Chelsea v Southampton, 25 February 2025

Score4-0 to Chelsea
RefereeTom Bramall
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStamford Bridge
Attendance39,485

View Chelsea v Southampton head to head

Kick-off: 8.15pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 50 Chelsea won: 28 Drawn: 11 Southampton won: 11 Chelsea scored: 94 Southampton scored: 51 . Southampton failed in their attempt to win on consecutive league visits to Stamford Bridge for the first time since March 1985.

4 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

0 Southampton

Manager: Ivan Jurić

Goals:

Christopher Nkunku 24 G
Pedro Neto 36 G
Levi Colwill 44 G
Marc Cucurella 78 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Levi Colwill
Defender Malo Gusto
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Armel Bella-Kotchap Defender
Yukinari Sugawara Defender
James Bree Defender/Midfielder
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender/Midfielder
Joe Aribo Midfielder
Flynn Downes Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Will Smallbone Midfielder
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward
Paul Onuachu Forward

Substitutions:

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Jadon Sancho 68
Tyrique George for Pedro Neto 68
Josh Acheampong for Christopher Nkunku 83
Mathis Amougou for Moisés Caicedo 83
Shumaira Mheuka for Enzo Fernández 90

Substitutions:

Taylor Harwood-Bellis for James Bree 46
Tyler Dibling for Paul Onuachu 59
Ryan Manning for Kyle Walker-Peters 59
Cameron Archer for Flynn Downes 83
Welington for Yukinari Sugawara 89

Cards:

Moisés Caicedo 64 Y

Cards:

Paul Onuachu 45+2 Y
Ryan Manning 90+1 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Josh Acheampong
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender Ishé Samuels-Smith
Defender/Midfielder Reece James
Midfielder Mathis Amougou
Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Midfielder/Forward Tyrique George
Forward Shumaira Mheuka

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Welington
Defender Nathan Wood
Midfielder Ryan Manning
Midfielder/Forward Tyler Dibling
Midfielder/Forward Albert Grønbaek
Forward Cameron Archer

Comments:

League position: 4th . Chelsea avoided losing four consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since May 2023 (six). . The Blues had now kept a clean sheet in two of their last 14 home games in the Premier League. . They had now scored 91 goals in their 39 games in all competitions so far in this season.

Comments:

League position: 20th . Southampton had now lost 12 of their 14 games in the Premier League since 1 December 2024 (won one). . The Saints failed in their attempt to win consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since June 2020. . They had now lost their last seven midweek games in the Premier League, including four so far in 2024-25 by an aggregate score of 13 goals to two.

4 Chelsea

Manager: Enzo Maresca

Goals:

Christopher Nkunku 24 G
Pedro Neto 36 G
Levi Colwill 44 G
Marc Cucurella 78 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen
Defender Tosin Adarabioyo
Defender Levi Colwill
Defender Malo Gusto
Defender/Midfielder Moisés Caicedo
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Midfielder Enzo Fernández
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Christopher Nkunku
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Substitutions:

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for Jadon Sancho 68
Tyrique George for Pedro Neto 68
Josh Acheampong for Christopher Nkunku 83
Mathis Amougou for Moisés Caicedo 83
Shumaira Mheuka for Enzo Fernández 90

Cards:

Moisés Caicedo 64 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Josh Acheampong
Defender Wesley Fofana
Defender Ishé Samuels-Smith
Defender/Midfielder Reece James
Midfielder Mathis Amougou
Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Midfielder/Forward Tyrique George
Forward Shumaira Mheuka

Comments:

League position: 4th . Chelsea avoided losing four consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since May 2023 (six). . The Blues had now kept a clean sheet in two of their last 14 home games in the Premier League. . They had now scored 91 goals in their 39 games in all competitions so far in this season.

0 Southampton

Manager: Ivan Jurić

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Armel Bella-Kotchap Defender
Yukinari Sugawara Defender
James Bree Defender/Midfielder
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender/Midfielder
Joe Aribo Midfielder
Flynn Downes Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Will Smallbone Midfielder
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward
Paul Onuachu Forward

Substitutions:

Taylor Harwood-Bellis for James Bree 46
Tyler Dibling for Paul Onuachu 59
Ryan Manning for Kyle Walker-Peters 59
Cameron Archer for Flynn Downes 83
Welington for Yukinari Sugawara 89

Cards:

Paul Onuachu 45+2 Y
Ryan Manning 90+1 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Welington
Defender Nathan Wood
Midfielder Ryan Manning
Midfielder/Forward Tyler Dibling
Midfielder/Forward Albert Grønbaek
Forward Cameron Archer

Comments:

League position: 20th . Southampton had now lost 12 of their 14 games in the Premier League since 1 December 2024 (won one). . The Saints failed in their attempt to win consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since June 2020. . They had now lost their last seven midweek games in the Premier League, including four so far in 2024-25 by an aggregate score of 13 goals to two.