Southampton vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th December 2024

Placed inside the top five, Chelsea should be able to deal with Southampton in round 14 of the Premier League season. With the latter currently rock-bottom in the standings, Chelsea look for an easy ride, but Southampton are desperately in need of points.

Southampton are number 20 in the table on five points after 13 matches. Chelsea rank as number 3 with 25 points after 13 matches played.

Their upcoming match is a difficult challenge for Southampton, who next face Chelsea in their continuous fight to avoid relegation. They should be highly motivated to spring a surprise, even against a tough opponent like Chelsea.

Southampton are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 20 goals. They managed one clean sheets in these matches.

The Blues travel to their next away match this coming Wednesday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping nine goals against. An average of 0.9 goals against a game. They hung on to three clean sheets in this streak.

The Saints had a good reading on Chelsea in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-1 and 1-0, respectively.

Southampton vs Chelsea Prediction

Southampton Form

Southampton only added a single draw to their account in their last three games, where they lost 2-0 and 2-3 against Wolverhampton and Liverpool respectively. At least they managed a 1-1 draw with Brighton. Southampton just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the St. Mary's Stadium. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded 11 goals.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Leicester got left behind in a 1-2 win, before FC Heidenheim got hammered in a 0-2 victory. Aston Villa was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Chelsea. Chelsea won four times in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew once and lost once. They conceded six goals while scoring 14 themselves.

An away win for Chelsea is the obvious choice and with the attacking qualities on display here, we also set our sights on a high scoring affair against Southampton.

Southampton fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last five games against teams inside the top six. They were on target four times in these matches, but also let in nine goals. Chelsea recorded two wins from their last three games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected seven points. They scored nine goals while conceding four. Southampton have so far been able to win just once after 13 Premier League games played, in stead showing off two draws and ten defeats. Chelsea have a record of seven wins, four draws and two defeats in the Premier League.

Southampton vs Chelsea Squads

Southampton Squad

Russell Martin will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Chelsea from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Aaron Ramsdale (0/9), Alex McCarthy (0/3), Gavin Bazunu (0/0), Joe Lumley (0/1), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/0), Charlie Taylor (0/5), Jack Stephens (0/9), James Bree (0/0), Jan Bednarek (0/11), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/11), Nathan Wood (0/0), Ronnie Edwards (0/0), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/13), Yukinari Sugawara (1/12), Adam Lallana (0/8), Flynn Downes (1/12), Joe Aribo (1/12), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/6), Mateus Fernandes (1/12), Ryan Fraser (0/6), Ryan Manning (0/6), William Smallbone (0/4), Adam Armstrong (2/10), Ben Brereton Diaz (0/8), Cameron Archer (2/13), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/2), Paul Onuachu (0/6), Ross Stewart (0/4), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (0/0), Tyler Dibling (1/13).

Chelsea Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Chelsea players that the manager Enzo Maresca will choose from for the upcoming game:

Filip Joergensen (0/0), Lucas Bergstroem (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/13), Axel Disasi (0/2), Ben Chilwell (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/3), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Josh Acheampong (0/0), Levi Colwill (0/13), Malo Gusto (0/10), Marc Cucurella (0/12), Reece James (0/4), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/4), Wesley Fofana (0/12), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/0), Cesare Casadei (0/0), Cole Palmer (8/13), Enzo Fernandez (2/12), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (0/4), Moises Caicedo (1/13), Noni Madueke (4/12), Omari Kellyman (0/0), Renato Veiga (0/5), Romeo Lavia (0/8), Tyrique George (0/0), Christopher Nkunku (1/12), Jadon Sancho (0/7), Joao Felix (1/7), Marc Guiu (0/1), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/7), Nicolas Jackson (8/13), Pedro Neto (1/12).

Southampton vs Chelsea Team News

Southampton vs Chelsea Lineups

Southampton vs Chelsea H2H

Southampton go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-1 and 1-0 the last two times they played Chelsea. Southampton have a 30% win rate against Chelsea, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 3-3-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Southampton vs Chelsea Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Southampton and Chelsea. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 13/8 with bookies.

Southampton vs Chelsea Betting Tips

With two goals in six matches Adam Armstrong has been a regular feature on the scoresheet in recent matches, making him a tempting betting prospect, when going up against Chelsea and their defence. The visitors hope Nicolas Jackson adds another to his current tally of four goals in his latest matches.

Southampton won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at St. Mary's Stadium. They drew three and lost four as well, while Chelsea won six of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost three. Goals are flowing freely for Southampton on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target six times in Chelsea''s last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Southampton and Chelsea saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Southampton averaging 1.1 goals a game. Chelsea scored 2.1 goals on average in these, as both teams scored five times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Southampton’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Chelsea, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.4 times goals per game themselves.