Chelsea XI vs Brighton: planned roster, team news, injuries and latest Covid for the Premier League | Today Headlines

Indeed, a goal and assist against Aston Villa on Boxing Day kept their title hopes distant and, while Thomas Tuchel was previously fairly cautious following the Belgian’s return from injury, Chelsea need to start picking up wins on a more regular basis. .

Their task against Brighton on Wednesday night becomes more difficult given that N’Golo Kante and Thiago Silva are absent, which means the much-maligned Saul Niguez could come into conflict, with Andreas Christensen.

Tuchel has rarely had the luxury of choosing from a top-performing squad this season, but they can’t afford even more slippage in pursuit of Manchester City and Liverpool.

Chelsea predicted XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Saul; Mount, Lukaku, Hudson-Odoi

Injured: N’Golo Kanté, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva

Kick-off date and time: 7:30 p.m. GMT, Wednesday December 29, 2021.