Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Chelsea team news: Alejandro Garnacho decision made as two Blues stars absent

Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro are some missing from Chelsea's squad to look Brighton & Hove Albion successful the Premier League connected Tuesday night.

While Pedro was a uncertainty to look his erstwhile nine owed to a insignificant calf issue, Palmer's lack is simply a large astonishment arsenic the Blues effort to extremity their dismal tally successful the Premier League.

Despite those prima men being near out, winger Alejandro Garnacho is lone named connected the substitutes' bench, with Liam Rosenior seemingly changing formation.

Chelsea look to beryllium lining up with a 3-5-2 formation, with Trevoh Chalobah returning astatine centre-back to play successful betwixt Wesley Fofana and Jorrel Hato.

Malo Gusto and Marc Cucurella are successful enactment to commencement astatine wing-back, with Romeo Lavia being introduced to the broadside to spouse Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez expected to play further forward.

As a result, Pedro Neto could beryllium deployed arsenic a enactment striker alongside Liam Delap, who gets different accidental contempt inactive not scoring a extremity since Rosenior's accomplishment astatine the commencement of the year.

Players specified arsenic Josh Acheampong and Marc Guiu volition consciousness disappointed to miss out, with Sports Mole including the brace successful three mistakes Rosenior continues to marque astatine Chelsea.

Brighton marque 3 changes for Chelsea game

Meanwhile, Fabian Hurzeler has made 3 changes to his Brighton XI, including handing a commencement to Georginio Rutter aft his last-gasp equaliser astatine Tottenham Hotspur connected Saturday.

Carlos Baleba and Kaoru Mitoma person besides been included successful central-midfield and connected the near flank respectively.

Yasin Ayari, the injured Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck are the trio to miss out.

Brighton & Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen; Wieffer, Van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu; Hinshelwood, Baleba; Minteh, Gross, Mitoma; Georginio

Subs: Steele, Igor Julio, Dunk, Welbeck, Kostoulas, Ayari, De Cuyper, O'Riley, Veltman

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Fofana, Chalobah, Hato; Gusto, Caicedo, Lavia; Fernandez, Cucurella; Neto, Delap

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Sarr, Essugo, Andrey Santos, Derry, Garnacho, Guiu