Brighton host Chelsea at the Amex Stadium at 8 p.m. BST Tuesday, the only Premier League fixture of the night, rescheduled around Chelsea's FA Cup commitments. [1] Sunday's Arsenal collapse and Haaland goal reopened a title race the paper's Monday feature argued was effectively over a week ago. Manchester City face Burnley Wednesday in what Pep Guardiola's assistants have called the easiest fixture of the run-in.

The table entering Tuesday: Arsenal 70 points from 32 games, Manchester City 64 from 31 with a game in hand, Manchester United 55 from 32, Aston Villa 55, Liverpool 52, and Chelsea 48. [2] Brighton sit ninth on 46 points, a single point behind Chelsea, still in realistic contention for European qualification. Chelsea arrive in historically bad form — four consecutive defeats, with their top-five hopes mathematically extinguished but a sixth-place landing possible if Aston Villa win the Europa League and finish fifth. [1]

The 48-hour window through Wednesday night could compress Arsenal's lead from six points to three, with Manchester City's game in hand still outstanding. Mikel Arteta said after Sunday's loss that his team must now "approach this as a new league" over the final six matches. Brighton manager Fabian Hürzeler's side has won three straight at home; Chelsea have not won away in seven. [1] Sports Illustrated predicted Brighton 2-1 Chelsea. [1] The Amex holds 31,876 and is expected to sell out for a fixture whose title-race consequence runs only indirectly through the scoreboard.

-- CHARLES ASHFORD, London