Brighton v Chelsea friendly: team news and how to watch the game
Chelsea will gear up for the new Premier League campaign with a pre-season friendly at Brighton this afternoon.
There are likely to be debuts for new signings Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech and a number of youngsters are likely to be involved in the game at the Amex Stadium.
How to watch the Brighton v Chelsea friendly
The game kicks off at 3pm and is being streamed on the Chelsea website and the club’s downloadable app, the 5th Stand.
As part of the government-led pilot scheme to allow crowds back into sporting events following the coronavirus outbreak, 2500 tickets have been made available for home fans.
Chelsea supporters, however, will be unable to attend.
Team news
Although Werner and Ziyech might well get their first outings since joining Chelsea, fellow new arrivals Ben Chilwell, Malang Sarr and Thiago Silva are unlikely to feature.
There could be a chance to impress though for Ethan Ampadu, who is back at Chelsea after his spell out on loan.
Boss Frank Lampard is also expected to look at several youngsters.
Werner ‘excited’ ahead of Chelsea debut
Werner is looking forward to getting his Chelsea career started following his big-money move from RB Leipzig.
Lampard has been keen to boost his attacking options for the coming season.
And he has emphatically done so with the signings of Werner and Ziyech, with attempts to buy Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen ongoing.
Werner told Chelsea’s website: “I’m very excited. I can’t wait!
“I was training on my own for a while when I first signed, but I’ve been working with the whole team over the past week or so and it’s been great.
“It was strange at first because you just want to work hard, meet all the team and get straight to it on the training field but I had to be patient.
“I’m very happy that the league starts in two weeks and I’m excited to test myself in the Premier League.
“I also can’t wait for the friendly game against Brighton, to finally get out there wearing the blue shirt.”
31/08/2020 @ 3:43 pm
Looking up to this Season 2020/21 Chelsea will hit the Top mark my word with the Young Talented and Experience Players we added to our team Chelsea all the way. We are ready to challenge any Team in all competition and Win TROPHY.
29/08/2020 @ 1:35 pm
I am very impressed with the signing of Chelsea players this season
29/08/2020 @ 1:09 pm
Looking forward to seeing how the lads will coordinate to change the great team
29/08/2020 @ 12:47 pm
Ya, I’ll like to see our new machines feature in the game most especially Werner and Ziyech. I love you guys and I want to be proud of you. Pls help me tell our Manager The Super Frankie that he’s done so much but better is not good enough, we need the best with the likes of Havartz and if need be shouldn’t forget Benrahma. Then at the back the likes of Gimenez, Reguilon or Rice should be added and mostly we need good goalkeeper to replace Kepa asap before the transfer window close then we are good to challenge any for trophy… Blues is the colour, football is a game and Chelsea till eternity.
29/08/2020 @ 12:15 pm
I am Impressed with the works lampard has done so far. buh he should not take away the captaincy from ceaser .
29/08/2020 @ 10:43 am
Ziyech and Werner will singlehandedly thrashed them, the scoreline will be like Brighton 1 – Chelsea 5
29/08/2020 @ 10:17 am
What number that kai havertz will put ?