Southampton 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 30 August 2022
Result
Southampton 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Tuesday 30 August 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Southampton 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Southampton won against Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 30 August 2022. The half-time score was 2-1.
Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Southampton's goals came from Roméo Lavia (28') and Adam Armstrong (45+1'). Chelsea scored through Raheem Sterling (23').
Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Southampton were 13th on 4 points from 4 and Chelsea 7th on 7 points from 4. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Chelsea 12th with 44.
Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Silva of Chelsea (7.7), ahead of Mohamed Elyounoussi (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Southampton win, 3 draws and 6 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Southampton's last five read L-W-D-L and Chelsea's W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Raheem Sterling
- 28'Goal · Roméo Lavia
- 45+1'Goal · Adam Armstrong
- 53'Yellow card · Mohammed Salisu
- 64'Yellow card · James Ward-Prowse
- 80'Yellow card · Christian Pulisic
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Mohammed Salisu, Romain Perraud, Ibrahima Diallo, Roméo Lavia, Mohamed Elyounoussi, James Ward-Prowse, Adam Armstrong, Ché Adams
Chelsea line-up (4-2-2-2)
Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Hakim Ziyech, Mason Mount, Raheem Sterling, Kai Havertz