Chelsea enter their next Premier League match as resounding favourites. Facing bottom of the table Southampton, Enzo Maresca's side are, for all intents and purposes, joint-second.
Only away goals scored in head-to-head matches with Arsenal stops them from actually being behind Liverpool at the top. Chelsea haven't had the chance to score an away goal against Arsenal, who are actually second. It may as well be alphabetical order separating them.
Southampton, in contrast, have won once all season and sit bottom by four points heading into the midweek set of fixtures. One-fifth of their total points came on Friday away to Brighton - a good result after a strong performance.
Russell Martin's side have scored the joint-fewest (10) and conceded the third most (25) regardless, and face an in-form Chelsea team buoyed by beating Aston Villa 3-0 on Sunday. Saints will be without bright spark for the season Tyler Dibling as well as Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Flynn Downes for the match, however, as they serve a one-match suspension.
Here, football.london has the details on how to follow the match.
When is Southampton vs Chelsea and what time is kick off?
Southampton vs Chelsea in the Premier League is scheduled to kick off at the slightly strange time of 7:30pm in the UK at St Mary's Stadium on Wednesday, December 4. It is one of a full set of fixtures across the midweek.
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace kicks things off at 7:30pm on Tuesday night with Leicester City hosting West Ham 45 minutes later at 8:15pm. Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest, Newcastle vs Liverpool, and Everton vs Wolves are all at 7:30pm on Wednesday as well.
Arsenal vs Manchester United and Aston Villa vs Brentford start at 8:15pm that evening before Fulham host Brighton at 7:30pm on Thursday. Bournemouth vs Tottenham rounds off the midweek games at 8:15pm on December 5.
Is Southampton vs Chelsea on TV?
For those in the UK, sort of. The game is being broadcast but will be available via a streaming service rather than an orthodox TV channel. Most modern TVs now have access to the apps needed, but still.
How to watch Southampton vs Chelsea
Again, for those in the UK, it will be on Amazon Prime as one of their two dedicated matchday packages in December. Outside of England, though, there are still a host of other providers.
These include: Astro Premier League, beIN Connect, Canal+ (France), DAZN (Spain), FuboTV (Canada), Nova Sports (Greece), Optus Sport, Peacock Premium (USA), PrimaSport, Sport 1 (Israel), TV3 Sport, V Sport Extra, and ViaPlay (Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Sweden).
You can stream all of these matches and the Boxing Day round of fixtures by signing up for an Amazon Prime free trial here. Alternatively, football.london will have a dedicated matchday live blog for all the pre-game build-up and team news as well as updates throughout the action and comprehensive reaction.
Highlights will be available on Sky Sports' YouTube channel shortly after full-time for those in the UK. Match of the Day on BBC One will have analysis and their own highlights show from 10:40pm on Wednesday night.
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