Revenge is on the cards for Maresca's men as they face Brighton again.
20:00 Friday
Brighton and Chelsea meet again just six days after their FA Cup clash which saw Chelsea crash out of the competition.
Brighton vs Chelsea Prediction
- Brighton bounced back from their embarrassing 7-0 loss at Nottingham Forest by booking a spot in the next round of the FA Cup at the expense of Friday's opponents, Chelsea.
- The Seagulls haven't won a home game on home turf since their 2-1 win over Manchester City in November as they seek to end a five-game winless run at the AMEX.
- Chelsea are struggling on their travels, having failed to win in five on the road following last weekend's loss to Brighton.
- They won this game last season but have lost two of their last three outings at Brighton.
- The Seagulls will feel confident about a repeat of their FA Cup win over the Blues on Friday night.
Score Prediction: Brighton 2-1 Chelsea
Brighton vs Chelsea Lineups
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Brighton Predicted Lineup vs Chelsea
Verbruggen, Lamptey, Webster, Hecke, Veltman, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Mitoma, Rutter, Minteh, Welbeck
Chelsea Predicted Lineup vs Brighton
Jørgensen, Cucurella, Colwill, Chalobah, James, Fernández, Caicedo, Neto, Palmer, Madueke, Nkunku
Brighton vs Chelsea Team News
- Lewis Dunk is expected to miss out owing to a back issue that forced him off at the break of Brighton's 2-1 FA Cup win over Chelsea last weekend.
- Mats Wieffer and Pervis Estupinan are to be assessed, but a further five players are confirmed absentees.
- Fabian Hurzeler may be tempted to make just one change from the side that started the win over Chelsea, with Adam Webster coming in for Dunk.
- That would see Yasin Ayari and Joao Pedro start from the bench once more.
- Chelsea have issues in attack with both Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu missing due to injury, meaning Christopher Nkunku is expected to lead the charge on Friday night.
- Benoit Badiashile, Wesley Fofana, and Romeo Lavia are all injured, while Mykhailo Mudryk remains suspended for the visitors.
- Enzo Maresca is expected to make changes to his XI from the side that started the FA Cup tie at the AMEX last weekend, with Reece James, Levi Colwill, Filip Jorgensen, Enzo Fernandez, and Noni Madueke expected to return to the XI.
Brighton vs Chelsea Odds
| Result | Odds | Implied Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 2/1 | 33% |
| Draw | 11/4 | 27% |
| Chelsea | 11/8 | 42% |
Brighton vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips
Our Bet Builder Tips for Brighton vs Chelsea features Both Team to Score, Rutter Over 0.5 Shots on Target and Cole Palmer Over 1.5 Shots on Target.
At the time of publishing this is a best price of 5/1 with BetMGM.
Both teams to score landed in the FA Cup tie just six days ago and in the reverse fixture in the Premier League.
Both teams have scored in 18 of the last 24 games Brighton have been involved in and in all five of Chelsea's last five games.
Cole Palmer is averaging 1.41 shots on target per 90 this season in the Premier League, he had seven shots and two on target against West Ham in his last league fixture and hit the target a massive five times in the first meeting between these two sides.
Rutter is in fine form at the moment, he has four goals or assists in his last five appearances and managed to score and assist in this match six days ago and score in their first meeting at Stamford Bridge.
