Brighton & Hove Albion tackle Chelsea within the FA Cup on Saturday night, with the 2 Premier League sides trying to e-book a spot within the final 16.
The Seagulls, who’ve by no means gained the well-known cup competitors, host the Blues, who’ve lifted the trophy on eight events.
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Each golf equipment will fancy their probabilities of making it to Wembley come Might, with this assembly a welcome distraction from the pressures of the Premier League.
Brighton v Chelsea group information
Brighton
The Seagulls have a protracted damage record with Mats Wieffer, Jason Steele, James Milner, Solly March, Ferdi Kadioglu, Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari, Igor and Pervis Estupinan all lacking final day out in opposition to Nottingham Forest.
Fabian Hürzeler has revealed that Wieffer is back in training and March is making good progress, nonetheless, not one of the gamers are set to return this weekend.
Chelsea
Chelsea’s absentees final day out had been Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Benoit Badiashile, and Omari Kellyman. All of them look set to overlook the match in opposition to Brighton.
Marc Guiu has also suffered a ‘bad’ injury, as revealed by Enzo Maresca, whereas Nicolas Jackson can be a doubt for the journey to south coast.
The place to look at Brighton v Chelsea on TV
The fixture between Brighton and Chelsea was chosen to be proven stay by ITV. Scheduled to kick-off at 8pm (GMT) on Saturday 8, February, ITV4 will broadcast the match stay, whereas viewers also can stream the sport on ITVX.
Within the USA, the match will likely be streamed on ESPN+, and in Canada, stay on TV with channel Sportsnet.
Brighton v Chelsea referee and is there VAR?
Regardless of the match being performed by two Premier League golf equipment, there will likely be no VAR for the fourth-round tie, with the FA deciding to introduce Video Assistant Referees from the fifth spherical.
Subsequently, the person with all the facility will likely be referee Jarred Gillett. The Australian will likely be assisted by Darren Cann and Sam Lewis, with the fourth official being Stephen Martin. Gillett, 38, has taken cost of eight Chelsea video games and 7 for Brighton up to now.
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Jarred Gillett document |
Brighton |
Chelsea |
|---|---|---|
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Video games |
7 |
8 |
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Document |
4W, 0D, 3L |
3W, 4D, 1L |
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Playing cards acquired |
9 Yellow, 0 Pink |
15 Yellow, 1 Pink |
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Playing cards to opponents |
10 Yellow, 0 Pink |
11 Yellow, 0 Pink |
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Penalties for/in opposition to |
3/2 |
3/0 |
Brighton v Chelsea kind
Brighton
A couple of weeks in the past, Brighton had been on the right track to be coming into this FA Cup conflict in superb kind and filled with confidence. Nonetheless, back-to-back defeats within the Premier League to Everton and Nottingham Forest have modified that.
Hürzeler’s aspect misplaced 1-0 to Everton then shipped seven in opposition to Forest final day out, leaving them tenth within the Premier League.
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Brighton’s final 5 outcomes (all competitions) |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Date |
Opponent |
Competitors |
Outcome |
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Sat 1st Feb |
Nottingham Forest (a) |
Premier League |
L 7-0 |
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Sat twenty fifth Jan |
Everton (h) |
Premier League |
L 0-1 |
|
Solar nineteenth Jan |
Man Utd (a) |
Premier League |
W 1-3 |
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Thu sixteenth Jan |
Ipswich (a) |
Premier League |
W 0-2 |
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Sat eleventh Jan |
Norwich (a) |
FA Cup |
W 0-4 |
Chelsea
In the meantime, Chelsea, who ended 2024 with successive defeats in opposition to Fulham and Ipswich City, have additionally struggled for consistency which has seen them drift away from the title race.
A defeat to Manchester Metropolis final time on their travels, Maresca’s Blues did handle to return from behind to beat West Ham final day out to maintain them within the high 4.
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Chelsea’s final 5 outcomes (all competitions) |
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Date |
Opponent |
Competitors |
Outcome |
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Mon third Feb |
West Ham (h) |
Premier League |
W 2-1 |
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Sat twenty fifth Jan |
Man Metropolis (a) |
Premier League |
L 3-1 |
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Mon twentieth Jan |
Wolves (h) |
Premier League |
W 3-1 |
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Tue 14th Jan |
Bournemouth (h) |
Premier League |
D 2-2 |
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Sat eleventh Jan |
Morecambe (h) |
FA Cup |
W 5-0 |
Brighton v Chelsea head-to-head
Earlier than Brighton’s promotion to the Premier League in 2017, the 2 sides solely met on a handful of events, with all 4 of their first video games coming within the FA Cup.
The perimeters met in 1933, twice in 1967 and once more in 1973 and total, it’s Chelsea who’ve the higher document between the 2 sides.
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Brighton v Chelsea head-to-head (all competitions) |
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|---|---|
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Brighton wins |
3 |
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Attracts |
5 |
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Chelsea wins |
16 |
