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Southampton 2-1 Chelsea: Adam Armstrong scores winner for Saints

Adam Armstrong
Adam Armstrong scored his first Premier League goal since November last year

Southampton came from behind to earn their second win of the fledgling Premier League season and move above a Chelsea side lacking cohesion and a cutting edge at St Mary’s.

Raheem Sterling is the Blues’ top scorer and got Thomas Tuchel’s side off to a promising start with his third goal in two games thanks to a calm swivel and finish in the 23rd minute.

But another former Manchester City player levelled moments later, with Romeo Lavia firing a superb effort beyond Edouard Mendy after Chelsea failed to properly clear a corner.

From then on Southampton were the better side and scored what proved to be the winner before the break, when Romain Perraud picked out Adam Armstrong and his effort deflected off Kalidou Koulibaly and into the net.

Ralph Hasenhuttl’s outfit climb to seventh as a result of the deserved victory, level on seven points with Chelsea but above them on goals scored.

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Southampton

Starting XI

  1. Squad number31Player nameBazunu
    Average rating

    7.17

  2. Squad number2Player nameWalker-Peters
    Average rating

    7.24

  3. Squad number37Player nameBella-Kotchap
    Average rating

    7.41

  4. Squad number22Player nameSalisu
    Average rating

    7.15

  5. Squad number15Player namePerraud
    Average rating

    7.12

  6. Squad number27Player nameDiallo
    Average rating

    6.99

  7. Squad number45Player nameLavia
    Average rating

    7.54

  8. Squad number24Player nameElyounoussi
    Average rating

    7.12

  9. Squad number8Player nameWard-Prowse
    Average rating

    7.45

  10. Squad number9Player nameA Armstrong
    Average rating

    7.60

  11. Squad number10Player nameAdams
    Average rating

    7.73

Substitutes

  1. Squad number4Player nameLyanco
    Average rating

    7.65

  2. Squad number7Player nameAribo
    Average rating

    7.77

  3. Squad number19Player nameDjenepo
    Average rating

    7.62

Chelsea

Starting XI

  1. Squad number16Player nameMendy

    Average rating

    4.72

  2. Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta

    Average rating

    4.58

  3. Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva

    Average rating

    5.28

  4. Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly

    Average rating

    4.40

  5. Squad number32Player nameCucurella

    Average rating

    4.75

  6. Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek

    Average rating

    3.93

  7. Squad number5Player nameJorginho

    Average rating

    3.63

  8. Squad number19Player nameMount

    Average rating

    4.33

  9. Squad number22Player nameZiyech

    Average rating

    4.73

  10. Squad number17Player nameSterling

    Average rating

    5.24

  11. Squad number29Player nameHavertz

    Average rating

    4.69

Substitutes

  1. Squad number8Player nameKovacic

    Average rating

    3.98

  2. Squad number10Player namePulisic

    Average rating

    3.53

  3. Squad number18Player nameBroja

    Average rating

    4.04

  4. Squad number21Player nameChilwell

    Average rating

    3.93

Line-ups

Southampton

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 31Bazunu
  • 2Walker-Peters
  • 37Bella-Kotchap
  • 22SalisuBooked at 53mins
  • 15PerraudSubstituted forDjenepoat 73′minutes
  • 27Diallo
  • 45LaviaSubstituted forAriboat 60′minutes
  • 24Elyounoussi
  • 8Ward-ProwseBooked at 64mins
  • 9A ArmstrongSubstituted forLyancoat 86′minutes
  • 10Adams

Substitutes

  • 1McCarthy
  • 4Lyanco
  • 7Aribo
  • 17S Armstrong
  • 18Mara
  • 19Djenepo
  • 32Walcott
  • 35Bednarek
  • 43Valery

Chelsea

Formation 4-3-3

  • 16Mendy
  • 28AzpilicuetaSubstituted forBrojaat 66′minutes
  • 6Thiago Silva
  • 26Koulibaly
  • 32Cucurella
  • 12Loftus-CheekSubstituted forKovacicat 45′minutes
  • 5JorginhoSubstituted forChilwellat 67′minutes
  • 19Mount
  • 22Ziyech
  • 17Sterling
  • 29HavertzSubstituted forPulisicat 66′minutesBooked at 80mins

Substitutes

  • 1Arrizabalaga
  • 8Kovacic
  • 10Pulisic
  • 18Broja
  • 21Chilwell
  • 30Chukwuemeka
  • 35Gilmour
  • 39Vale
  • 44Ampadu

Referee:
Michael Oliver

Match Stats

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Southampton 2, Chelsea 1.

  2. Second Half ends, Southampton 2, Chelsea 1.

  3. Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  4. Foul by James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).

  5. Attempt blocked. Mason Mount (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

  6. Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

  7. Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.

  8. Foul by Ben Chilwell (Chelsea).

  9. Che Adams (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  10. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  11. Foul by Moussa Djenepo (Southampton).

  12. Foul by Christian Pulisic (Chelsea).

  13. Moussa Djenepo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  15. Foul by Lyanco (Southampton).

  16. Substitution, Southampton. Lyanco replaces Adam Armstrong.

  17. Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Gavin Bazunu.

  18. Attempt saved. Armando Broja (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Sterling with a cross.

  19. Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  20. Foul by Christian Pulisic (Chelsea).

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