A home win is anticipated from this match if the league table is a way to look into the future. The Chelsea followers are hopeful that the difference between 3rd and Southampton's 16th position in the table will show on the ground.
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Southampton have yet to win a game.
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Juventus.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Chelsea lost their last game at Juventus after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Mateo Kovačić was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Kovačić hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 130 successful passes (of 141 total).
Ahead of that match, Chelsea lost 0-1 at home to Manchester City.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Chelsea home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Chelsea are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Defensively Chelsea have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Southampton form and stats
The Premier League season is young and Southampton have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Two points from the last two away games for Southampton, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
J. Ward-Prowse was the last player to score for the away team. Southampton haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
The manager R. Hasenhüttl was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground St. Mary's Stadium. Southampton suffered a 0-1 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 14th). Midfield player James Ward-Prowse was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Ward-Prowse hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 64 total).
Ahead of that match was the Carabao Cup away draw versus Sheffield United (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) that ended 2-2.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Southampton played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
The visiting Southampton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Southampton have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Chelsea victories, three draws and one Southampton win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lukaku Menama 3 goals |  M. Alonso Mendoza 1 goals |  T. da Silva 1 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Southampton missing players
| Chelsea | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 5.8 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 8.7 | 8.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.3 | 12.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 43% | 60% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 19% |
- Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chelsea have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
- Chelsea have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southampton have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Everton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Brentford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Watford | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Southampton | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 19 | Burnley | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 0 |
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