Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion will take on on Wednesday the 29th of December at 7:30 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge. The encounter will be officiated by Mike Dean.
Chelsea occupies the 3rd place in the league with 41 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 5 times, and lost twice.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 11th position in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 5 times, draw 8 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 78.95%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (15 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: E. Mendy, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, A. Christensen, A. Rüdiger, M. Alonso Mendoza, M. Kovačić, J. Frello Filho, R. James, H. Ziyech, C. Hudson-Odoi and R. Lukaku Menama.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Chelsea would be 27.36.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ T. da Silva, R. Loftus-Cheek, K. Havertz and T. Werner because of injury.
B. Chilwell and N. Kanté will definitely miss the match.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 29.41%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, M. Cucurella, D. Burn, A. Webster, T. Lamptey, A. Lallana, P. Groß, E. Mwepu, J. Moder, A. Mac Allister and N. Maupay.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 25.36.
Graham Potter will probably not be able to employ S. Duffy and L. Trossard because of injury.
L. Dunk, J. Veltman and J. Sarmiento will definitely miss the match.