At 03:30 Beijing time on December 30, the 20th round of the Premier League continued, with Chelsea sitting at home to meet Brighton.
Chelsea vs Brighton, the match is as follows:
First: two-team situation! At the end of the 19 rounds of the Premier League, Chelsea ranked third with 41 points from 12 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, and Brighton ranked 11th with 23 points from 5 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses. In the last round of the Premier League, Chelsea won 3-1 away to Aston Villa, Jorginho scored twice, Lukaku was a substitute, and Brighton beat Brentford 2-0 at home, ending the team's 11-round league winless game.
Second: Lukaku scores again, Chelsea want three points to beat Liverpool! Lukaku regained his sense of scoring in the last round and Chelsea ended their two-game winning streak. In this round of the Premier League, Liverpool lost 0-1 to Leicester City, and if Chelsea can beat Brighton at home, the points will surpass Liverpool. Chelsea are already six points away from the top of the table, and if they want to fight for the title and not be left behind, the Blues must take down the Seagulls.
Third: Brighton lacks stamina! Brighton finished in the top four at the start of the season, but the team has been in a bit of a bad position recently, 11 consecutive league rounds have not been able to win, and in the last round of the Premier League they beat promoted Mabentford 2-0 to regain the feeling of winning. In this round of the Premier League, Brighton played away to Chelsea, and the overall strength of the team was difficult to prevent Chelsea from winning two consecutive games.
In the last 6 meetings, Chelsea have won 3 and drawn 3 to remain unbeaten.
Chelsea have Werner, Chilwell (season reimbursement), Havertz, Cheek (suspected), of which Chilwell's season reimbursement has seriously damaged the Blues' left goal strength; Brighton has Dunk, Duffy and Wiltman.