On the 9th of April, Southampton hosts Chelsea in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Southampton is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Leeds United. Jack Harrison struck first for Leeds United in the 29th minute, but James Ward-Prowse got the equalizer for Southampton in the 49th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Southampton. Southampton is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while chelsea is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Brentford. Antonio Rüdiger struck first for Chelsea in the 48th minute on a feed from N’Golo Kanté, then Vitaly Janelt tied it up for Brentford in the 50th minute on a feed from Bryan Mbeumo Finally they completed the comback victory in the 54th minute on a goal by Christian Eriksen to cap off a wild match. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Chelsea and Southampton last played eachother at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday Oct 2nd. Chelsea was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Trevoh Chalobah struck first for Chelsea in the 9th minute on a feed from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, then James Ward-Prowse tied it up for Southampton in the 61st minute.
Chelsea’s most prolific scorer has been Kai Havertz. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Southampton is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Stuart Armstrong and Mohamed Elyounoussi each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Southampton will be without Alex McCarthy, while Chelsea will be without Reece James, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Andreas Christensen, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Saúl.