Chelsea excursion to Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round FA Cup on Saturday night, as they aim to pile up more misery on seagulls.
After Everton beat him on home soil, Brighton was stunned last weekend Lost 7-0 against high flying forest nottingham. Fabian Hurzeler’s side did not prove to be Chris Wood and Anthony Elanga, who sentenced them to humiliating defeat.
Chelsea will want to use any nervousness or deflation on the south coast this weekend after returning to winning ways on Monday night. Blues beat London enemies West Ham United 2-1 The kindness of the unhappy goal of Aaron Wan-Bissake.
Here 90min lead for Brighton vs Chelsea.
Brighton VS Chelsea H2H Record (last five matches)
Current form (all competitions)
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Brighton |
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Nottingham Forest 7-0 Brighton – 01/02/25 |
Chelsea 2-1 West Ham – 03/02/25 |
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Brighton 0-1 Everton – 25/01/25 |
Man City 3-1 Chelsea – 25/01/25 |
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Man UTD 1-3 Brighton – 19/01/25 |
Chelsea 3-1 Wolves – 20/01/25 |
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Ipswich 0-2 Brighton – 16/01/25 |
Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth – 14/01/25 |
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Norwich 0-4 Brighton – 11/01/25 |
Chelsea 5-0 Morecamba – 11/01/25 |
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United Kingdom |
ITV4, ITVX |
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United States |
ESPN+, ESPN application |
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Canada |
Sportnet World Now, Sportsnet Now, Sportsnet World, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Now Plus |
Brighton currently has a mountain of injuries and it is guaranteed that he will be without a Wieffer rug, James Milner, Jason Steele, Ferdi Kadioglu, Solly March and Igor v. Chelsea.
Trio Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari and Pervis Estupinan are all major doubts about the weekend, although Hurzeler suggested that two of the three could be included without discovering any further details.
The winter recruit of Eiran Cashin is available and is not tied to the Cup, because this season he did not represent Derby County in the competition. He could debut in a property.
Brighton predicted the VS Chelsea setup (4-2-3-1): Verbruuggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Lamptey; Gomez, O’riiley; Minteh, Routter, mythomas; Pedro.
Nicolas Jackson and Marc Gui are both of them suspiciously perform On the weekend after sustaining injuries in victory over West Ham. They could join Benoit Badiashile, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia and David Datro Fofana – whom the Blues had early recalled their loan in Goztepe – aside.
Chelsea was busy on the day of Rok and allowed four players to leave the club on temporary loan contracts. Joao Felix, Carney Chukwuemeka, Ben Chilwell and Axel Disas all left, several of which may have started against Brighton.
Enzo Maresca could make changes for the FA Cup, but they are likely to present a strong side, since Chelsea is no longer playing until the next Friday in the Premier League again does not meet Brighton at Amex Stadium.
Chelsea predicted the VS Brighton lineup (4-2-3-1): Jorgensen; Dense, chalobah, colwill, cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, net; Nkunk.
There were six goals in the duel between teams at Stamford Bridge earlier this season, Cole Palmer scored four during the first half In a blinding screen that day. A similar excitement could appear on the south coast this time, with both teams achieved at seven of the last eight meetings.
Bright’s injuries are sure to leave them in an awkward position on the eve of Chelsea’s visit, but still have a plenty of attacking quality, with Kaora Mitoma, Joa Pedro and Yankuba Minteh are likely to cause blues trembling defense questions.
However, the huge depth of Chelsea and growing confidence should help them ensure a tiring triumph, even if they need extra time transport to reach the fifth round.
Prediction: Brighton 2-3 Chelsea (AET)
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