Brighton vs Chelsea
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: Amex Stadium, Brighton
Kick-off: 1:30pm GMT
Chelsea head to the south coast today to face Brighton as they look to keep pace with Liverpool and Manchester City.
Maurizio Sarri named a relatively strong XI for Thursday’s Europa League clash against Vidi in Budapest with Ross Barkley, Willian and Alvaro Morata all starting – with the latter replaced by Olivier Giroud early on after limping off injured.
Despite ending City’s unbeaten start to the season last Saturday the Blues sit in fourth place – eight points off new leaders Liverpool.
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Team news
Alvaro Morata is a doubt with a knee injury. Kepa Arrizabalaga, Antonio Rudiger, Eden Hazard, Cesar Azpilicueta and N'Golo Kante are poised to return to the starting line-up after being rested for Thursday's Europa League tie with Hungary's Vidi.
Mateo Kovacic, Gary Cahill and Victor Moses missed the trip to Budapest through injury and are expected to be absent again.
Provisional squad: Kepa, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Jorginho, Kante, Barkley, Hazard, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Giroud, Zappacosta, Willian, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Morata, Luiz, Emerson Palmieri, Ampadu, Hudson-Odoi.
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