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

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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

Substitution Kalidou Koulibaly Wesley Tidjan Fofana

18 February 2023 16:05

Chelsea vs Southampton

18 February 2023 15:59

Chelsea vs Southampton

Potter needs a response from his team in the second half. The Blues have won only one of their last nine matches and can ill afford to lose at home to a side with a record of seven defeats eight in the Premier League. Every single player in a blue shirt needs to raise their game otherwise there will be a lot of uncomfortable questions for their manager to answer at full time.

18 February 2023 15:56

Chelsea vs Southampton

Southampton hold a 1-0 lead over Chelsea at the break in their Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge. James Ward-Prowse curled home a free-kick in stoppage time to fire his side into a deserved lead. The Saints were by far the more dangerous side and made the hosts pay their lack of rhythm, taking a 1-0 lead into the interval and heaping the pressure on Graham Potter.

18 February 2023 15:54

Chelsea vs Southampton

HALF-TIME: CHELSEA 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON

18 February 2023 15:53

Chelsea vs Southampton

Chilwell sees his cross into the box from the left flank cleared before Mount has a cross on the follow-up charged down by Elyounoussi.

18 February 2023 15:51

Chelsea vs Southampton

18 February 2023 15:51

Chelsea vs Southampton

18 February 2023 15:51

Chelsea vs Southampton

Chelsea have failed to win in their last five matches when conceding the opening goal in the Premier League dating back to 1st October 2022 against Crystal Palace.

18 February 2023 15:49

Chelsea vs Southampton

Yellow Card Stuart Armstrong

18 February 2023 15:49

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