Chelsea vs Brighton live score, updates, highlights as Welbeck, Nkunku score in Premier League Summer Series clash
The 2023 Premier League Summer Series kicks off with an eye-catching clash between Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion in Philadelphia.
Mauricio Pochettino's side stormed to a 5-0 Florida Cup win over Wrexham on their arrival in the USA, while Brighton are yet to play since the final game of the 2022/23 Premier League season.
Pochettino will be looking to utilise the trip to North America to assess and make changes to his squad ahead of the incoming domestic campaign. The new Chelsea boss admitted after the Wrexham friendly that his squad is too full, and he will be using these friendlies to make key decisions on his depth chart for the season.
Roberto De Zerbi has lost Alexis Mac Allister to Liverpool this summer but the Italian is confident of his young team building on their positivity from last season.
The Sporting News will be following the action live and providing updates and highlights from this Premier League Summer Series game.
Chelsea preseason fixtures, USA summer tour 2023 vs Premier League rivals and Wrexham
Starting lineups:
Chelsea (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Kepa (GK) — 34. Gusto, 37. Colwill, 6. Silva, 21. Chilwell — 39. Santos, 30. Chukwuemeka, 23. Gallagher — 17. Sterling, 45. Nkunku, 38. Maatsen.
Brighton (4-3-3, right to left): 23. Steele (GK) — 13. Gross, 29. Van Hecke, 4. Webster, 7. March — 41. Hinshelwood, 27. Gilmour, 8. Dahoud — 14. Lallana, 18. Welbeck, 22. Mitoma
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Chelsea may have won their opening preseason fixture 5-0, but they've found this one much more difficult. Brighton controlled much of the first half, and while Chelsea had chances and got a goal, they had a lot of defending to do as well.
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