Brighton V Chelsea Match Preview
Chelsea hopes for a more successful afternoon at the Amex Stadium than for the last Saturday when she visited for the second time in six days on Friday.
The blues were beaten 2-1 in the fourth FA Cup round on Saturday evening, with Georginio Rutter and Kaoru achieved an urgently needed victory for the seagulls with a grain for Bart’s early goal.
Fabian Herzeler will hope that the victory will give his side with a thrust when you arrest a bad run of just one league victory in 11 games.
Chelsea is still in fourth place after having hit West Ham in her last game, but knows that Manchester City is chasing a place behind her.
A top four place so far looked at to qualify for the Champions League after he had started the season, but was recently brought into shape, and its exit from the trophy.
But manager Enzo Maresca said before returning to the south coast: “Our trip to the Premier League and Conference League was fantastic. We will try as best we can.
“Don’t forget in the past two years that Chelsea was not the top 4 and this season was always among the top 4.
“This shows everyone who is in the right direction. This association belongs to the Champions League. “
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Maresca is looking for a solution at the front after Nicolas Jackson was excluded until the end of March, with Marc Guiu being spent on a long spell.
Both were missing from the defeat last Saturday when Christopher Nkunku was used as the wrong nine, which again appears the most likely option, even though Maresca admitted that he was open to other options.
He said: “We are trying to find different solutions, Christoph (Nkunku) or another kind of player can be. If you don’t have real nine that can always be a threat, you always have to change.
“Pedro (Neto), Noni (Madueke) or even Tyrique (George) can try to be the solution. Jadon (Sancho) maybe with different skills. “
Benoit Badishile and Romeo Lavia are also absent for the blues, but Reece James is fit after missing the FA Cup -Clash of the past week.
Brighton is still without captain Lewis Dunk, with Pervis Estupinan and Solly March also, although the latter have recently returned to training.
