Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea live stream and match preview, Saturday 29 October, 3pm BST
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea live stream and match preview
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Brighton enter this weekend's fixture against Chelsea winless since Roberto De Zerbi has taken over as manager. He started his tenure with an encouraging 3-3 draw against Liverpool, but has failed to kick on in the four league games since, losing to Tottenham, Brentford and Manchester City, and drawing to Nottingham Forest at home.
There will be some added tension in the game against Chelsea, though, with Graham Potter returning to the club he started the season with. Some Brighton fans are unhappy with him leaving for Chelsea, joining Marc Cucurella who had already left in the summer for the Blues.
Potter, who spent three years at Brighton and led them to their highest-ever finish of ninth last season, said in his pre-match press conference: "It's another tough game.
"I know the Brighton team very well, I know the quality and I look forward to going back there."
Chelsea are unbeaten since Potter joined as manager, his latest league result a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United. While the club is currently sat fifth in the table, outside the Champions League spots, the signs are encouraging that Potter will guide his side further up in the coming games.
They will also be on a high having secured qualification to the knockout rounds of the Champions League on Wednesday, beating Red Bull Salzburg 2-1. However, they are missing a few players, and Brighton haven't played since last Saturday, giving De Zerbi more time to execute a game time with his squad.
Chelsea are missing N'Golo Kante, Kalidou Koulibaly, Wesley Fofana and Reece James, but Mateo Kovacic starts after shaking off a knock picked up against Salzburg in midweek and youngster Omari Hutchinson is on the bench on his 19th birthday.
Brighton are without Adam Lallana, Tariq Lamptey, Joel Veltman and Jakub Moder for the game against Chelsea. Manager Roberto De Zerbi makes two changes to the team that lost at Manchester City last Saturday as Kaoru Mitoma and Pervis Estupinan come in to the starting XI, the former for his first Premier League start.
Form
Brighton & Hove Albion: LDLLD
Chelsea: WDDWW
Referee
Andy Madley will be the referee for Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea.
Stadium
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea will be played at the Amex Stadium.
Other games
Newcastle vs Aston Villa, Bournemouth vs Tottenham, Crystal Palace vs Southampton and Brentford vs Wolves will take place simultaneously.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 3pm BST on Saturday 29 October and the game is not being shown in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
