English Premier League

FT Thursday, December 26, 2019
Southampton WWLLW 2
–
Chelsea WLWLW 0
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SOU112
CHE000
40,651 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea's poor home run continues with Southampton loss

Chelsea suffered more woe at Stamford Bridge after losing 2-0 to Southampton on Thursday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
1
33.9
Possession
66.1
5
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
228
Accurate Passes
556
362
Passes
688
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
8
Crosses
33
0.1
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
59
17
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
13
32
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
11
31
Effective Clearances
7
31
Clearances
7

Head to Head

CHE leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 15Kurt ZoumaCD
  3. 29Fikayo TomoriCD-L
  4. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  5. 5JorginhoCM-L
  6. 7N'Golo KantéCM-R
  7. 33EmersonLM
  8. 28César AzpilicuetaRM
  9. 9Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 10WillianCF-L
  11. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Ross BarkleySUB
  2. 4Andreas ChristensenSUB
  3. 22Christian PulisicSUB
  4. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB
  5. 13Wilfredo CaballeroSUB
  6. 11PedroSUB
  7. 19Mason MountSUB

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  7. 16James Ward-ProwseCM-R
  8. 22Nathan RedmondLM
  9. 17Stuart ArmstrongRM
  10. 10Ché AdamsCF-L
  11. 20Michael ObafemiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Jannik VestergaardSUB
  2. 14Oriol RomeuSUB
  3. 28Angus GunnSUB
  4. 9Danny IngsSUB
  5. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  6. 38Kevin DansoSUB
  7. 19Sofiane BoufalSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 31' Goal! Chelsea 0, Southampton 1. Michael Obafemi (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg following a fast break.
  3. 45' Substitution, Chelsea. Mason Mount replaces Kurt Zouma.
  4. 58' Jorginho (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 62' Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 62' N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 67' Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  8. 69' Substitution, Southampton. Danny Ings replaces Michael Obafemi.
  9. 73' Goal! Chelsea 0, Southampton 2. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  10. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Sofiane Boufal replaces Che Adams.
  11. 84' Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Willian.
  12. 86' Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  13. 90'+4' Sofiane Boufal (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.

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