Chelsea vs Brighton LIVE: Blues hope to end goalscoring woes against Seagulls

For the first time in 30 years, the Blues have not managed to score a goal in three Premier League games and four games in all competitions.

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In total in the top-flight, they have drawn a blank in 12 different games which is already their most in a single campaign.

Frank Lampard will be aiming to see his side get some luck in front of goal as they welcome the Europe-chasing Seagulls.

Roberto De Zerbi has his men only a point behind the top six and they would be in the midst of the battle for the Champions League spots if it wasn't for a controversial defeat against Tottenham.

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During that loss, De Zerbi was sent off, however, Brighton are still awaiting a verdict from the FA as to whether it will be upheld which would mean a one-game ban from the touchline.

Chelsea vs Brighton: How to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, April 15.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is scheduled for 3pm.

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Unfortunately, this game will not be broadcast live on TV in the UK due to the 3pm blackout.

However, talkSPORT will be providing updates of the action on GameDay Live hosted by Adrian Durham.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Chelsea vs Brighton: Team news

Kalidou Koulibaly is a doubt for this clash after he was substituted with a muscle injury during Chelsea's Champions League loss to Real Madrid on Wednesday.

However, the Blues were boosted by the return of Thiago Silva in midweek.

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N'Golo Kante is also working his way towards completing a full 90 minutes, although he could be rested this weekend to avoid any recurrence of his injury.

As for Brighton, Levi Colwill is ineligible to play against his parent club at Stamford Bridge.

He will join Adam Lallana, Jeremy Sarmiento and Jakub Moder on the sidelines, with Tariq Lamptey being assessed ahead of the game.

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Chelsea vs Brighton: What has been said?

Brighton manager De Zerbi believes that Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk will improve at Chelsea after making a rough start at the club.

Mudryk played under the Italian at Shakhtar Donetsk before both made the move to the Premier League.

Speaking exclusively to talkSPORT, De Zerbi said: "Mudryk is a top player and I think for him, it's difficult to start in another country, in another team.

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"Everyone knows the situation of Chelsea this year, it's very difficult especially for a young player, for a young guy.

"But, he has the quality to become a star in the Premier League."

Chelsea vs Brighton: Match facts

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Three of Evan Ferguson's four Premier League goals for Brighton have come away from home. Among players to have scored at least three away goals this season, only Newcastle's Alexander Isak (81) has a better mins/goal rate on the road than Brighton's Evan Ferguson (100 - 3 goals in 300 minutes).

Chelsea's Raheem Sterling has scored four goals in his last six Premier League appearances against Brighton, with one of his five hat-tricks in the competition coming against the Seagulls in July 2020.

Chelsea have failed to score a first half goal in 10 of their last 11 home league games and in each of the last eight. They've never gone nine successive Premier League matches without a first half goal at Stamford Bridge.

As well as ranking second for shots from high turnovers (46) in the Premier League this season, Brighton rank third for build up attacks (111), sequences with 10+ passes (452), start distance (43.5) and PPDA (10.6) heading into the weekend's games.

Chelsa's goalless draw with Liverpool in their last game at Stamford Bridge had an overall xG of 2.5. Indeed, Stamford Bridge has seen fewer goals than any other Premier League stadium this season (28 from 15 games) and over 11 fewer than expected (39.3 xG) based on Opta's expected goals metric (the biggest negative difference for a Premier League venue this term).

Chelsea have failed to score in each of their last three Premier League games, despite attempting 52 shots with an expected goals total of 5.5; the Blues last went longer without a league goal in September 2007 (4 games). Overall, Chelsea have failed to score in 12 different Premier League matches in 2022-23, their most in a single campaign in the competition.

Brighton have lost just two of their last 12 Premier League games (W6 D4), however both of those defeats came against London clubs (vs Fulham in February and Tottenham last time out). The Seagulls will be hoping to avoid back-to-back league defeats, something that has happened just once this season (vs Tottenham and Brentford in October).

Chelsea have lost just three of their last 18 home Premier League games under Frank Lampard (W11 D4), with those defeats coming against Man Utd (0-2 in February 2020), Liverpool (0-2 in September 2020) and Man City (1-3 in January 2021 - Lampard's last home league game in charge of the club).

Brighton's only league win in 15 league matches (D4 L10) against Chelsea was in this season's reverse fixture, winning 4-1 at the Amex Stadium. The Seagulls hadn't led for a single minute in any of their 10 Premier League games against Chelsea before that win.

Chelsea have never lost a home league game against Brighton and Hove Albion, conceding just once in seven previous meetings at Stamford Bridge (W5 D2).