Chelsea vs Southampton Preview

Chelsea vs Southampton 

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Stamford Bridge

Date: 25th April 2017

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

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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:

November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

Latest Premier League Results

November 10, 2024
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Newcastle United
Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City
November 9, 2024
Liverpool 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Brighton & Hov… 2 - 1 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Southampton
West Ham United 0 - 0 Everton
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Fulham
Brentford 3 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
November 4, 2024
Fulham 2 - 1 Brentford
November 3, 2024
Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 Aston Villa
November 2, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 West Ham United
Liverpool 2 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Leicester City
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

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