Southampton 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2016

Result

Southampton 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southampton 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Southampton were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 February 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ingo Goetze opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Southampton's goal came from Ingo Goetze (42'). Chelsea scored through Cesc Fàbregas (75') and Branislav Ivanović (89').

Discipline: Southampton received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Southampton were 7th on 40 points from 26 and Chelsea 9th on 37 points from 26. Southampton went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Chelsea 9th with 54.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Virgil van Dijk of Southampton (7.2), level with Shane Long (7.2).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Steven DavisSouthampton
  • 42'Goal · Ingo GoetzeSouthampton · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Diego CostaChelsea
  • 64'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandSouthampton
  • 65'Yellow card · Jordy ClasieSouthampton
  • 75'Goal · Cesc FàbregasChelsea · 1-1
  • 89'Goal · Branislav IvanovićChelsea · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, Virgil van Dijk, José Fonte, Ryan Bertrand, Jordy Clasie, Oriol Romeu, Shane Long, Steven Davis, Matt Targett, Charlie Austin

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

Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Kurt Zouma, Willian, John Mikel Obi, Cesc Fàbregas, Oscar, Nemanja Matić, Diego Costa