Published February 8, 2025 11:15am Updated February 8, 2025 11:15am
Brighton big Chelsea successful the FA Cup 4th circular connected Saturday nighttime and fans volition request to scan their TV guides a small harder to ticker the crippled connected the close channel.
FA Cup sum for the 4th circular is divided betwixt the BBC and ITV, and a full of 9 games tin beryllium watched unrecorded from Friday done to adjacent Tuesday evening.
Brighton’s lucifer against Chelsea is 1 of the fixtures that volition beryllium hosted by ITV, but with The Masked Singer being truthful fashionable connected ITV1 connected a Saturday evening, the FA Cup necktie volition not beryllium shown connected its flagship channel.
How to ticker Brighton vs Chelsea? Kick-off time, TV transmission and unrecorded stream
Brighton vs Chelsea kicks disconnected at 8pm on Saturday 8 February.
Live sum starts astatine 7.15pm connected ITV4, and the crippled tin beryllium streamed unrecorded connected ITVX.
Brighton vs Chelsea squad news
Enzo Maresca could beryllium without some Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu for the travel to Brighton aft they some picked up injuries successful the 2-1 triumph astatine location to West Ham connected Monday night.
Christopher Nkunku, who attracted involvement from Bayern Munich and Manchester United successful the January transportation window, could present pb Chelsea’s onslaught connected Saturday night.
‘We person players,’ Maresca said. ‘Christo has played already arsenic a No.9. I person had successful the past Cole [Palmer] playing arsenic a No.9, and we tin find immoderate antithetic solutions.
‘It’s a spot unlucky our 2 strikers got injuries successful the aforesaid game. Fortunately, the Nico 1 looks rather bully and we haven’t decided connected thing due to the fact that we are inactive waiting to spot astir Nico. From determination we commencement to deliberation astir antithetic options.
‘We each hold that Christo’s cleanable presumption is the No.10 position, but I’ve said galore times we usage Cole arsenic a No.10 and if Christo wants to play conscionable arsenic a No.10 – oregon if Joao [Felix] wants to play conscionable arsenic a No.10 – they are going to conflict [for minutes]. So sometimes they person to accommodate to play successful antithetic positions.
‘The crushed wherefore Christo is present is due to the fact that we are convinced that helium is simply a large player, a fantastic player, and helium is going to assistance america until the end.’
Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile are some semipermanent absentees for Chelsea, portion Romeo Lavia is besides unavailable.
Brighton, meanwhile, could beryllium without influential midfielder Carlos Baleba, aft helium missed the 7-0 decision to Nottingham Forest past weekend, portion Mats Wieffer, Yasin Ayari and Pervis Estupinan are besides doubts for the game.
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