Chelsea vs Southampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th February 2023
Chelsea are favoured by the bookmakers to claim a win against Southampton, despite their unconvincing form. It will be interesting to see, how far outsiders Southampton can push the form at Stamford Bridgeon Saturday.
The current difference in the Premier League standings between the two teams clashing at Stamford Bridge this coming Saturday is 16 points.
The hosts are currently 10th in the Premier League standings with 31 points after 22 rounds. Southampton are trailing behind them on 15 points, which makes them 20th in the rankings ahead of their next game.
Chelsea is looking to avenge a disappointing loss against Southampton in their last meeting. According to the bookmakers, a win for the home team looks like a likely scenario.
Chelsea scored six times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.6 goals a game. They conceded seven and managed four clean sheets.
Southampton scored seven goals, conceded 21 and kept their opponents from scoring zero times in ten matches.
The last time the pair played each other, Southampton came out the other side as 2-1 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result.
Chelsea vs Southampton Prediction
Chelsea Form
Two draws were the best Chelsea could manage in the previous three matches. They drew 0-0 with Fulham, before sharing the points in a 1-1 draw against West Ham. Their most recent match brought a 1-0 defeat against B. Dortmund. Chelsea claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew two and lost two, scored four goals and conceded three.
Southampton Form
Southampton endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle, before Brentford ran out 3-0 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Wolverhampton, who came out 1-2 winners. Southampton, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn zero and lost four in their last six away in the Premier League.
Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Chelsea renew Southampton their acquaintance.
Chelsea scored 18 goals and conceded ten in their last 12 games against teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. They collected 26 points and eight victories. Southampton claimed one win and four points from their last ten encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring eight goals to 26 against. Chelsea claimed eight wins, seven draws as well as seven defeats in the Premier League this season. Southampton have a record of four wins, three draws and 15 defeats in the Premier League.
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Chelsea vs Southampton Stats
- In 27 of the last 29 Chelsea matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 13 Chelsea home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Chelsea matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Chelsea home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In the last 6 Chelsea home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 11 Southampton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Southampton have conceded in 24 of the last 26 matches
- In the last 6 Southampton away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Southampton away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Southampton have lost 5 of the last 6 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
Chelsea vs Southampton Team News
Chelsea are sweating on the fitness of no less than ten players before their match on Saturday.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Edouard Mendy, Raheem Sterling, Christian Pulisic, Armando Broja, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Wesley Fofana and N'Golo Kanté are missing from the squad, Chelsea will field against Southamptonthis coming Saturday.
Southampton could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as four players are nursing various problems. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Kyle Walker-Peters and Mohammed Salisu racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Southampton travelling party for their next match.
Armel Bella-Kotchap, Alex McCarthy, Juan Larios and Valentino Livramento all face a spell on the sidelines for Southampton due to various injuries.
Chelsea vs Southampton H2H
Chelsea were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Southampton, but did win the reverse match 6-0, though. Chelsea seem to have a great read on Southampton, winning five times of the previous ten matches in the Premier League. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 4/11.
Chelsea vs Southampton Results
In the past ten matches between home side Chelsea and Southampton both teams found the back of the net six times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 6/5.
Chelsea vs Southampton Betting Tips
Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Kalidou Koulibaly will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Southampton hope James Ward-Prowse can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.
Stamford Bridge witnessed Chelsea winning five times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing two and losing three as well. Southampton claimed three wins, zero draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. It would seem we shouldn't expect goals from both teams in this encounter on Saturday. Both teams to score happened only four times in the last 10 home league matches for Chelsea. Both teams scored in four of the previous 10 league games away for Southampton.
Both teams scored six times in the last ten encounters between Chelsea and Southampton, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Chelsea scored 2.4 goals on average, while Southampton pulled 1.2 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of Chelsea’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Southampton's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.