Brighton 1 Chelsea 0 LIVE SCORE: Loftus-Cheek own goal after Trossard opener sees Seagulls stun Blues
CHELSEA are taking on Brighton RIGHT NOW – but the Seagulls have charged to a stunning 2-0 lead after 15 mins.
The Seagulls are winless under Potter’s replacement Roberto De Zerbi in the Premier League, with the Italian sure to be keen on a victory over his predecessor.
Potter, on the other hand, is unbeaten since his arrival at Stamford Bridge and will be looking to build on Chelsea’s good form after securing qualification from the group stages in the Champions League.
- Kick-off time: 3pm UK
- TV/Live Stream: Not televised
- Brighton XI: Sanchez, Webster, Dunk, March, Mac Allister, Trossard, Gross, Lallana, Mitomo, Caicedo, Estupinan
- Chelsea XI: Kepa, Chalobah, Silva, Cucurella, Pulisic, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek, Sterling, Mount, Havertz, Gallagher
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Keep up to date on the action with our live blog below…
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38. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Brighton create more problems for The Blues, as Kepa is forced into a save the gives a corner to The Seagulls.
It is whipped in nicely by Mac Allister, and Webster meets it with a header that goes wide.
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36. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Sterling goes down under a challenge in the box, but the referee says no penalty.
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34. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Edouard Mendy is warming up for Chelsea, as Kepa seems like he may have picked up an injury.
He is pictured stretching out his leg, which may have occured when he came sprinting out to meet one of Robert Sanchez’ long balls.
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32. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Almost a third for Brighton!
They ping it around inside the box, and the ball eventually falls to Caicedo, whose powerful shot hits the side netting.
Chelsea counter nicely with Sterling Mount and Havertz, but Mount’s pass is slightly too powerful for the German striker.
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30. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Havertz is played through by Raheem Sterling inside the penalty area, but the German can’t find the shot and the ball is tackled out for a corner.
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28. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Risky from Brighton as they look to play it out the back.
Robert Sanchez puts it out for a throw in after his clearance is deflected.
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26. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Almost a third for Brighton.
They make it look so simple as Estupinian chases a long ball down the left hand side and delivers to Trossard.
Unfortunately the Belgian cannot get his shot on target, and turns it wide of the post.
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24. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Kovacic is so brilliant on the ball, and he glides through a few players, before lashing a shot at goal that is blocked by a Brighton defender.
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22. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Havertz does a few stepovers and has a shot at goal, but it is saved by Robert Sanchez.
Conor Gallagher then tries to drive forward for Chelsea, but he is stopped in his tracks.
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20. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Chelsea get a corner, but it just won’t fall for them in the box.
Brighton look very dangerous on the counter attack, as Cucurella simply cannot keep up with Solly March.
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18. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Huge chance for Chelsea!
That is two huge chances for The Blues.
Conor Gallagher gets the first, as he looks to find the corner, but his shot is weak and saved by Sanchez.
Pulisic then has to put the follow up into the net on the volley, but he fires wide…
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16. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
Poor that, from Chelsea.
The corner is whipped in, and no one really meets it for The Blues.
It takes a hit off of Ruben Loftus Cheek, and bounces off the crossbar and into the net.
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14. Brighton 2-0 Chelsea.
It’s 2-0! Brighton score from the corner!
It’s an own goal from Loftus-Cheek.
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14. Brighton 1-0 Chelsea.
Brighton are playing lovely football, as Estupinian and Trossard combine well on the left hand side.
They win a corner for The Seagulls.
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12. Brighton 1-0 Chelsea.
Brighton are creating chances, as they go close again after a great cross is whipped in by Estupinian.
Kepa does well to get a hand on it.
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10. Brighton 1-0 Chelsea.
Chelsea are just trying to get back into the game a bit here after a shaky start.
Kovacic picks up a yellow card for a late tackle.
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8. Brighton 1-0 Chelsea.
Mount looks to make something happen for the visitors, but he can only win a corner for his side.
The corner is played in by Sterling, but cleared well.
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6. Brighton 1-0 Chelsea.
It’s poor again from Chelsea defensively.
Silva blocks another shot on the line following the corner, and Chelsea just cannot get the ball clear.
A pass out of the back is intercepted again, and Mitoma picks out Trossard.
He does brilliantly to round the keeper and slot home into the bottom right corner.
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4. Brighton 1-0 Chelsea.
Goal for Brighton! It’s Leandro Trossard!
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2. Brighton 0-0 Chelsea.
So close for Brighton early on, as Thiago Silva makes a poor pass out of the back that is intercepted and Trossard chips Kepa.
Silva is on the line to save his side and head over the bar for a corner.
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0. Brighton 0-0 Chelsea.
The referee gets us underway, and it is Kai Havertz of Chelsea who gets us going.
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Here we go…
The players are out, and we are ready to get underway…
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Ten minute warning
There are just 10 minutes until kick-off at The AMEX.
Grab your snacks, maybe a cold one, and settle down for 90 minutes of watching some brilliant football on show…
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Predictions?
A tough one to call this, as there will be two top teams desperate for three points.
At SunSport we are going to predict a 2-1 win for Graham Potters side, but don’t be surprised to see Chelsea drop points here either.
Who do you think will win it?
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After a Spanish spot…
The goalkeepers for both teams today are fighting for the same spot in the Spanish national side at the World Cup.
Kepa Arrizabalaga and Robert Sanchez are both brilliant keepers, and have both beaten David De Gea to a spot in Spain’s provisional squad.
Brentford stopper David Raya is also in the mix, and could well beat both of them to the number one shirt if he keeps up his immense form.
It is unclear at the moment which of them is favoured to start, so you would imagine that the Spain manager would have one eye on today’s game…