Brighton v Chelsea Betting Tips – Premier League, 16th December 1.30pm
Chelsea landed a big three points last weekend in a home win over Manchester City. Can they drive on from there and get themselves a success as they head to the south coast to face the Seagulls? Brighton have had a pretty good season and despite being in the bottom half of the table, are 11 points clear of the drop zone. Read our predictions for Brighton v Chelsea.
Brighton v Chelsea Betting Odds*
Chelsea 4/9
Draw 16/5
Brighton 13/2
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on December 12th, 2018 at 10:03 p.m.)
Table of Contents
Brighton News and Form
Brighton lost 1-0 away at Burnley last weekend
That snapped a good three-match unbeaten streak of form that they were on (W2 D1)
The Seagulls have home form of W4 D2 L1 this season in the EPL
They are doing well at the Amex, unbeaten in four (W3 D1)
Brighton have produced 12 goals at home this season, conceding 8
43% of the games at the Amex this term have gone above 3.5 goals
In their last home game, they beat Crystal Palace 3-1
That extended their record of having scored in all home games this season
The Seagulls have earned a clean sheet in 29% of home games
71% of games at the Amex have seen both teams score
Brighton have scored 67% of their home goals in the first half of games
The Seagulls have opened the scoring in five of their seven home games
Brighton are without a clean sheet in any of their last six league games
Brighton v Chelsea Head to Head
Chelsea are on an eight-match winning streak against Brighton in all competitions
The Blues won 4-0 at Brighton last season
The Seagulls have failed to score in their last five against Chelsea
Chelsea are W8 D1 L1 in their ten previous games against Brighton
Chelsea News and Form
Chelsea upset the odds to take a 2-0 home win over Man City last weekend
Chelsea have lost their last two away games at Spurs and Wolves
The Blues are W4 D1 L2 overall this season away from Stamford Bridge
Chelsea are W4 D1 in five away games against sides currently in the bottom half of the table
The Blues conceded just the one goal in those five such away games
Chelsea have tallied 14 away goals, conceding six
They have picked up a clean sheet in 57% of their road games
Still, 86% of their away games have ended over 2.5 goals
Eden Hazard is without a league goal since October 7th against Southampton
Chelsea have been losing at half-time in just one away game this term (W4 D2)
The Blues have scored 64% of their away goals in the second half of matches
Chelsea have opened the scoring in five of their seven away games
Only Liverpool and Man City have conceded fewer league goals than Chelsea this season
Brighton v Chelsea Tips & Odds
Chelsea to win to nil at 5/4
Under 2.5 goals at even money
* (betting odds taken from bet365 on December 12th, 2018 at 10:14 pm)
Brighton v Chelsea Predictions
Chelsea to win: The Blues gave themselves a huge lift last weekend and after some less than ideal performances it showed what they can do. We are going to predict them to take some positives forward and win to nil on the south coast.