Brighton vs Chelsea Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton go into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier League tied result versus Crystal Palace.

In that match, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 64% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Crystal Palace got 3 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Conor Gallagher (69') and Joachim Andersen (87' Own goal) scored for Crystal Palace.

It has not been often in recent games that Brighton & Hove Albion have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Brighton & Hove Albion have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 6 goals on the way.

Chelsea

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Manchester City in Premier League action, Chelsea will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Chelsea had 44% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Manchester City had 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Kevin De Bruyne (70') was the scorer for Manchester City.

During their 6 previous matches, Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea have found the net 11 times therefore earning them a goals per game average of 1.83.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes dating back to 03/04/2019 shows us that Brighton have won 0 of them & Chelsea 3, with the number of draws being 3.

A combined total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 3 for The Seagulls and 10 for The Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

📋 Team News: Brighton

Tudor Baluta (Unknown Injury), Shane Duffy (Ankle Injury), Enock Mwepu (Hamstring Injury), Lewis Dunk (Knee Injury) and Adam Lallana (Hamstring Injury) aren’t available for Brighton gaffer Graham Potter. Yves Bissouma is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

It’s our opinion that The Seagulls will possibly make use of the 3-4-2-1 system in the match, utilising Robert Sanchez, Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Daniel Burn, Tariq Lamptey, Pascal Gross, Steven Alzate, Marc Cucurella, Jakub Moder, Alexis Mac Allister and Danny Welbeck.

📋 Team News: Chelsea

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has to choose a team with limited availability. Trevoh Chalobah (Hamstring Injury), Andreas Christensen (Corona virus), Reece James (Hamstring Injury) and Ben Chilwell (Ruptured cruciate ligament) won’t be making appearances.

We reckon that The Blues might begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 system, giving starts to Kepa Arrizabalaga, Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Antonio Ruediger, Callum Hudson-Odoi, N'Golo Kante, Jorginho, Marcos Alonso, Mason Mount, Hakim Ziyech and Romelu Lukaku.

🔮 Prediction

We envisage that Brighton & Hove Albion certainly have the ability to get a goal against this Chelsea outfit, but one goal possibly won’t be enough.

We’ve gone for a narrow 1-2 winning margin for Chelsea at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.

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Renata Leite, 01:01 14/01/2022