Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton make three changes from their own defeat by Tottenham. Sanchez returns in goal. Webster and Ferguson also start.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea make six changes from their midweek defeat. The hosts switch to a 4-3-3. Pulisic and Mudryk flank Sterling, who's scored four goals in his last six league appearances against Brighton.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBS: Danny Welbeck, Thomas McGill, Julio Enciso, Facundo Buonanotte, Andrew Moran, Odeluga Offiah, Deniz Undav, Jan-Paul van Hecke, Billy Gilmour.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION (4-2-3-1): Robert Sanchez; Joel Veltman, Lewis Dunk (c), Adam Webster, Pervis Estupinan; Pascal Gross, Moises Caicedo; Solly March, Alexis Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma; Evan Ferguson.
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