On Saturday Oct 2nd, in week 7, Chelsea will host Southampton at Stamford Bridge in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Chelsea is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus struck first for Manchester City in the 53rd minute on a feed from João Cancelo, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Chelsea couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester City took the shutout win. Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while southampton is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raúl Jiménez struck first for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 61st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Southampton couldn’t muster any offence and Wolverhampton Wanderers ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Fred and James Ward-Prowse are the top scorers for Southampton in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Chelsea’s top weapon lately has been Romelu Lukaku, who has three goals in the last five matches
Thomas Tuchel’s squad will be without Christian Pulišić, N’Golo Kanté, Reece James and Mason Mount, while Ralph Hasenhüttl’s squad will be without Stuart Armstrong, Theo Walcott, Jack Stephens and Will Smallbone.