In this 25th week match, on Sat Feb 20th, Chelsea and Southampton will play a match in Southampton in a clash of the Premier League. In their last match, Southampton recorded a 1-2 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Danny Ings struck first for Southampton in the 25th minute on a feed from Stuart Armstrong, then Rúben Neves tied it up for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 53rd minute But luckily in the 66th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Pedro Neto. Southampton looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while chelsea is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Newcastle United. Olivier Giroud struck first for Chelsea in the 31st minute, then Timo Werner added another in the 39th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle United couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Stamford Bridge, Chelsea and Southampton battled to a 3-3 draw. Timo Werner struck first for Chelsea in the 15th minute, then Timo Werner added another in the 28th minute .
Jorginho has been the most prolific scorer on Chelsea in the last five matches with 2 goals. Southampton’s most prolific scorer has been Danny Ings. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Ralph Hasenhüttl’s squad will be without Kyle Walker-Peters, Oriol Romeu, Stuart Armstrong, Jannik Vestergaard, Jan Bednarek, Michael Obafemi, Theo Walcott, Ibrahima Diallo and Will Smallbone, while Kai Havertz, Kurt Zouma, Timo Werner and Andreas Christensen are unavailable to play for Thomas Tuchel’s team.