Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea Preview


Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Amex Stadium

Date: 18th January 2022

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Brighton will welcome Chelsea to the American Express Stadium this Tuesday for their 24th round game of the 2021/22 Premier League season.

The hosts come into this game on the back of a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. In an exciting match that Brighton dominated, Crystal Palace took the lead through Conor Gallagher in the 69th minute in what was Palace’s first and only attempt on target after Graham Potter’s side wasted a lot of chances. An own goal by Eagles defender Joachim Andersen in the 87th minute spared Brighton’s blushes and ensured that the spoils were shared in the game.

That result extended the ‘Seagulls’ unbeaten run in all competitions to five games and ensured that they spent the weekend in the top half of the table.

They are currently sitting in ninth, five points behind the top six. An excellent result against Chelsea on Tuesday could see them move into eighth.

But their PL record against their visitors isn’t so encouraging as they are winless in nine league games against the Blues (D3, L4).

Meanwhile, Chelsea come into this tie on the back of a narrow 1-0 loss over Manchester City. The Blues matched their opponents for much of the game but were eventually undone by a world-class goal by Kevin De Bruyne from outside the box.

That result ended their eleven-game unbeaten run in all competitions and also ended a three game-winning run for the Blues.

Also, Liverpool’s win against Brighton on Sunday means that Thomas Tuchel’s side come into this round of fixtures sitting in third place, six points ahead of West Ham in fourth.

Their title quest looks dead and buried as they are now 13 points behind City, having won just one of their last five PL games (D3, L1). Another poor result here could leave them scrambling for a place in the top four by the end of the month; an occurrence the visitors will be desperate to avoid after being at the top for much of the season.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

Latest Premier League Results

November 10, 2024
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Newcastle United
Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City
November 9, 2024
Liverpool 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Brighton & Hov… 2 - 1 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Southampton
West Ham United 0 - 0 Everton
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Fulham
Brentford 3 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
November 4, 2024
Fulham 2 - 1 Brentford
November 3, 2024
Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 Aston Villa
November 2, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 West Ham United
Liverpool 2 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Leicester City
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

 

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