Chelsea v Southampton, 25 April 2017

Score4-2 to Chelsea
RefereeLee Mason
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance41,168

View Chelsea v Southampton head to head

Kick-off: 7.45pm Southampton had now won two of the last 17 meetings in all competitions.

4 Chelsea

2 Southampton

Goals:

Eden Hazard 5 G
Gary Cahill 45 G
Diego Costa 54 G
Diego Costa 89 G

Goals:

Oriol Romeu 24 G
Ryan Bertrand 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Marcos Alonso
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Matić
Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Victor Moses
Forward Diego Costa
Forward Eden Hazard

Starting lineup:

Fraser Forster Goalkeeper
Cédric Soares Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Maya Yoshida Defender
Ryan Bertrand Defender/Midfielder
Steven Davis Midfielder
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder
Sofiane Boufal Midfielder/Forward
Oriol Romeu Midfielder/Forward
Dušan Tadić Midfielder/Forward
Manolo Gabbiadini Forward

Substitutions:

Pedro for Cesc Fàbregas 77
John Terry for Victor Moses 86
Willian for Eden Hazard 90

Substitutions:

Nathan Redmond for Sofiane Boufal 68
Shane Long for James Ward-Prowse 82
Jay Rodriguez for Manolo Gabbiadini 86

Cards:

N'Golo Kanté 40 Y
Cesc Fàbregas 49 Y

Cards:

Oriol Romeu 60 Y
Dušan Tadić 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender John Terry
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Pedro
Midfielder Willian
Forward Michy Batshuayi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mouez Hassen
Defender Martín Cáceres
Midfielder Jordy Clasie
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Forward Shane Long
Forward Jay Rodriguez

Comments:

League position: 1st Despite going seven points clear at the top with five games to play, Chelsea had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 games in the Premier League for the first time since a run of 13 games in December 1996. Eden Hazard had now scored 15 goals in a Premier League season for the first time in his career. Diego Costa's first goal was his 50th in his 85th game in the Premier League. Only Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink had reached this landmark for the Blues in fewer games (84). Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said: "To score at the end of the first-half was very important. I was confident. I was seeing the team show a great will to win. In this part of the season, it's not easy. We must be confident for the future. It's important to look at ourselves and not the other [second-placed Tottenham Hotspur]."

Comments:

League position: 9th After nine attempts, Southampton remained without a win against a team in the top six so far in this Premier League season (lost seven). Oriol Romeu's goal against his former club was his first in the Premier League since 5 December 2015 for the Saints against Aston Villa. With his late goal against his former club, Ryan Bertrand had now scored three goals in a season for the first time in his career. Southampton manager Claude Puel said: "We didn't find the good clinical edge in the boxes and we need to correct this, but we were playing a great team and the details made the difference. We saw good intensity and quality on the pitch and it will be interesting now to improve on the concentration of the detail. After two games lost it's a very important game the next one, because we need to stay in the first half of the table."

4 Chelsea

Goals:

Eden Hazard 5 G
Gary Cahill 45 G
Diego Costa 54 G
Diego Costa 89 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
Defender Gary Cahill
Defender/Midfielder César Azpilicueta
Defender/Midfielder David Luiz
Defender/Midfielder Marcos Alonso
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Matić
Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Victor Moses
Forward Diego Costa
Forward Eden Hazard

Substitutions:

Pedro for Cesc Fàbregas 77
John Terry for Victor Moses 86
Willian for Eden Hazard 90

Cards:

N'Golo Kanté 40 Y
Cesc Fàbregas 49 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender John Terry
Defender/Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah
Midfielder Pedro
Midfielder Willian
Forward Michy Batshuayi

Comments:

League position: 1st Despite going seven points clear at the top with five games to play, Chelsea had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 games in the Premier League for the first time since a run of 13 games in December 1996. Eden Hazard had now scored 15 goals in a Premier League season for the first time in his career. Diego Costa's first goal was his 50th in his 85th game in the Premier League. Only Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink had reached this landmark for the Blues in fewer games (84). Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said: "To score at the end of the first-half was very important. I was confident. I was seeing the team show a great will to win. In this part of the season, it's not easy. We must be confident for the future. It's important to look at ourselves and not the other [second-placed Tottenham Hotspur]."

2 Southampton

Goals:

Oriol Romeu 24 G
Ryan Bertrand 90 G

Starting lineup:

Fraser Forster Goalkeeper
Cédric Soares Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Maya Yoshida Defender
Ryan Bertrand Defender/Midfielder
Steven Davis Midfielder
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder
Sofiane Boufal Midfielder/Forward
Oriol Romeu Midfielder/Forward
Dušan Tadić Midfielder/Forward
Manolo Gabbiadini Forward

Substitutions:

Nathan Redmond for Sofiane Boufal 68
Shane Long for James Ward-Prowse 82
Jay Rodriguez for Manolo Gabbiadini 86

Cards:

Oriol Romeu 60 Y
Dušan Tadić 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mouez Hassen
Defender Martín Cáceres
Midfielder Jordy Clasie
Midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Forward Shane Long
Forward Jay Rodriguez

Comments:

League position: 9th After nine attempts, Southampton remained without a win against a team in the top six so far in this Premier League season (lost seven). Oriol Romeu's goal against his former club was his first in the Premier League since 5 December 2015 for the Saints against Aston Villa. With his late goal against his former club, Ryan Bertrand had now scored three goals in a season for the first time in his career. Southampton manager Claude Puel said: "We didn't find the good clinical edge in the boxes and we need to correct this, but we were playing a great team and the details made the difference. We saw good intensity and quality on the pitch and it will be interesting now to improve on the concentration of the detail. After two games lost it's a very important game the next one, because we need to stay in the first half of the table."