CHELSEA welcome Southampton to Stamford Bridge looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League.
Thomas Tuchel’s Blues have suffered back-to-back defeats in all competitions without scoring a goal.
- Kick-off time: 3pm BST
- Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Thiago, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Chilwell, Hudson-Odoi, Werner, Lukaku.
- Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Walcott, Tella, Armstrong.
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What TV channel and live stream is Chelsea vs Southampton on?
Chelsea vs Southampton will NOT be broadcast live on TV in the UK unfortunately.
Though you can catch highlights on Sky Sports’ YouTube from 5.15pm and BBC 1’s Match Of The Day from 10.30pm
STATS
Chelsea dominated 62 per cent of possession throughout the encounter against Southampton.
The Blues registered a total of 20 shots, nine of which were on target.
Saints, on the other hand, recorded a mere six shots but only two of them were on target.
More below:
FT: CHELSEA 3-1 SOUTHAMPTON
Chelsea defeated Southampton in a dramatic encounter at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues opened the scoring just after nine minutes when Ben Chilwell’s corner-kick from the right area was flicked backwards by Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who found Trevoh Chalobah on the far post and he scored with a diving header.
The west Londoners thought they doubled the lead a while later when Antonio Rudiger put together a superb run from defence and set Romelu Lukaku up in the area where he beat Alex McCarthy but the linesman’S flag went up for offside.
Chelsea got another goal soon after when Callum Hudson-Odoi’s cross from the left found Timo Werner on the far post where he scored with a brilliant header.
Southampton came back stronger in the first half and equalised with James Ward-Prowse on 61 minutes from the penalty spot after Chilwell fouled Tino Livramento with a reckless late challenge.
However, Ward-Prowse went from hero to villain after 77 minutes as he was sent off for a late tackle on Jorginho.
Chelsea took advantage of the numbers game and finally regained the lead with Werner in the 84th minute.
Ross Barkley played the ball down the right flank where Azpilicueta immediately turned it to the middle and found the forward, who beat McCarthy with a calm finish.
The west Londoners sealed the win after 89 minutes with perhaps the freakiest goal of the season when Chilwell made up for the penalty earlier on.
Mason Mount delivered a low cross from the right flank and found Lukaku whose shot rattled McCarthy’s left-hand post.
Azpilicueta got the rebound but hit the bar once more before the ball reached Chilwell on the other side.
The full-back fired a shot that the Southampton keeper saved but goal line technology deemed the ball went over the line
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90+5 YELLOW CARD
Southampton ace Djenepo gets booked for a late challenge on Azpilicueta, who is furious with that tackle!
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90+3 Chelsea’s home crowd is on cloud nine after Chilwell’s goal!
The full-back has gone from villain to hero after giving away a reckless penalty to Southampton
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90 Five more minutes of stoppage time to go!
Southampton ace Salisu gets booked with a yellow card for a foul on Werner!
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89 Game, set, match!
Chelsea have just scored perhaps the freakiest goal of the season!
Mount delivers a low cross from the right flank and finds Lukaku whose shot rattles McCarthy’s left-hand post.
Azpilicueta gets the rebound but hits the bar once more before the ball reaches Chilwell on the other side.
The full-back fires a shot that McCarthy saves but goal line technology deems the ball went over the line
GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
CHELSEA SCORE A THIRD WITH CHILWELL!!!!!!
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87 SUBSTITUTION
Southampton boss Hasenhuttl makes a hail Mary as Elyounoussi replaces Redmond
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84 This time it counts, it definitely counts!
It all starts with Barkley whose long ball is met by Azpilicueta down the right flank.
The Chelsea captain immediately plays the ball inside the area where Werner taps it behind McCarthy’s net!
GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
CHELSEA REGAIN THE LEAD WITH WERNER!!!!!
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84 Southampton captain Ward-Prowse was sent off for a late challenge on Jorginho.
This took place just a few minutes after he scored Saints’ equaliser
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83 SUBSTITUTION
Chelsea boss Tuchel gives Barkley his first Premier League appearance of the season as he replaces Loftus-Cheek
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81 CHANCE
Mount gets a difficult shot on the edge of the box but McCarthy picks it up with ease!
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80 Just 10 more minutes to go until full-time.
Southampton are holding it together even though they are playing with a man down.
The mounting pressure is evident on Chelsea
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77 RED CARD
Referee Atkinson changes his original decision after checking with the VAR monitor and sends Ward-Prowse off!
Can’t blame the official as the Southampton captain’s tackle on Jorginho was quite a late challenge
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75 YELLOW CARD
Southampton captain and scorer Ward-Prowse gets booked for a rough tackle on Jorginho.
The midfielder gets keen as he sees Mendy passing to Jorginho on the edge of the Chelsea box and lunges on to the Italy international.
VAR is having a look for a red card, and it seems like the referee will have a look on the monitor
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73 SUBSTITUTION
Southampton boss Hasenhuttl also makes a change as Djenepo takes Tella’s place
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73 SUBSTITUTION
Well, we told you!
Chelsea boss Tuchel introduces Jorginho, who replaces Kovacic
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72 WHAT A CHANCE!
Chelsea come extremely close to a second goal but are denied by a magnificent save by McCarthy!
Kovacic passes to Lukaku and the striker flicks it back to Werner with a wonderful back-heel.
The forward gets in the area and fires a shot under tremendous pressure which is denied by McCarthy’s left hand as the Saints keeper lunges to his left
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70 Chelsea’s midfield was quite solid in the first half.
But they are now making quite a few errors, we should expect Jorginho to come on at some point
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68 Southampton captain James Ward-Prose has put the visitors back in the game with a wonderful penalty shot.
In times like these, Saints are always glad to place their hopes on the star midfielder
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66 CHANCE
Chelsea star Mount makes quite an introduction as he whips in a ball from the left flank and finds Chilwell on the edge of the box.
The full-back tries to go from villain to hero with a powerful shot but it gets deflected
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65 SUBSTITUTION
Chelsea boss Tuchel is shaking things up with a player that has been sorely missed.
Mount returns from a knock and replaces Hudson-Odoi
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63 Pressure is on Chelsea now, who we remind you haven’t won since September 19.
The Blues have been struggling to create threats in the second half so far
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
