Summary

  • FT: Brighton 0-3 Chelsea - James double & Kirby for visitors

  • WSL leaders Chelsea looking to go six points clear

  • Brighton yet to win back-to-back league games this season

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  1. Postpublished at 80 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    More bad news for Brighton on the substitution front, there.

    Sjoeke Nusken scored three against them in October.

  2. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 79 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Sophie Ingle and Sjoeke Nusken replace Erin Cuthbert and Melanie Leupolz for Chelsea.

  3. Postpublished at 78 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Emma Kullberg threads through Lee Geum-min, who cuts the ball back to Elisabeth Terland.

    Terland is Brighton's top scorer in the league this season, but she won't want to see that again. Her effort goes high and a long way from Hannah Hampton's goal.

  4. Postpublished at 76 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Chance!

    Fran Kirby is in space and knocks the ball to Mayra Ramirez, who muscles off her defender with an eye towards goal.

    She strikes towards Sophie Baggaley but it's saved by the Brighton goalkeeper.

  5. Postpublished at 75 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    It's been over half an hour since Brighton last had a shot in this game.

  6. Postpublished at 74 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Hannah Hampton mistimes a clearance and Brighton collect, but she need not worry, Brighton lose the ball and Chelsea recover.

  7. Postpublished at 73 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Mayra Ramirez looks to have the ball behind the Brighton defence, but the offside flag is up.

    A potential let-off for the Seagulls.

  8. Postpublished at 71 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Aggie Beever-Jones has the ball and opts to take a crack at goal, but it's blocked and cleared.

    She had Mayra Ramirez in space. Would that have been a better option?

  9. Postpublished at 69 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Barring an utterly monumental Brighton turnaround, here's how the table is set to look

    Chelsea six points ahead, albeit having played a game more.

    WSL table graphicImage source, Getty Images
  10. Postpublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Emma Sanders
    BBC Sport at Broadfield Stadium

    Here we go then. What will we see from Mayra Ramirez? She's an exciting signing and she's already gone straight into the number nine position, with Fran Kirby dropping deeper.

  11. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 67 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    We won't see a Lauren James hat-trick this evening.

    Mayra Ramirez makes her Chelsea debut in her place, with the British record signing coming on alongside Aggie Beever-Jones.

    Johanna Rytting Kaneryd also goes off.

  12. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Chelsea attack again.

    The ball is cut back to Erin Cuthbert by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, but Cuthbert's shot is too powerful and goes a long way over the crossbar.

  13. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Brighton go forward for the first time in a while.

    Lee Geum-min leads the counter attack but her pass to Veatriki Sarri is too heavy and the latter can't get a good cross away.

  14. Postpublished at 62 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Chelsea are readying Aggie Beever-Jones, who has five goals in the league this season, and club record signing Mayra Ramirez on the bench.

    Not the news Brighton will want to hear.

  15. Postpublished at 62 mins

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Lauren James slides the ball through to Guro Reiten, she looks to pull it back to James but the offside flag is up.

    Chelsea are starting to ramp up the pressure. There's just under half an hour left to play.

  16. Postpublished at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January

    Brighton 0-3 Chelsea

    Emma Sanders
    BBC Sport at Broadfield Stadium

    Ruthless.

    Chelsea 2.0 in this second half. They should have been ahead at the break but have clearly used that to fuel this second half performance.

    Lauren James now has 12 goals in 11 matches, level with Khadija Shaw as the league's top scorer.

    Lauren James celebrates her second goalImage source, Getty Images
  17. goal

    GOAL - Brighton 0-3 Chelseapublished at 18:45 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January

    Lauren James (59 mins)

    She does it again!

    Chelsea recycle the ball as Niamh Charles sends a delivery into the box.

    Poppy Pattinson heads it into a dangerous area. It's a particularly dangerous area, given the fact Lauren James is waiting.

    James produces a fantastic first-time finish to rifle past Sophie Baggaley.

    Could she be on track for another hat-trick?

  18. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Brighton 0-2 Chelsea

    Lauren James strides forward for Chelsea and tries to find Fran Kirby on her right-hand side, but Brighton manage to intercept.

  19. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Brighton 0-2 Chelsea

    Chelsea have scored first eight times in the Women's Super League this season.

    Oh, and they've also won all eight games in which they did so.

    The stats aren't on Brighton's side.

  20. Postpublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January

    Brighton 0-2 Chelsea

    Emma Sanders
    BBC Sport at Broadfield Stadium

    Huge cheers for Katie Robinson's introduction in particular from the Brighton fans. She's barely on the pitch before Emma Kullberg shouts her over for an intense conversation, presumably passing on observations.