Chelsea vs Southampton

18 February 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee David Coote

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • James Ward-Prowse 45+1’

Match summary

Southampton beat Chelsea 1-0 on the road. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

James Ward-Prowse put Southampton ahead with a direct free kick in first-half stoppage time.

Chelsea can feel hard done by, creating 1.70 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Southampton's 0.62 from 8.

Match stats

Chelsea Southampton
17 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 0
1.62 xG 0.62
1.62 Non-penalty xG 0.62
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Chelsea Southampton
Kick-off
45+1’
James Ward-Prowse0-1 (Southampton)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Chelsea
  • Kepa
  • Kalidou Koulibaly
  • Mateo Kovacic
Southampton
  • Armel Bella Kotchap
  • Romain Perraud
  • Stuart Armstrong
  • Romeo Lavia
  • James Ward-Prowse
  • Sékou Mara

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.70 0.62 45+1’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 0-1 45+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.70 0.62 45+1’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 0-1 Ward-Prowse 45+1’
Chelsea 1.70 xGSouthampton 0.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Chelsea attacking 
71’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.55 xG, blocked 39’ João Félix (Chelsea), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 3’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 71’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 73’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 68’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 52’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+6’ Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 28’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ João Félix (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+5’ João Félix (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+12’ Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ David Datro Fofana (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ David Datro Fofana (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 3’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 42’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 71’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.55 xG, blocked 39’ João Félix (Chelsea), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 3’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 71’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 73’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 68’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 52’ Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 10’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+6’ Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 28’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ João Félix (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+5’ João Félix (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+12’ Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ David Datro Fofana (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 40’ David Datro Fofana (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 55’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 62’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 42’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Paul Onuachu (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kepa GK900 0.000.000
César Azpilicueta DEF882 0.100.361
Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi DEF900 0.000.071
Kalidou Koulibaly DEF500 0.000.000
Ben Chilwell DEF881 0.010.000
Enzo Fernández MID900 0.000.000
Mateo Kovacic MID901 0.030.051
Noni Madueke MID681 0.040.052
João Félix MID903 0.450.000
Mason Mount MID681 0.020.000
David Datro Fofana FWD502 0.060.082
Wesley Fofana Sub400 0.000.000
Raheem Sterling Sub404 0.870.011
Kai Havertz Sub220 0.000.723
Mykhailo Mudryk Sub221 0.040.000
Trevoh Chalobah Sub20 0.000.000
Conor Gallagher Sub21 0.070.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 67% Avg odds 1.43
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.64
Southampton win 12% Avg odds 7.91

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Chelsea LWDDD
Southampton LWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 2-1 Chelsea, 30 Aug 22 Next meeting: Southampton 1-5 Chelsea, 04 Dec 24  All Chelsea vs Southampton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.