Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion will face on Saturday the 15th of April at 3:00 pm in the 31st week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in London at the Stamford Bridge. The encounter will be officiated by Robert Jones.
Chelsea sits in the 11th position in the standings with 39 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 10 times, draw 9 times, and lost 11 times.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 7th position in the league with 46 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 13 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 23.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 3-5-2 (4 times), 3-4-3 (4 times), 4-2-2-2 (2 times), 3-5-1-1 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
Frank Lampard is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Wesley Fofana, Benoît Badiashile, Reece James, Enzo Fernández, Conor Gallagher, Mateo Kovačić, Kai Havertz, João Félix and Raheem Sterling.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Chelsea would be 24.90.
Kalidou Koulibaly and Armando Broja will definitely miss the match.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 57.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (16 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-5-1-1 (once) and 3-3-3-1 (once).
Roberto De Zerbi is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: Jason Steele, Pervis Estupinan, Lewis Dunk, Levi Colwill, Joël Veltman, Pascal Groß, Moisés Caicedo Corozo, Alexis Mac Allister, Solly March, Kaoru Mitoma and Evan Ferguson.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 27.50.
Roberto De Zerbi will probably not be able to employ Tariq Lamptey because of injury.
Adam Lallana, Jeremy Sarmiento and Jakub Moder will definitely miss the match.