Chelsea vs Southampton

2 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Trevoh Chalobah 9’
  • Timo Werner 84’
  • Ben Chilwell 89’
  • James Ward-Prowse 61’ (pen)

Match summary

Chelsea beat Southampton 3-1. Chelsea led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Trevoh Chalobah put Chelsea ahead with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Ruben Loftus-Cheek. In the second half, James Ward-Prowse equalised from the penalty spot in the 61st minute, Timo Werner put Chelsea back in front in the 84th minute, set up by César Azpilicueta, and Ben Chilwell made it 3-1 in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 4.18 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Southampton's 1.53 from 6. Southampton had a player sent off.

Match stats

Chelsea Southampton
20 Shots 6
9 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
3.79 xG 1.53
3.79 Non-penalty xG 0.77
12 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Chelsea Southampton
Kick-off
Trevoh Chalobah
Assist: Ruben Loftus-Cheek1-0 (Chelsea)
9’
Half-time1-0
61’
James Ward-Prowse
Penalty1-1 (Southampton)
Timo Werner
Assist: César Azpilicueta2-1 (Chelsea)
84’
Ben Chilwell3-1 (Chelsea)
89’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Chelsea
  • Thiago Silva
Southampton
  • James Ward-Prowse
  • Mohammed Salisu
  • Oriol Romeu
  • Moussa Djenepo

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.18 1.53 9’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), 1-0 9’ 61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 1-1 61’ 84’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), 2-1 84’ 89’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), 3-1 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.18 1.53 9’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), 1-0 Chalobah 9’ 61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 1-1 Ward-Prowse 61’ 84’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), 2-1 Werner 84’ 89’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), 3-1 Ben Chilwell 89’
Chelsea 4.18 xGSouthampton 1.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Chelsea attacking 
61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 89’ Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), open play, 0.74 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 33’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 9’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.56 xG, goal 89’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 72’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 26’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 41’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 5’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 38’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 81’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 63’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 89’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 48’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 9’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 22’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 19’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 22’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 89’ Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), open play, 0.74 xG, hit the woodwork 84’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 33’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 9’ Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.56 xG, goal 89’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.47 xG, hit the woodwork 72’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 26’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 38’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 41’ Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 5’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 81’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 63’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 89’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 9’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 48’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 19’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 22’ Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Edouard Mendy GK900 0.000.000
Thiago Silva DEF900 0.000.021
Antonio Rüdiger DEF902 0.080.101
Trevoh Chalobah DEF9011 0.560.000
César Azpilicueta MID9011 0.470.732
Ben Chilwell MID9014 0.580.233
Ruben Loftus-Cheek MID8612 0.110.632
Mateo Kovacic MID760 0.000.442
Timo Werner MID9016 1.390.000
Callum Hudson-Odoi MID681 0.100.071
Romelu Lukaku FWD902 0.800.421
Mason Mount Sub221 0.090.802
Jorginho Sub140 0.000.000
Ross Barkley Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 68% Avg odds 1.42
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.73
Southampton win 12% Avg odds 7.94

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

Form going into the game

Chelsea WDWWL
Southampton DDDDL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.