CHELSEA HOST BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION IN A MIDWEEK PREMIER LEAGUE ENCOUNTER

Chelsea who is 5th on the premier league table will welcome Brighton & Hove Albion who is 16th to Stamford Bridge today, knowing that a victory would see them move into the top three positions ahead of Leicester City with a game in hand. Chelsea played in the semi final of the FA Cup over the weekend defeating Manchester City who is the favorite to win the English premier league this season.

The win see Chelsea book a place in wembley for the final of the oldest competition in football history. Chelsea will face Leicester city next month in their forth final in five seasons to decide who will lift the trophy. Although Leicester will give a huge fight in wembley to lift their first trophy under Brendan Rogers.

Chelsea's improvement under Thomas Tuchel have been widely applauded by all football faithful and a win tonight will cement their champions league place for the next seasons participation in the prestigious competition.

The visitor are currently sixteenth in the table and a win tonight will see them in tie point with Southampton in the fourteenth place with 36 points a piece, but a loss will see them retain their 16th place leaving them in a continual relegation battle.