Chelsea 1-0 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2017
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Southampton
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Southampton: match report
Chelsea beat Southampton 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Marcos Alonso of Chelsea in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and Southampton 11th on 18 points from 17. Chelsea went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Southampton 17th with 36.
Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Southampton in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcos Alonso of Chelsea (8.1), ahead of Fraser Forster (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 2 for Southampton.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Southampton's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 45+2'Yellow card · Maya Yoshida
- 45+3'Goal · Marcos Alonso
- 87'Yellow card · Nathan Redmond
- 87'Yellow card · J. Stephens
- 90+4'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Pedro, Eden Hazard
Southampton line-up (3-4-2-1)
Fraser Forster, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Wesley Hoedt, Cédric Soares, Oriol Romeu, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Ryan Bertrand, James Ward-Prowse, Nathan Redmond, Manolo Gabbiadini