Chelsea vs Southampton
England – Premier League
Date: Thursday, 26 December 2019
Kick-off at 15:00 UK/ 16:00 CET
Venue: Stamford Bridge (London).
Chelsea meet Stamford Bridge, Brighton in the 19th round of the English Premier League on Thursday.
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Chelsea head into their Boxing Day encounter with Southampton having established a four-point gap between themselves and fifth-placed Sheffield United.
Meanwhile, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Saints would also be a happy bunch after climbing out of the relegation zone by overcoming Aston Villa 3-1 in their last league outing.
Chelsea vs Southampton Prediction Line-Ups
Chelsea vs Southampton Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Chelsea Southampton played so far 29 matches.
Chelsea won 18 direct matches. Southampton won 4 matches. 7 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.03 goals per Match.
Chelsea vs Southampton Prediction
Chelsea in actual season average scored 2.15 goals per match. In 10 (71.43%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 7 (50.00%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Southampton average scored 1.54 goals per match in season 2019. In 14 (87.50%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 11 (68.75%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Cesar Azpilicueta will be assessed by the Chelsea medical team after sustaining a knock at Spurs. The Blues otherwise report no new fresh injury concerns.
Southampton striker Shane Long is a major doubt for the festive fixtures with a knee problem
However, Kevin Danso (illness) and Sofiane Boufal (toe) are set to return. Moussa Djenepo (hamstring) and Yan Valery (virus) are still unavailable.
Match officials
Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Eddie Smart. Fourth official: Gavin Ward. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton.