Football. ua presents the announcement of the match of the 24th round of the Premier League between Brighton and Chelsea.
Brighton - Chelsea Saturday, 14:30, Brighton, Falmer.
Approximate compositions:.
Brighton: Ryan - Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong - Nokar, Stevens, Prepper, Izquierdo - Gross - Murray.
Chelsea: Caballero - Aspilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger - Moses, Kante, Bakayoko, Alonso - Willian, Batshuayi, Azar.
Will not play: Sidwell - Fabregas, Cahill, Morata, Pedro, Courtois.
In doubt: ... - Drinkwater.
Scorers: Murray, 6 - Morata, 10.
Referee: Jonathan Moss.
Chelsea comes to the fight with serious holes in the composition: because of injuries "blue" will not help the main goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, the team captain Gary Cahill and the main creator in the midfield Cesc Fabregas. Because of the disqualifications will not play the best scorer of "retirees" Alvaro Morata and Pedro.
Team Antonio Conte is in not the best condition: already 5 matches in all tournaments, the "blue" reduced to a draw, and three times failed to score. On Wednesday, the team played 120 minutes in the FA Cup with Norwich and did the "canaries" in the penalty shootout series.
Fortunately for the "retired", Brighton is now in disgusting form. "Seagulls" won only one of the last 12 fights, which brought Chris Houghton's team closer to the relegation zone at a distance of three points.
Interesting Facts:.
- Brighton never beat the current champions in the elite division (H2 P9).
- Chelsea won only one of the last 5 away matches (H3 P1).
- "Blue" won 44 of 75 matches against Premier League newcomers.
Ruthless only Arsenal, who has 1 more victory.
The trainers say:.
Chris Houghton, Brighton: "This is not a game where we do not expect to get the result. In the first round, we defended well and allowed Chelsea extremely few ".
Antonio Conte, Chelsea: "We have an excellent motivation - to finish the championship in the first four. It will not be easy. We have to fight with five other teams for just four places.
forecast 0: 1.