Chelsea 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chelsea 2-1 Southampton: match report

Chelsea won against Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2004. The half-time score was 2-1.

James Beattie opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Chelsea's goals came from an own goal by James Beattie (34') and Frank Lampard (41', penalty). Southampton scored through James Beattie (1').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 9 points from 3 and Southampton 14th on 3 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Southampton 20th with 32.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W and Southampton's L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · James BeattieSouthampton · 0-1
  • 34'Own goal · James BeattieChelsea · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Rory DelapSouthampton
  • 40'Yellow card · Kevin PhillipsSouthampton
  • 41'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · David PruttonSouthampton

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 2, Southampton 2.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Fitz Hall, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, David Prutton, Yoann Folly, Fabrice Fernandes, Kevin Phillips, James Beattie