Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture

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 FC 1 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton just keep on coming. Mitoma teases Chalobah and drags a cross-cum-shot across the face of goal.

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Substitution Joël Ivo Veltman Julio César Enciso Espínola

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Kepa keeps Mitoma out! The Japan winger checks past three Chelsea defenders and fires low at the near post. The Spanish stopper does his job.

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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March receives a square pass from Estupinan and curls high and wide from his left foot from range.

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Pulisic clips a cross into the Brighton penalty area. It's no threat to Sanchez.

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Estupinan appeals for handball off Gallagher as the pair race for a throughball into Chelsea's box. Kepa claims it first. No penalty.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

15:21

Mitoma holds the ball up for Estupinan, who swings in a cross from the left. Kepa is able to grab it.

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Despite that setback, Brighton resume their dominance. The visitors win two corners off Badiashile down their left. Chelsea handle both.

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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That's a big goal for Chelsea. Their streak of consecutive Premier League games without a first-half goal at Stamford Bridge ends at eight. They've never made it to nine before, and won't now.

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Assist Mykhailo Mudryk

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Goal Conor John Gallagher

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Brighton have made a dominant start to this game. They've had 78 per cent of the ball so far.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Ferguson hits the woodwork! The young Irishman blasts towards goal from inside the D and watches his shot crash against the crossbar. Chelsea hurriedly clear.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton are looking purposeful as ever. Mitoma leaves Chalobah in the dust and cuts back for Mac Allister, whose shot from the centre of the box bobbles wide.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea swing the corner in. Brighton clear it as far as Mudryk, who takes a touch inside and curls wide from outside the box.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea get the first corner of the game out of Dunk.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Mac Allister latches onto a lofted pass to the right of the six-yard box. The Argentine fizzes the ball across goal and wide of the left-hand post.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton get this match underway!

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Yellow Card Joël Ivo Veltman

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea have never lost at home to Brighton in the league, conceding just once in their seven previous meetings at Stamford Bridge. However, this is a different Chelsea and a different Brighton. The Seagulls beat the Blues for the only time in 15 league matches in this season's reverse fixture. Can they do it again?

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton make three changes from their own defeat by Tottenham. Sanchez returns in goal. Webster and Ferguson also start.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

15:00

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.

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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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

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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.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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SUBS: Cesar Azpilicueta, Joao Felix, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mateo Kovacic, Hakim Ziyech, Marc Cucurella, Mason Mount, Reece James, Edouard Mendy.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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CHELSEA (4-3-3): Kepa Arrizabalaga (c); Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Ben Chilwell; Conor Gallagher, Enzo Fernandez, Denis Zakaria; Christian Pulisic, Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

14:50

Brighton were rightly unhappy to lose away to Tottenham last week despite another bright performance. The Seagulls are in contention for European qualification for a reason, having suffered back-to-back league defeats just once this season. Roberto De Zerbi's men will be confident of bouncing back quickly.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

14:47

Chelsea's difficult season shows no signs of abating as they were comfortably beaten by Real Madrid in the Champions League midweek. The Blues have failed to score in each of their last three Premier League games, a trend Frank Lampard needs to change if he wants to stay in post beyond the end of this season.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Welcome to our live text commentary of this Premier League match between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge.

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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