Team news, where to watch, judge and var

Brighton & Hove Albion deliver Chelsea in Fa cup Saturday night, with two of them Premier league Sides that want to book a place in the last 16.

Seaguli, who never won the famous Cup competition, hosts Blues, who raised the trophy on eight occasions.

Both clubs will imagine their chances of coming to Wembley, with this meeting to invite this attention to the Premier League pressures.

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Brighton

Seaguli have a long list of injuries, and Mats Wieffer, Jason Steele, James Milner, Solly March, Ferdi Kadioglu, Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari, Igor and Pervis Estupinan, all last time against Nottingham Forest.

Fabian Hürzeler revealed that Wieffer returned to training And March is making good progress, however, none of the players should return this weekend.

Chelsea

Chelsea’s absent last time were Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Benoit Badiashile and Omari Kellyman. They all look like they will miss the match against Brighton.

Marc Gui has also gained ‘bad’ injuriesAs Enzo Maresca discovered, while Nicolas Jackson also doubts a journey to the southern shore.

Where to watch Brighton V Chelsea on TV

The fixing between Brighton and Chelsea was selected to display itV live. Planned to start at 8pm (GMT) on Saturday 8 February, ITV4 will broadcast a live game, while spectators can also flow a game on ITVX.

In the US, the match will be broadcast on ESPN+, and in Canada live on TV -us Channel Sportsnet.

Brighton V Chelsea Judge and is there a var?

Despite playing two Premier League clubs, there will be no VAR for the fourth round, and Fa decided to present judges for video assistants from the fifth round.

Therefore, a man with all will be able to be a judge Jarred Gillett. The Australians will be helped by Darren Cann and Lewis Sam, and the fourth clerk is Stephen Martin. Gillett, 38, referred to eight Chelsea games and seven for Brighton in the past.

Brighton V Chelsea form

Brighton

A few weeks ago, Brighton was on his way to enter this conflict of Fa Cup in fine form and full of confidence. However, they defeat back to the Premier League of Everton and Nottingham Forest have changed that.

Hürzeler’s side lost 1-0 from Everton, and then released seven last time against Forest, leaving them to 10th place in the Premier League.

Chelsea

Meanwhile, Chelsea, who ended up in successive defeats against Fulham and Ipswich Town in 2024, also fought for consistency, which made them move away from the race in the title.

The defeat of Manchester City for the last time on his trips, Maresca’s Blues managed to come from behind to win West Ham last time to keep them in the best of them.

Brighton V Chelsea head to head

Prior to Brighton’s promotion in the Premier League 2017, two parties only met in a handful of opportunities, and all four of their first games arrived at the FA Cup.

The sides met in 1933, twice 1967 and again in 1973 and overall, Chelsea had a better record between the two sides.