Chelsea wasn't so reliant on Cole Palmer this time. On a frustrating evening for the England star, his Chelsea teammates stepped up — as demanded by their manager — to share the goals in a 4-0 thrashing of last-place Southampton in the Premier League on Tuesday.

Cole Palmer has sent a message to Chelsea fans after another difficult night in front of goal, promising: “I will be back.” Chelsea thrashed bottom-club Southampton 4-0 to bring to an end to a run of three successive defeats,

Brighton still have one eye on potential European qualification at the end of the season with Fabian Hurzeler's team currently 11th in the Premier League table. The Seagulls sealed a 3-0 league win over Chelsea last time out and they have lost just one of their last six EPL games away from home ahead of today's battle.

Having combined for the Saints' consolation goal in their loss to Bournemouth, Sulemana and Paul Onuachu - who has now been involved in three goals in his last four Premier League games - should continue up front at the expense of the highly-rated Tyler Dibling.