Simon Johnson and Anantaajith Raghuraman analyse the main talking points from Chelsea's defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion

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Opta’s Supercomputer is backing Chelsea to defeat Brighton, with the Blues emerging victorious in 41.1 per cent of their simulations. The Seagulls, though, are unbeaten in their last three top-flight home games against teams starting the day in the top four – and will be full of confidence having just knocked Chelsea out of the FA Cup.

Chelsea's injury problems have worsened after Noni Madueke was forced off with a hamstring problem during their defeat to Brighton.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca declared the 3-0 defeat at Brighton on Friday their worst performance of the season.

Enzo Maresca conceded that his Chelsea side need to ‘find different solutions’ quickly after they failed to register a single shot on target in a humbling 3-0 defeat to Brighton. Less than a week on from their FA Cup elimination at the hands of the Seagulls, the visitors were beaten all ends up by Fabian Hurzeler’s men in the Premier League.