Ahead of this weekend’s Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Chelsea’s home clash with Southampton.
Chelsea vs Southampton (Stamford Bridge)
Chelsea team news
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Chelsea provisional squad
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Southampton team news
Mauricio Pellegrino has a fully fit squad to choose from as Southampton visit Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.
Cedric Soares came through unscathed against Leicester on Wednesday after returning from a hamstring injury and is likely to keep his place.
Cedric Soares suffered no setback from a hamstring injury on his return against Leicester City
But Pellegrino has suggested he will make changes at Stamford Bridge as Saints look to bounce back from their humiliating 4-1 defeat to the Foxes.
Southampton provisional squad
Forster, McCarthy, Taylor, Soares, Hoedt, Stephens, Yoshida, Van Dijk, Bertrand, Gardos, Pied, McQueen, Romeu, Lemina, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Davis, Boufal, Tadic, Redmond, Austin, Long, Gabbiadini.
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
Chelsea have won each of their last three Premier League games against Southampton since losing 3-1 at Stamford Bridge in October 2015 under Jose Mourinho.
Southampton have kept one clean sheet in their last 24 Premier League games against Chelsea, a goalless draw on Boxing Day 2002 with Antti Niemi in goal.
After losing consecutive matches against Man City and Crystal Palace, Chelsea have since won seven of their last nine in the Premier League (D1 L1), including each of the last four at Stamford Bridge.
Southampton have only won two of their 40 away top-flight matches against the reigning champions – they beat Leeds United in March 1970 and Chelsea in October 2015.
Gary Cahill was among the goals as Chelsea defeated Southampton 4-2 at home last term
Antonio Conte has the best win percentage of any permanent Chelsea manager in league history (74.6 per cent).
Southampton’s 18-point tally after 17 games is their lowest at this stage of a season in five years and six points less than Claude Puel led them to after 17 games last season (24) – they last won fewer at this stage in 2012-13 (15 points).
Charlie Austin has scored eight goals in his last 12 Premier League starts for Southampton, including four in his last four games.
Willian has been directly involved in six goals in his last four starts in all competitions for Chelsea (four goals, two assists).
Marcos Alonso has had a hand in 13 goals since his Chelsea debut (nine goals, four assists); two more than any other Premier League defender.
Eden Hazard has been involved in seven goals in 10 starts against Southampton in all competitions (four goals, three assists).