Southampton and Chelsea will face on Saturday the 9th of April at 3:00 pm in the 32nd week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The referee will be Kevin Friend.
Southampton occupies the 12th place in the league with 36 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 12 times, and lost 10 times.
Chelsea sits in the 3rd position in the standings with 59 points. It comes from a 1-4 loss against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 17 times, draw 8 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (23 times or 76.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (23 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: F. Forster, K. Walker-Peters, J. Bednarek, M. Karim, V. Livramento, M. Elyounoussi, O. Romeu Vidal, J. Ward-Prowse, S. Armstrong, C. Adams and N. Tella.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Southampton would be 26.73.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ A. McCarthy, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović and S. Long because of injury.
A. Broja will definitely miss the match.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 68.97%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (20 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-2-2-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: E. Mendy, T. Chalobah, A. Rüdiger, T. da Silva, S. Ñíguez, J. Frello Filho, M. Kovačić, C. Azpilicueta Tanco, M. Mount, T. Werner and K. Havertz.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Chelsea would be 28.36.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ H. Ziyech because of injury.
B. Chilwell and C. Hudson-Odoi will definitely miss the match.
