Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea prediction and betting tips on May 15, 2024
Game Prediction
Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea will play against each other in the 34th round of the English Premier League on May 15, 2024. The guests are fighting for a return to the European competition, claiming 6th place, while the hosts remain in the very middle of the standings.
Key statistics and trends:
- Brighton ended a six-game winless streak with a win over Aston Villa.
- Chelsea remains unbeaten after crushing defeat to Arsenal.
- The most popular score between the clubs is a 1-1 draw (4 times).
- Brighton & Hove Albion scored 28% of goals and Chelsea scored 23% of goals between the 76th and the 90th minutes of the matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion – the shape of the team and its analysis: finally something is starting to work out again
“The Seagulls”, after a surge in the previous season (a final 6th place), returned to the middle positions. And this clearly does not correspond to De Zerbi’s ambitions. The specialist has recently announced that he remains in the project. Still, he had repeatedly hinted about his desire to move to a more ambitious club as soon as possible before. One shouldn’t be surprised by the spring results, with eliminations from the cup (a 0-1 failure in the struggle with Wolverhampton) and the Europa League (a 0-4 defeat made by Roma on the away field). Speaking about the Premier League, there has been 1 win and 5 points in 8 rounds since the beginning of March. As a result, a 1-0 score in the battle against Aston Villa is pretty surprising, but it is reasonable to mention that Joao Pedro scored in the 87th minute of the game. And then the team didn’t lose to Newcastle.
Chelsea – the shape of the team and its analysis: the club got into shape too late
“The Blues” show good football from time to time. Still, the key matches, for instance, in the cups with Liverpool and Manchester City at Wembley, were lost. Secondly, the constant chaos in defence led to an abundance of conceded goals. Arsenal scored 5 unanswered goals in the game against its neighbour. Still, it was possible to come back from a 0-2 result in the confrontation with Aston Villa after that failure, and then squeeze out clean victories in the matches with Tottenham and West Ham. A 3-2 score in the game with Nottingham Forest allowed the club to be 3 points higher than Manchester United. Palmer stands apart – the summer newcomer has scored 21 goals, although he is not a striker (it is noteworthy that 9 of them were scored from penalties).
Brighton & Hove Albion: team news
Lamptey, March, Estupiñan, Mitoma, van Hecke, Milner, Ferguson, Hinshelwood are injured. Lallana is out of the line-up.
Chelsea: team news
The infirmary was not empty by the end of the season; on the contrary, there were a dozen and a half players there, from Robert Sanchez to Nkunku.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea: possible starting line-ups
Brighton & Hove Albion (possible line-up): Verbruggen – Igor Julio, Dunk, Webster, Veltman – Gilmour, Gross, Buonanotte, Adingra, Joao Pedro – Welbeck.
Chelsea (possible line-up): Petković – Cucurella, Badiashile, Thiago Silva, Chalobah – Gallagher, Caicedo, Mudryk, Palmer, Madueke – Jackson.
Previous head-to-head matches
Brighton had played 5 head-to-head matches without defeat and had taken a couple of victories in a row. Still, 2 previous games, in the cup and the Premier League, were won by “the Blues”.
Free prediction for the match Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea on May 15:
“The Seagulls” have improved its performance, but much more can be said about the guests, who also have enough motivation. We bet on “the Blues” to win (odd: 2.03).