Brighton – Chelsea: Lampard’s “star” was released

* 2:15 pm, September 15, 2020, Amex Stadium, Premier League Round 1

Chelsea are having a busy summer as they have recruited up to five players for the main team including Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell. Among these, aside from Silva to Stamford Bridge on a free transfer, the rest made Chelsea spend a lot of money. The total amount of money Chelsea spent on the 2020 summer transfer market has reached 250 million euros.

The Blues are showing great determination to have a team with good depth, capable of competing for the title with the best teams in the Premier League today like Liverpool, Man City. And the strong power of the owner Roman Abramovich has brought great excitement to the fans, now everyone is waiting for the debut of Lampard’s teachers and students.

Last season Chelsea lost to Man Utd in the opening game, and then they went up and down for a whole season. Now Chelsea is in a different position, with greater ambitions, so the pressure on Lampard’s teachers and students is also greater. A truly convincing victory in Brighton is what Chelsea fans were waiting for.

Brighton is not a great team in the Premier League at the moment. In the 2019/20 season, Coach Graham Potter’s army descended very strongly, they finished the 2019/20 season with 41 points and ranked 15th in the Premier League. Brighton is not too difficult for Chelsea. Six times to meet in the Premier League, the Blues won five games, the other was a 1-1 draw in early January 2020.

On August 29, the two teams also played a friendly match and the result remained 1-1. However, it is difficult to say that Brighton is gradually becoming a solid opponent with Chelsea, because the friendly match above the coaches did not yield many results, they put a lot of players, so the match above Only intended for players used to the feeling of playing the new preseason.

Brighton has strengthened its forces with the move of Adam Lallana from Liverpool, an English player who is expected to significantly strengthen Brighton’s midfield. The local team will not be attended by José Izquiedero and Christian Walton because both are not recovering from the injury.

The Chelsea team will not be able to use Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell also because they are injured, Thiago Silva is not strong enough to play. However, Christian Pulisic and Cesar Azpilicueta can play once they are fully healthy. Kai Havertz and Timo Werner are undoubtedly eager to launch a new team.

Despite not throwing all the rookies, but with the team in hand, Chelsea is still too strong compared to Brighton. Victory was in the hands of the visitors and if they failed to win, it was Chelsea who “shot themselves in the leg.”

Chelsea is the only opponent that Brighton has never won in the league. The 1-1 draw at Amex Stadium on New Years Day 2020 was Brighton’s first point against the Blues after their 10th meeting.

Brighton’s only victory in 14 meetings with Chelsea was in the FA Cup, which took place in January 1933.

Brighton won just three games after 18 Premier League matches in 2020, the worst result of the remaining 17 teams of the Premier League season (draw 9, lost 6 games).

However, last season’s Premier League was the season that Brighton scored the most points (41), the most goals (39) and the least lost (15). If they win against Chelsea, Brighton will win in the opening game of two consecutive seasons for the first time since 2010/11.

Adam Lallana did not score or assist in nine league games against Chelsea. It was his worst record against a Premier League club.

This is the third time Chelsea have started their Premier League season on Monday, with the Blues winning the league title in the previous two seasons, 2014/15 and 2016/17.

The 12 losses in the 2019/20 season are Chelsea’s most defeats in a single season since Roman Abramovich led the Blues in 2003.

The Blues have lost the last two games of the 2019/20 season and can endure three consecutive losses for the first time between May and August 2006.

Chelsea conceded 54 goals in the Premier League last season, just one goal behind their club record. Nine clean sheets were the least clean sheets of Chelsea’s season in the Premier League.

Frank Lampard’s side kept just 1 clean sheet in 19 away games in the 2019/20 Premier League, in a 2-0 win over Tottenham in December.

Rookie Timo Werner scored 28 goals for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga last season, the fourth-highest record in Europe’s top five leagues.

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