Brighton host Chelsea in the FA Cup fourth round with the two Premier League teams set to clash at the Amex Stadium this evening.
Fabian Hurzeler has had to pick his players up after a 7-0 thrashing by Nottingham Forest in the top-flight and the Seagulls boss will want to see a positive response from his players. Brighton have lost their last two matches but defeated Norwich 4-0 in the previous round and have the ability to cause problems for Chelsea if they find their form.
The Blues meanwhile earned a 2-1 victory over West Ham in their last outing having gone behind at Stamford Bridge. The Blues moved back into the top four with the win and will want to take a step closer to silverware by making it through the fourth round of this competition.
Follow all the action from the FA Cup with our live blog below:
Brighton 2-1 Chelsea
69 mins: Brighton welcome new signing Diego Gomez into the fray, who comes on for Hinshelwood.
Moments later, Caicedo is booked for a chopping challenge. The resulting free-kick isn’t dealt with convincingly but no harm is done.
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:30
Brighton 2-1 Chelsea
67 mins: Sancho has been at the heart of Chelsea’s response and fashions another chance, this time for teammate Enzo Fernandez.
The Argentinian receives the ball inside the box but snatches at the shot, poking it over the bar.
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:28
Brighton 2-1 Chelsea
65 mins: Opportunity for Chelsea to respond as Sancho gets to the byline.
However, his drag-back can’t find a teammate and is the immediate danger is dealt with.
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:26
GOAL! Brighton 2-1 Chelsea
57 mins: GOAL! That is quite brilliant from Kaoru Mitoma!
After Tariq Lamptey’s shot is closed down, Rutter picks up the loose ball and chips it to Mitoma, who brings it down before dinking Sanchez with aplomb.
Cucurella’s attempt to clear the ball off the line gets an extra cheer from the Brighton crowd. The Seagulls lead!
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:19
Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
55 mins: After a Chelsea forward move comes to nothing, Brighton are allowed to break.
Rutter dances past Caicedo to the joy of the crowd before finding Mitoma down the left, whose delivery asks just too much of the on-running Minteh.
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:16
Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
54 mins: Brighton pressing high but Chelsea happy to tick it about – and they’re moving the ball well.
Patient play by the Blues.
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:14
Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
49 mins: Neto cuts in on his left and unleashes a vicious shot towards goal, bravely blocked by Hinshelwood who takes the brunt of the effort.
A soar one for the young midfielder.
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:10
BACK UNDERWAY! Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
46 mins: We’re off again at the Amex.
Dunk doesn’t make it off the half-time treatment table, coming off for Webster at the restart.
Neto, on the other hand, is still a part of the action.
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:07
HALF-TIME! Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
Will Castle8 February 2025 21:01
HALF-TIME! Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
That’ll do it for the first-half. All square at the Amex.
It was a nightmare for the hosts as Bart Verbruggen produced a howler to gift Chelsea the lead, parrying Cole Palmer’s bouncing delivery into his own side-netting on five minutes.
However, Brighton responded superbly to falling behind, with Georginio Rutter latching on to a fantastic Joel Veltman cross to equalise just seven minutes later.
All to play for after the break.
Will Castle8 February 2025 20:49
