Brighton hosts Chelsea for the 23rd game in the Premier League. The hosts are in 9th place in the standings with 28 points while the guests are in 3rd place with 43 points. Brighton are unbeaten in their last 5 games and have only lost 1 of their last 9 games. Also, Brighton has won only once in its last 7 home games so far. Against Chelsea, they have a draw in their last 2 games and in their last 9 matches in the Premier League with Chelsea, they have not preceded in any of them.
On the other hand, Chelsea had the opportunity to close the gap with Manchester City to seven points, however, in the last match between them, they lost 1-0 and now have a mammoth difference of 13 points. Chelsea are 2 points behind 2nd Liverpool, which has one game less. The defeat by City was her first defeat in her last 7 games. Chelsea have not lost in 13 games with Brighton, winning 10, and drawing 3. In summary, Brighton want to break their bad streak against Chelsea, and get their first victory against the European Champions. On the other hand, Chelsea, now after the defeat by City, changes the goal for this year and will just try to stay in the top 4. So we expect a close game between the two teams, with possession, and minimal effort for goals, so we support the under 2,5 goals in this match at odds of 1.80 offered by Stoiximan.