Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chelsea & Southampton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chelsea and Southampton.
Chelsea form and stats
Last season, Chelsea's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.Chelsea have collected 12 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-0-1. Chelsea has recorded two wins in a row here at Stamford Bridge, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga Revuelta is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 209 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
A nice win for Chelsea last time playing, versus Norwich City. That was also a home game and the match ended 7-0 with Ben Chilwell, Mason Mount (3), Callum Hudson-Odoi and Reece James scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Chelsea played a great game against Norwich City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Mason Mount was absolutely essential when Chelsea beat Norwich City 7-0, scoring three goals. The striker Mason Mount was declared "man of the match" for Chelsea with the rating of 9.92/10. Mount scored three goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Malmö FF.Chelsea are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Newcastle United awaits in four days.
It's goals goals goals for Chelsea who have scored 16 goals from 5 league home games. Defensively Chelsea have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 2nd round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
There were no winners in Southampton's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Burnley. Valentino Livramento, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Livramento scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and won 8 of 14 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Leeds United in the Premier League.Southampton have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Premier League game against Watford. A difficult diary for the visiting team!
Southampton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. For Southampton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Chelsea-Southampton H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea six wins, Southampton one win, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Chilwell 3 goals |  M. Mount 3 goals |  R. Lukaku Menama 3 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Southampton missing players
| Chelsea | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 46 | 31 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.4 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 18 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Everton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Brentford | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Watford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Southampton | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Burnley | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | -21 | 2 |