Brighton vs. Chelsea: Preview and betting tips

The English Premier League will offer an interesting duel, in which London Chelsea will play against Brighton, who have been performing well this season and deservedly stay in the better half of the league table.

Chelsea are currently in third place in the league. They are two points behind second-placed Liverpool, but they have a game in hand, and they are an abysmal 13 points behind first-placed Manchester City. It has a six-point lead over fourth-placed West Ham, but Arsenal and Tottenham may soon catch up.

Manchester City’s lead has increased due to poor league form at Chelsea. The latter has won only one of its last five games, drawn three times and lost once against the Citizens. One of the draws was against current rivals Brighton.

In the last few games, the London team did not do well because of a large number of players. In addition to several injuries, coronavirus was spreading among the players and the team was considerably weakened. However, only Christensen, Chalobah, Chilwell and James will not start against Brighton.

Brighton managed to score twice, draw twice and leave the game as a loser. The score from these five games is 7:5.

Brighton are in ninth place in the Premier League after twenty games played. It has a very interesting score, with the number of goals scored and received equal to 21. This team is 15 points behind Chelsea.

The last match between these teams was played recently and ended in a 1-1 draw. The duel took place on 29 December last year. The goals were scored by Lukaku and Welbeck, who equalised in injury time.

Chelsea do not plan to lose points for the second time in a row to a team like Brighton, who are putting in great performances, but Chelsea are simply the stronger team and they have to prove it. The title is most likely lost, but they must continue to fight for the Champions League as their third place finish could be in jeopardy at the end of the competition.

Chelsea is looking to return to good form and wants to forget the failed league games of recent times. Brighton are not scoring many goals, now they will also try to defend bravely, but Chelsea will go for the win.