Chelsea 4-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 25 April 2017

Result

Chelsea 4-2 Southampton

Premier League · Tuesday 25 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chelsea 4-2 Southampton: match report

Chelsea won against Southampton 4-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 25 April 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Eden Hazard (5'), Gary Cahill (45+1'), Diego Costa (53') and Diego Costa (89'). Southampton scored through Oriol Romeu (24') and Ryan Bertrand (90+4').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 75 points from 32 and Southampton 9th on 40 points from 31. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Southampton 8th with 46.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Southampton in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Diego Costa of Chelsea (9.4), ahead of Eden Hazard (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Eden HazardChelsea · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Oriol RomeuSouthampton · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · N'Golo KantéChelsea
  • 45+1'Goal · Gary CahillChelsea · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasChelsea
  • 53'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 3-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuSouthampton
  • 73'Yellow card · Dusan TadićSouthampton
  • 89'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 4-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Ryan BertrandSouthampton · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 3, Southampton 2.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

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

Southampton line-up (4-1-4-1)

Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Dusan Tadic, Steven Davis, James Ward-Prowse, Sofiane Boufal, Manolo Gabbiadini