Chelsea vs Southampton prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-02-24 20:15.
[p]Things continue to go from bad to worse for Chelsea in 2025 as, despite leading by a goal early away to Aston Villa at the weekend, the Blues once again capitulated and lost 2-1. That result piled the pressure on manager Enzo Maresca as his side have now lost three of their last four Premier League matches (W1) and their chances of competing in the UEFA Champions League next season continue to tumble. [/p]
[p]In better news for the hosts, rock-bottom Southampton are the next visitors to Stamford Bridge, and after winning the reverse H2H 5-1 Maresca should be confident of seeing a response. That rings even truer when considering Chelsea have won 11 of their last 14 Premier League matches against sides starting the day bottom of the table (D2, L1) and have won six of their seven top-flight games this season against sides starting the round 15th or lower. [/p]
[p]Last round, Brighton became the latest side to inflict even more misery on Southampton as the Seagulls ran out resounding 4-0 winners at St Mary’s. That result still leaves the Saints rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, sitting on just nine points after 26 matches this campaign (W2, D3, L21) as an immediate return to the Championship now looks almost certain.[/p]
[p]A whopping 13 points adrift of safety ahead of the round, Southampton can at least make a little bit of history here. That comes in the form of their opportunity to win successive away Premier League matches for the first time since June 2020 after they defeated Ipswich 2-1 on their last Premier League road trip. Southampton did win 1-0 on their last visit to Stamford Bridge, but haven’t won successive away league H2Hs since March 1985. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Enzo Fernandez netted for Chelsea against Villa, though that was the first occasion across his time with either the Blues or Benfica that his side lost one of his goalscoring appearances (W13). Southampton’s Joe Aribo struck one of his three league goals this season in the reverse H2H, with each of those goals coming before the 30th minute.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Chelsea’s last ten home matches across all competitions averaged 4.1 total goals per game.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]