Southampton Vs Chelsea Match Preview
Chelsea however suffered a 2:1 loss in the EFL Cup to West Ham with Southampton managing a different fate to dump Sunderland out of the cup competition with a 1:0 victory.
The blues secured a late victory on our last visit to Sunday's venue. A Baba Rahman slip gifted our hosts the opener in a tightly contested encounter.Cesc Fabregas restored parity for the blues with an intended cross before Ivanovic powered a header into the top corner to seal all three points and extend Guus Hiddink's unbeaten run with the blues to eleven games.
Antonio Conte has hinted he is expecting a tough game on Sunday but expects his charges to come out on top citing positives from the cup game.
‘I saw a lot of things that can be useful for the future, for example I saw Pedro as wing-back and Oscar as one of the two midfielders, and then Oscar in a position like a striker. I had positive answers and I want to use that in the Premier League.Now I have more solutions.’
Southampton Vs Chelsea Recent Meetings
01-01-14 Southampton 0:3 Chelsea
28-12-14 Southampton 1:1 Chelsea
15-03-15 Chelsea 1:1 Southampton
3-10-15 Chelsea 1:3 Southampton
27-02-16 Southampton 1:2 Chelsea
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Claude Puel lined up his team in a 4-3-3 setting against Manchester City with Watmore,Austin and Tadic completing the front three.A similar setting could be expected for the blues visit as it restricted City to very few chances allowing Saints to sit back and hit their opponents on the counter.
Conte made several changes to the team in midweek but is expected to revert to the squad which secured a convincing victory against United last weekend.Branislav Ivanovic scorer of our winning goal on our last trip to Southampton has been declared fit to play bit could find it hard to break into a backline that has not let in a goal in the last three league games.
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