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Southampton will be taking on away side Chelsea at St. Mary's Stadium in Premier League game on Wednesday 31st August 2022 at 12:15am(IST).
Form Summary
Southampton: L W D L L L
Southampton will be looking for an improved result here following the 0-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Manchester United.
In that match, Southampton managed 48% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. Manchester United got 11 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Bruno Fernandes (55') scored for Manchester United.
Fixtures with Southampton have often been entertaining affairs recently with high scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen games, a grand total of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 9 of these coming from Southampton.
Leading up to this clash, Southampton:
• are winless against Chelsea in their last 4 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 league matches. That's never good.
Chelsea: W L D W W D
Chelsea head into the match following on from a 2-1 Premier League win with the downing of Leicester City in their most recent outing.
In that game, Chelsea managed 46% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Chelsea was Raheem Sterling (47', 63'). On the other side, Leicester City had 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Harvey Barnes (66') scored for Leicester City.
The stats don’t lie, and Chelsea have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals overall. In defence, Chelsea certainly have room for improvement. That aside, time will tell whether that trend shall persist in this next match.
Coming into this contest, Chelsea remain unbeaten by Southampton in away games against them for the last 9 matches in the league. Travelling fans must really look forward to this fixture.
Head to Head
If examine their past head to head 6 meetings dating back to 26/11/2019, Southampton winning 1 of those games, Chelsea won 2 and number of Draws are 3.
In all, 22 goals were scored by the two clubs during those clashes, with 8 of them for Southampton and 14 for Chelsea. The average goals per game has been 3.6 in last 6 matches.
Team News: Southampton
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with One fitness concern for the Southampton to be concerned with ,thanks to an almost full-strength group of players.
Valentino Livramento will miss out this match due to injury.
In all likelihood, Southampton look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 lineup formation.
Team News: Chelsea
Chelsea have only One fitness concerns to speak of before this game.
NGolo Kante will not able to play due to injury.
We’re of the thinking that Chelsea will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup.
Southampton Top Scorers(2022-23)
1)Che Adams=2 Goals
2)James Ward-Prowse=1 Goal, 1 Assist
3)Joe Aribo=1 Goal
4)Kyle walker peters=1 Goal
5)Moussa Djenepo=1 Assist
6)Sekou Mara=1 Assist
7)Adam Armstrong =1 Assist
8)Armel Kotchap= 1 Assist
Chelsea Top Scorers(2022-23)
1)Reheem Sterling=2 Goals, 1 Assist
2)Kalidou Koulibaly=1 Goal
3)Reece James=1 Goal, 1 Assist
4)Jorginho=1 Goal
5)Marc Cucurella=2 Assist
Prediction
Our thinking is that Southampton might face difficulty to score goal against this Chelsea team who will dominate this match in all departments.
But we think that Southampton will score at least one goal in this match because of home advantage.
We therefore predict that it’s going to be a easy win with a 1-2 winning margin for Chelsea at the end of the 90 mins.
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