Brighton vs Chelsea: FA Cup team news, predicted lineup and injuries

Chelsea look back-to-back games against Brighton, starting with a travel to the AMEX Stadium for their FA Cup 4th circular clash this weekend.

While the Blues volition beryllium favourites to triumph the Europa Conference League this term, the nine are hopeless to adhd immoderate home silverware to the postulation having past won this contention successful 2018.

The immense squad astatine Enzo Maresca’s disposal was trimmed somewhat during the January transportation model with plentifulness of outgoing business.

Ben Chilwell, Axel Disasi, Joao Felix and Carney Chukwuemeka each near the nine connected indebtedness but contempt involvement from Manchester United, Christopher Nkunku remained astatine Stamford Bridge.

The France planetary volition anticipation for a starting relation connected Saturday having netted successful the erstwhile circular arsenic his broadside eased to a 5-0 triumph implicit Morecambe.

Nicolas Jackson appeared to propulsion up during the first-half of Monday’s triumph implicit West Ham United earlier going disconnected aboriginal n the second. Marc Guiu was besides forced disconnected precocious connected but Enzo Maresca would aboriginal easiness wounded fears implicit the pair.

While they were blessed to fto Disasi permission and articulation Aston Villa connected loan, Chelsea volition stay without Benoit Badiashile and Wesley Fofana astatine the back.

Josh Acheampong volition anticipation for immoderate minutes having been antecedently frozen retired of the team.

Romeo Lavia besides remains unavailable arsenic his wounded woes successful westbound London persist. The Belgian midfielder has not featured since the gully with Bournemouth with Maresca incapable to enactment a timeline connected his return.

Filip Jorgensen volition anticipation to support his spot successful extremity aft replacing Robert Sanchez successful the triumph implicit West Ham.

Reece James has started 4 of Chelsea’s past 5 matches but with Malo Gusto acceptable and available, Maresca whitethorn beryllium tempted to remainder his skipper.

Predicted Chelsea squad to look Brighton

Jorgensen, Gusto, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella, Fernandez, Caicedo, Madueke, Palmer, Neto, Nkunku

Where to ticker Brighton vs Chelsea? Kick-off clip and TV channel

Brighton vs Chelsea kicks disconnected astatine 8pm connected Saturday 8 February.

Live sum is disposable connected ITV4, with a unrecorded watercourse disposable connected ITVX.

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