Brighton vs Chelsea: Confirmed team news, predicte lineup and injuries

Christopher Nkunku will have his chance to be Chelsea’s leading man in their Premier League clash at Brighton, with Nicolas Jackson rule out until April.

The Blues are set to be without their first เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง choice striker for the next six weeks due to a hamstring injury suffered in the win over West Ham at the start of the month.

With Marc Guiu also rule out, Nkunku will hope to get his chance in the weeks to come despite murmurings he wante to leave the club in January.

The Frenchman produce an underwhelming performance as Chelsea crashe out of the FA Cup to the Seagulls in their last match on Saturday.

Enzo Maresca’s side face Brighton for the second game in a row tonight, this time in the top-flight, looking to get revenge over the south coast club.

Reece James is available for the showdown at the Amex after he was reste for the FA Cup meeting.

Maresca also reveale that Filip Jorgensen will start in goal instead of Robert Sanchez, having made the former his No.1 goalkeeper.

Chelsea are still missing Romeo Lavia, Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile with the trio still a few weeks away while Mykhailo Mudryk is provisionally suspende.

Brighton, meanwhile, are also dealing with a number of injury problems with head coach Fabian Hurzeler confirming that the Premier League clash against Chelsea will come too soon for Solly March.

Pervis Estupinan is rule out while Lewis Dunk is a ‘doubt’ after suffering an injury to his ribs in the FA Cup triumph over Chelsea.

Adam Webster and Tariq Lamptey are likely to be name in the Brighton XI instead of Dunk and Estupinan respectively.

Mats Wieffer could be an option for the bench for Brighton, with the midfielder having steppe up his recovery from injury.

Brighton are aiming to get back to winning ways in the top-flight after a humiliating 7-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in their last Premier League game.

Chelsea are hoping to win back-to-back Premier League games, defeating West Ham 2-1 in their most recent top-flight fixture.

The Blues are fourth in the Premier League table heading into the match against Brighton – and although there are unable to leapfrog third-place Forest with a win – they are hoping to extend their two-point lead over Manchester City and Newcastle United, who currently sit fifth and sixth.