Chelsea vs Southampton Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Chelsea have won seven of their last nine Premier League meetings with Southampton (D1 L1), though they did lose this exact fixture 0-2 last season.
Following their 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge last season, Southampton are looking to pick up back-to-back away league victories against Chelsea for the first time since March 1985.
Chelsea have won seven of their last eight Premier League home games (L1), netting 18 goals, conceding four and keeping five clean sheets in that run. Since the start of last season, no side has conceded fewer home Premier League goals than Chelsea (18, excluding the promoted clubs).
Southampton are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since a run of four in May 2016, while Saints last won three in a row without conceding in the competition in January 2016.
Southampton have faced just over seven shots per Premier League game so far this season (29 in four games), fewer than any other side in 2020-21. However, only West Ham (1.8) have faced fewer shots on target per game so far this term than Chelsea (3).
Chelsea have made a league-high 81 10+ open play pass sequences in the Premier League this season -however, Southampton have allowed their opponents to make just 11 such sequences this term, fewer than any other side.
Chelsea's Olivier Giraud has had a hand in five goals in his last four Premier League games against Southampton (4 goals, 1 assist), while only against Aston Villa and Newcastle (8 each) has he scored more Premier League goals than he has versus Saints (7). His last four goals against them have been as a substitute -only Julian Joachim against Derby (5) has scored more goals against a specific opponent from the bench in the competition.
Jorginho has netted three goals in his three Premier League games for Chelsea this season (all from the penalty spot), just one fewer than he scored in 31 appearances last term.
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Edouard Mendy kept a clean sheet on his Premier League debut for Chelsea against Crystal Palace last time out -the last keeper to keep a clean sheet on their first two league starts for the Blues was Petr Cech in August 2004.
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