Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea will play on Tuesday the 18th of January at 8:00 pm in the 24th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium. The chosen referee is Kevin Friend.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 9th place in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 10 times, and lost 4 times.
Chelsea is in the 3rd place in the league with 43 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 12 times, draw 7 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 25.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-1-2 (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, A. Webster, J. Veltman, D. Burn, M. Cucurella, T. Lamptey, J. Moder, P. Groß, A. Mac Allister, L. Trossard and N. Maupay.
If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.36.
J. Steele, S. Duffy, L. Dunk, Y. Bissouma, A. Lallana, E. Mwepu and J. Sarmiento will definitely miss the match.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 81.82%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (18 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: K. Arrizabalaga Revuelta, A. Rüdiger, T. da Silva, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, M. Alonso Mendoza, M. Kovačić, J. Frello Filho, M. Mount, K. Havertz, C. Hudson-Odoi and C. Pulisic.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Chelsea would be 28.27.
E. Mendy, T. Chalobah, A. Christensen, B. Chilwell and R. James will definitely miss the match.
