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We can’t solely rely on Cole Palmer - Maresca

Chelsea take on Southampton at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League tonight, with the home side looking to restart their challenge for Champions League football.

Enzo Maresca’s side sit seventh ahead of the midweek fixtures, with three defeats in their last five matches meaning they’ve slipped from the second spot they occupied in December. But the Blues are just one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City as it stands, with a win tonight taking them back above the Cityzens, who play Spurs tomorrow.

Chelsea face a struggling Southampton side who have earned just nine points so far this season, with last weekend’s 4-0 defeat to Brighton the latest in a string go bruising results. The Saints are currently 13 points behind 17th-placed Wolves with just 12 games left, and Ivan Juric knows that they need to start picking up points immediately if they’re to have any chance of surviving.

Chelsea 0-0 Southampton, 9 mins

Southampton starting to come into this. Nice clipped cross by Bree towards Onuachu but Colwill leaps really well to flick it away. Onuachu had a free header at goal if he missed that.

At the other end, Sancho whips in a brilliant ball but there’s no Chelsea player attacking the space in the box. The downside to lacking a true No 9, dare I say.

Luke Baker25 February 2025 20:26

Can Southampton survive?

Though the Saints haven’t mathematically been relegated yet, their current form suggests that they will go down bottom of the league.

For a short while, Juric’s side were on track to equal – or do worse than – the league's record lowest points total – Derby County with 11 points in 2007/08.

Southampton currently sit on nine points, with 12 games left to play, although they did win one of their last five games – a 2-1 victory over Ipswich.

Unfortunately, the Saints need to make up 13 points on Wolves to avoid relegation, which looks extremely unlikely.

In fact, it is arguably more likely that they equal the record points low rather than survive, though fixtures against Wolves and Leicester are vital chances to pick up points.

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Chris Wilson25 February 2025 20:00