Southampton vs Chelsea
Premier League 2019/20 season
Venue: St Mary's
Date: Sunday, 6 October, 2019
Kick-off time: 2pm BST
Southampton welcome Chelsea to the south coast this afternoon as Frank Lampard’s side look to climb back into the Premier League top four.
The Blues head into the weekend just a point behind fourth place Arsenal, emboldened after winning their third game on the bounce in the Champions League against Lille on Wednesday.
Since that 4-0 thrashing at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season, Chelsea have won all of their games on the road, heading to St Mary’s where Saints have only won once this season.
Southampton vs Chelsea team news
N’Golo Kante will be hoping to make just his second start in the league this season after completing 90 minutes against Lille back in France.
Callum Hudson-Odoi will also be pushing for a start, having come off the bench to provide an assist in each of his two cameo appearances since returning from injury.
It remains to be seen whether Lampard will call upon Christian Pulisic – the USA international was left out of the squad completely midweek, having being left on the bench in Chelsea’s previous four games.
Predicted line-ups
Chelsea XI: Kepa; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Tomori, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic; Willian, Abraham, Mount
Southampton XI: Gunn, Bednarek, Yoshida, Vestergaard, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Højbjerg, Bertrand, Boufal, Redmond, Ings
Prediction: Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
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Match odds
- Southampton to win: 100/30
- Chelsea to win: 10/11
- Draw: 16/15
TV channel and live stream information
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports' Premier League and Main Event channels, and is available via Now TV with a day pass on offer for £8.99.
Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match online via SkyGo and the SkyGo app.
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Head to head (h2h) history and results
This will be the 105th meeting between these two with Chelsea winning 45. Southampton have 30 wins to their name – but have lost seven of the last eight games.
