Chelsea vs Brighton Prediction
Recent Form
Home Team
Chelsea 2–0 Luton
Fulham 2–3 Chelsea
Chelsea 3–1 Real Sociedad
Johor DT 3–3 Chelsea
Chelsea 3–0 AC Milan
Under Xabi Alonso and the new attack of Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer, and Morgan Rogers, Chelsea are scoring a lot of goals and against Brighton we can expect them to do the same.
Away Team
Brighton 4–0 Tromsø
Brighton 4–0 Aston Villa
Tromsø 0–0 Brighton
Brighton 1–0 Bologna
Brighton 3–0 AS Roma
Brighton are pressing hard and high which can cause problems for Chelsea's 3-man defense.
Head-to-Head
Brighton 3–0 Chelsea
Chelsea 1–3 Brighton
Brighton 3–0 Chelsea
Brighton 2–1 Chelsea
Chelsea 4–2 Brighton
It is clear from the h2h that goals pour in whenever these two teams meet.
Key Statistics
Chelsea have begun the Xabi Alonso era with consecutive victories over Fulham and Luton. Their attacking trio of João Pedro, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer has already shown strong chemistry.
Brighton are arguably the most dangerous opponent in this list, though.
They have started with eight goals scored and none conceded across their first two competitive fixtures, and they have won the last three Premier League meetings with Chelsea.
Team News
Chelsea are without Jordan Henderson while Moisés Caicedo is doubtful and it seems like Marco Palestra is back.
Even though Martinez from Aston Villa is making a move to the London club, Sanchez would definitely be in goal.
Brighton have a more significant injury list. Kaoru Mitoma, Yankuba Minteh, Stefanos Tzimas and Evan Ferguson are out, while Jack Hinshelwood and Georginio Rutter are doubts.
Hinshelwood's absence would remove a player who scored twice against Aston Villa.
Prediction Analysis
From the h2h and recent form, we can see that this fixture has goals.
While the over 2.5 goals prediction is not a bad idea, I prefer the over 1.5 goals.
And if you want a more solid but safe prediction, you can go with home win.