Chelsea vs Southampton Preview

Chelsea vs Southampton 

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Stamford Bridge

Date: 25th April 2017

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Live in-play betting – 

Chelsea come into this encounter with much confidence after beating Tottenham in the FA cup semi-final over the weekend, they will be hoping to increase their points gap over 2nd placed Spurs to 7 with a win in this encounter. Southampton, on the other hand, would fancy their chances in this game knowing that a win would take them to within 1 points off 8th placed West Brom.

Chelsea have seen their lead at the top of the table cut down to just 4 points, and they would be eager to increase it. The Blues have won 3 of their last 5 league games, but the other 2 have been losses, including a home loss to Crystal Palace.

Chelsea look well placed to bounce back from their 2-0 loss to Manchester United in their last Premier League fixture, and it is worth noting that they have won 4 of their last 5 home matches in all competitions.

Southampton enter this encounter fresh from a 3-0 loss at home to Manchester City in their last league match. The Saints are currently 9th on the league table, 4 points off West Brom who have played 2 games more.

Chelsea won the reverse fixture of this game last October 2-0 with Hazard and Costa scoring the goals.

Southampton may put up a good fight in this encounter, but Chelsea are clear favourites to come out on top.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

 
Chelsea last 5 matches (most recent first):
22/04/17 (h)Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 W
16/04/17 (a)Manchester United 2-0 L
08/04/17 (a)Bournemouth 1-3 W
05/04/17 (h)Manchester City 2-1 W
01/04/17 (h)Crystal Palace 1-2 L
 
Southampton last 5 matches (most recent first):
15/04/17 (h)Manchester City 0-3 L
08/04/17 (a)West Bromwich Albion 0-1 W
05/04/17 (h)Crystal Palace 3-1 W
01/04/17 (h)Bournemouth 0-0 D
19/03/17 (a)Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 L

Last time they met: Southampton 0-2 Chelsea

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 24, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 19:45 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 20:00 Newcastle United
Everton 20:00 Liverpool
Manchester United 20:00 Sheffield United
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:00 Manchester City
April 27, 2024
West Ham United 12:30 Liverpool
Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 15:00 Burnley
Newcastle United 15:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Luton Town
Everton 17:30 Brentford
Aston Villa 20:00 Chelsea
April 28, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Arsenal
Nottingham Forest 16:30 Manchester City
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 34 24 5 5 82 26 +56 77
2 Liverpool 33 22 8 3 75 32 +43 74
3 Manchester City 32 22 7 3 76 32 +44 73
4 Aston Villa 34 20 6 8 71 50 +21 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 6 8 65 49 +16 60
6 Newcastle United 32 15 5 12 69 52 +17 50
7 Manchester United 32 15 5 12 47 48 -1 50
8 West Ham United 34 13 9 12 54 63 -9 48
9 Chelsea 32 13 8 11 61 57 +4 47
10 Brighton & Hov… 32 11 11 10 52 50 +2 44
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 12 7 14 46 53 -7 43
12 Fulham 34 12 6 16 50 54 -4 42
13 AFC Bournemouth 33 11 9 13 48 60 -12 42
14 Crystal Palace 33 9 9 15 42 56 -14 36
15 Brentford 34 9 8 17 52 59 -7 35
16 Everton 33 10 8 15 34 48 -14 30
17 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 42 60 -18 26
18 Luton Town 34 6 7 21 47 75 -28 25
19 Burnley 34 5 8 21 37 69 -32 23
20 Sheffield United 33 3 7 23 31 88 -57 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
April 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Arsenal
Luton Town 1 - 5 Brentford
Sheffield United 1 - 4 Burnley
April 15, 2024
Chelsea 6 - 0 Everton
April 14, 2024
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham United 0 - 2 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 1 Crystal Palace
April 13, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Manchester United
Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 5 - 1 Luton Town
Burnley 1 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Brentford 2 - 0 Sheffield United
Newcastle United 4 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur

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