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Chelsea vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Follow all the action from Stamford Bridge

Sports Staff
Saturday 18 February 2023 17:06 GMT
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Southampton in the Premier League today.

The Blues are desperate to find some consistent winning form, with Graham Potter under some pressure to find a way to gel his expensively put-together squad and lift them from mid-table anonymity. The likes of Myhkailo Mudryk, Enzo Fernandez and Joao Felix all arrived in January but they remain 10th in the table with just one win in six.

Saints, meanwhile, are staring relegation in the face if they don’t improve fast; they have lost their last three, are four points from safety and remain managerless after sacking Nathan Jones are barely three months. Talks with Jesse Marsch did not yield a resolution, meaning Ruben Selles is in the dugout for today’s game.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

Chelsea vs Southampton

BLOCK! Chelsea cut the visitors open down the right flank through Havertz. He opts against the strike to tee up Sterling, but his goalbound effort is brilliantly blocked by Maitland-Niles.

18 February 2023 16:31

Chelsea vs Southampton

18 February 2023 16:30

Chelsea vs Southampton

Armstrong has space down the right flank and has men in support in the middle, but he fails to find Elyounoussi with his cutback.

18 February 2023 16:30

Chelsea vs Southampton

Southampton are looking solid at the back this afternoon. There's no way through for Chelsea at the moment.

18 February 2023 16:26

Chelsea vs Southampton

Southampton have space on the counter, but Elyounoussi wastes the opening as he sends a poor cross towards Armstrong in the box.

18 February 2023 16:25

Chelsea vs Southampton

Substitution Chukwunonso Tristan Madueke Mykhailo Mudryk

18 February 2023 16:23

Chelsea vs Southampton

Substitution Mason Tony Mount Kai Lukas Havertz

18 February 2023 16:23

Chelsea vs Southampton

18 February 2023 16:20

Chelsea vs Southampton

Adam Armstrong enters the action to replace Sulemana for the visitors.

18 February 2023 16:20

Chelsea vs Southampton

Substitution Stuart Armstrong Theo James Walcott

18 February 2023 16:19

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