Chelsea VS Brighton & Hove Match Prediction

This will be the 16th meeting between the teams, before 2017 they had only played each other 6 times. Brighton’s only victory in the fixture came the first time they met in the FA Cup in January 1933 and they then drew with each 1-1 in the same competition in 1966. Since then, Chelsea have won every game apart from a 1-1 draw in January 2020. When they played each other earlier in the season Chelsea ran out 3-1 winners with goals from Jorginho, Reece James and Kurt Zouma.

Chelsea vs Brighton Recommended bets with odds

Chelsea are favorites and can be backed at 8/15 with 10Bet to win 

Total goals under 2.5 have been set at 5/6 with Betway

Timo Wener is 19/10 with 10Bet to score at any time

Chelsea vs Brighton Prediction

Brighton will no doubt look to make things incredibly difficult for the home side and are under no pressure to search for three points at Stamford Bridge. However, Chelsea has been in fine form since Thomas Tuchel took over, the blip against West Brom coming when down to 10-men. We expect Chelsea to have too much quality and to eventually overcome a stubborn Brighton.

Correct score prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Brighton

Chelsea Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 3-4-2-1
 

Brighton Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-4-2
 

Chelsea have bounced back from their shock home defeat to West Bromwich Albion with a 2-1 aggregate win over Porto in the Champions League, a 4-1 victory away at Crystal Palace in the Premier League and a semi-final win over Manchester City in the FA Cup. As the season builds towards a crescendo, Chelsea are looking stronger by the game. Brighton have been solid all season and rarely get overrun by the opposition. They have only lost three games by more than one goal all season meaning that their goal difference of -5 is worth an additional point compared to teams around them.

Chelsea have lost only 1 game across their last 13 Premier League fixtures