Premier League | 20th April 2021 | 20.00pm
It's Chelsea vs Brighton in the Premier League on Tuesday night and any game involving Brighton is usually worth watching.
Both sides really need a win with Brighton only six points from the relegation zone and Chelsea one point from West Ham in fourth. Although recent news of a European Super League may well mean the emphasis on top four is not quite what it was although i expect we will have a lot of twists and turns to come on that front.
The head to head record is three wins to Chelsea and two draws although two of those draws have come in the last three. The last three have all featured both teams finding the net.
Chelsea - Team Form
Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup Semi Final in a very good performance and will face Leicester in the FA Cup Final. It has been some run since Tuchel took over but Chelsea have only won three of their last five losing to West Brom with ten men and Porto once the was over but it does demonstrate they can still take their eye off the ball at times.
Only two of Chelsea's last five have featured 3 or more goals.
In the Premier League Chelsea's most recent game is still Crystal Palace a game they won 1-4. That is the only time they have scored more than two goals under Tuchel.
Corners have been good for Chelsea and they have averaged 6 per game.
For cards Chelsea have received 0 in three of their last five games but have averaged 1 card per game.
Brighton - Team Form
Brighton have been in some very inconsistent form recently winning only two of their last eight. They have scored in five of those games and have scored seven in their last five games.
Four of Brighton's last five games have featured 3 or more goals.
In their last Premier League match they did fail to score though in a 0-0 draw with Everton.
Brighton have averaged 6 corners per game and only 0.6 yellow cards.
Key Player
Chelsea have been building their form on solid defense and goalkeeper may be an interesting selection after Kepa won a clean sheet in the FA Cup game.
Hakim Ziyech scored against Manchester City and performed well. He could well get the nod to start again whilst Havertz and Pulisic have been in good form with both hitting goals against Crystal Palace in their previous Premier League game.
Betting Tips
Corners look the best bet, neither side receives many yellow cards and goals i think are hard to predict with Chelsea games not usually featuring many.
Our Tips:
Over 10 Corners - Evens
Each team over 3 corners - 10/11
Each team over 4 corners - 12/5
Prediction:
1-0