Cole Palmer revealed he told Morgan Rogers "he'll make a big difference" in the Chelsea team.Rogers completed a £117m move from Aston Villa earlier this summer, a record fee for a British player, and he has hit the ground running for the Blues.He scored in their Premier League opener against Fulham, with Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer also on target in the 3-2 win.Rogers created five chances for his team-mates in that victory, the most of any player on MD1 of the Premier League season.Palmer was not surprised by Rogers' instant impact, while explaining how they can offer different strengths for Chelsea."I think we're two different players," Palmer said when asked about Rogers ahead of their Premier League clash with Brighton."He's more physical, more powerful and stuff, and I'm more technical and whatnot."I just told him [when he joined] that he'll make a big difference. We're signing other players as well, so we're going to have a good team and we can do something good."Up next: Our first #PL home game of the season. pic.twitter.com/mjWt7xaaLj— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 29, 2026Brighton have also enjoyed a strong start to their season, thrashing Aston Villa 4-0 in their Premier League opener before booking their place in the league phase of the Conference League.The Seagulls triumphed 4-0 over two legs against Tromso, though Fabian Hurzeler has made few rotations across their three games so far in 2026-27.The Brighton boss hinted new signings Promise David and Jaouen Hadjam could feature against Chelsea as he looks to rest some of his usual starters."I think they are two great players, two great personalities, they will definitely make our squad stronger, so yes, they can definitely be options," said Hurzeler."Promise likes to be called Toby. He's very physical, he's fast, he's a target player, he has a different profile of a striker that we don't have in our squad, and he knows where the goal is."Regarding both, we need to give them time, but we have a big belief that they make our squad stronger."PLAYERS TO WATCHChelsea – Cole PalmerOnly against Wolves (eight – five goals, three assists) does Palmer have more Premier League goal involvements than he does versus Brighton (five goals).On MD1 of this season, he ranked joint-first for goal involvements (two), second for successful take-ons (five), and joint-second for touches in the opposition’s box (nine).Brighton – Pascal GrossOnly Rogers (five) created more chances on MD1 of this season’s Premier League than Gross (four).Since returning to the Premier League in 2026, he's third for chances created (43), joint-fourth for chances created from open play (31), and seventh for expected assists (4.1).MATCH PREDICTION – CHELSEA WINChelsea are the Opta supercomputer's favourites for this clash, though the recent history in this fixture favours Brighton.Having been unbeaten in their first 10 Premier League games against Brighton (W6 D4), Chelsea have now lost five of their last eight against the Seagulls (W3).Brighton have won their last three Premier League games against Chelsea, netting exactly three goals each time. The last team to score 3+ goals in four consecutive league games against the Blues were West Ham between 1972 and 1974.Chelsea have also only won their first home league game of the season once in the last seven campaigns (D4 L2), beating Crystal Palace 3-0 in 2021-22.Brighton have won eight of their last 13 Premier League games (25 points – D1 L4), after recording just one win in the prior 13 matches (D6 L6).Since the start of that run on February 21, only Arsenal (30), Manchester City (28), and Manchester United (26) have earned more points in the competition.OPTA WIN PROBABILITYChelsea – 52.7%Draw – 22.5%Brighton – 24.8%The post Palmer: I told Rogers he’ll make a big difference at Chelsea appeared first on SoccerNews.