from bad to worse at Brighton.

The hosts took a quickfire lead as Ferdi Kadıoğlu converted a Pascal Groß to pile on the misery to Liam Rosenior's side which also exposed another worrying flaw.

It was the earliest time that the Blues have shipped a Premier League goal directly since December 2003, when Roman Abramovich's ownership was in its infancy.

If that didn't make grim enough reading, they have also equalled a club record for the most goals conceded from corners in a top-flight campaign, which stood for 31 years.

They are also on their longest run of Premier League games without a clean sheet...

And worse still, BBC Sport claim Chelsea have now conceded eight goals in the first 15 minutes of games this season - a feat only beaten by two relegation candidates.

West Ham are narrowly ahead of their London rivals on nine while Burnley, who remain mired in the bottom three, lead the way with 11 goals.

That Champions League qualification spot feels like it's ebbing away game by game.

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