Chelsea vs Southampton which was played at St. Mary Stadium ended in a 5-1 win for the Blues. Enzo Maresca guided his club to a comfortable victory which also lifted them in the rankings.
The Blues earned all three points by scoring 5 goals against Southampton. With that they now have more goal difference than Arsenal and hence have moved above them. Chelsea are now on 2nd position in Premier League points table.
Five different players scored goals for Chelsea which were assisted by five different players. Southampton were able to equalize Chelsea’s first goal after an amazing quick response. But after that it was one way traffic in favour of Chelsea.
Axel Disasi opened the scoring for Chelsea in 7th minute. The first goal was assisted by Enzo Fernandez. Later, in 11th minute Aribo scored for hosts from an assist provided by Walker-Peters.
Chelsea again took lead in 17th minute where Nkunku found the back of the net from Madueke’s assist. Madueke then scored himself in 34th minute and assist was provided by Joao Felix.
Before half time, Stephens received red card which reduced Southampton to 10 players. At half time, the Blues were leading in strong fashion by 3-1.
Fourth goal for Chelsea came in 76th minute from Palmer and Nkunku was able to record assist. The last goal came from Sancho who came in as a substitute. Sancho was able to score in 87th minute from an assist provided by Malo Gusto.
Chelsea vs Southampton: Match Stats
The Blues dominated the game with 55% ball possession. They had 26 total shots put of which 13 were on target. In addition, they hit the woodwork 3 times. On the other hand, the hosts had only 6 total shots and 4 of them were on target.
Blues hade more passes (535) with more accuracy (92%) than hosts with 432 passes with 89% accuracy. Chelsea also had more crosses (3) than Southampton (2). But, Southampton had upper hand in long balls with 18 long balls. The Blues had 11 long balls but their accuracy was better than hosts.
Southampton had upper hand in defense. They made more blocks (6), clearances (23) and keeper saves (6) than Chelsea with 2 blocks, 9 clearances and 3 saves. Both clubs made 10 tackles each but Southampton had better success rate.
Lastly, Southampton had upper hand in winning duels. They won 61% ground duels and 54% ariel duels. They also had more dribbles (14) than Chelsea who only completed 4 dribbles. All stats are as per FOTMOB.
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