English Premiership League .
Match Week 38, Match Day LIVE.
Brighton and Hove Albion vs Chelsea
Seagulls vs The Blues .
Venue – American Express Stadium , Brighton.
May 15th , 2024 .
Time – 7.45 pm.

American Express stadium seems to be a fortress right now for the Seagulls as they file out against ,Chelsea this evening . It would be recalled that in their last home game against Aston Villa , Brighton won by 1- 0 , in a match where they restricted Villa to only two shots at goal.. Let’s pray that history will not repeat itsekf today.

Chelsea’s strong finish to the Premier League season continued with Saturday’s 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest and that was also the scoreline when they beat Brighton at Stamford Bridge in December.

The Blues have lost only one of their last 13 league games — a 5-0 rout at title contenders Arsenal — and they have surged into European contention following a patchy start to the Mauricio Pochettino era.

Brighton look set for a mid-table finish after a frustrating campaign, although the Seagulls have taken four points from their last two games against European hopefuls Aston Villa and Newcastle.
Injury worries are likely to be a setback for Brighton as the they need to assess the fitness of Joao Pedro, Joel Veltman and Jan Paul van Hecke. Solly March, Evan Ferguson, Jack Hinshelwood, Pervis Estupinan, James Milner and Kaoru Mitoma remain sidelined.

While Chelsea s injury crisis seems to be over as Captain Recce James who came as subsititute in the suberp victory at away against Nuno Espirito Santo s Nothingham Forest at the City Ground .
Absentees for Chelsea in today’s game are Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Ben Chilwell, Enzo Fernandez, Robert Sanchez and Carney Chukwuemeka.

Brighton have kept one clean sheet in 13 Premier League meetings with Chelsea.
The Seagulls have won only one of their last eight Premier League matches and eight of their previous 27 league games have ended 1-1.
Across Chelsea’s last 15 league matches, 13 have featured more goals than ever before
The Blues have scored at least twice in 12 of their last 14 league games.
Both teams have scored in 13 of Chelsea’s last 15 away matches in the top flight.
It looks set to be a mid-table finish for Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton.

Injuries have hampered Chelsea boss Pochettino and his Brighton counterpart Roberto De Zerbi this season but the Blues look in better shape as the campaign draws to a close.
Their 3-2 win at Forest means they have scored at least twice in 12 of their last 14 Premier League matches and the exceptions came in the 5-0 loss at title-chasing Arsenal and a 1-1 draw at champions Manchester City.
Chelsea have been reliant on Cole Palmer for attacking inspiration for much of the season but Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke and Conor Gallagher have also chipped in with goals recently.
Mykhailo Mudryk and Raheem Sterling were on the scoresheet at the City Ground and Chelsea have the firepower to trouble a Brighton side still missing a host of senior players due to injury.
The Seagulls beat Villa 1-0 in their last home game, restricting the visitors to just two shots, but they had conceded 11 goals in their four matches prior to that and look set for another high-scoring defeat against Chelsea.

While Chelsea can never normally be relied upon to bolt the back door shut on the road, Brighton’s toothlessness in attack has plagued them for a matter of months now, and only Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal have won more Premier League points than Chelsea in 2024.
Consequently, we have complete faith in Pochettino – who can also call upon some more fresh legs – to mastermind a fourth straight win for the Blues, keeping them firmly in the top-six race right until the last.

Predictions 1-2 or 0-2 . at Over 1.5 goals .

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