Southampton 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 April 2018
Result
Southampton 2-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 14 April 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Southampton 2-3 Chelsea: match report
Southampton were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dusan Tadić opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Southampton's goals came from Dusan Tadić (21') and Jan Bednarek (60'). Chelsea scored through Olivier Giroud (70'), Eden Hazard (75') and Olivier Giroud (78').
Discipline: Southampton received 5 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 18th on 28 points from 32 and Chelsea 5th on 57 points from 32. Southampton went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Chelsea 5th with 70.
Southampton lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Olivier Giroud of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Dusan Tadic (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 6 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Dusan Tadić
- 42'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 44'Yellow card · James Ward-Prowse
- 60'Goal · Jan Bednarek
- 64'Yellow card · Eden Hazard
- 65'Yellow card · Ryan Bertrand
- 70'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 75'Goal · Eden Hazard
- 78'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 78'Yellow card · Oriol Romeu
- 81'Yellow card · Ingo Goetze
- 82'Yellow card · Willian
- 90+4'Yellow card · Gary Cahill
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (3-4-2-1)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Jan Bednarek, Maya Yoshida, Wesley Hoedt, Cédric Soares, Oriol Romeu, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Ryan Bertrand, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic, Shane Long
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Gary Cahill, Davide Zappacosta, Cesc Fàbregas, N'Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Eden Hazard, Álvaro Morata