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Your support makes all the difference.Follow all the action as Southampton host Chelsea in Saturday’s early Premier League kick-off.
After such a fantastic first half of the season, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side now find themselves trapped in a desperate slump, losing all of their last six league games in succession, including a harrowing 9-0 defeat by Manchester United. The Saints briefly topped the table at one stage but have now dropped down to 13th, with their hopes of securing European football now all but extinguished.
However, Chelsea’s fortunes have improved markedly since the arrival of Thomas Tuchel, even if a title charge is already beyond the Blues. The club have won five out of six games in all competitions since Frank Lampard was sacked and currently sit fourth, just four points adrift of second-placed Manchester United. There was relief for Timo Werner, too, in a 2-0 victory against Newcastle last time out, with the forward finally bringing his torrid goal drought to an end. Thiago Silva and Kai Havertz have both returned to full training ahead of the fixture, but Tuchel will already have one eye on Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid and may choose to rotate his starting line-up. Follow all the action live below:
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BURNLEY 0-0 WEST BROM (3’)
The game has already taken an attritional shape, with both teams launching long balls into the opposition’s half. West Brom win an early free kick in a good position as Westwood fouls Yokuslu...
The players make their way out at a very windy Turf Moor. Expect plenty of long balls forward from both teams.
TIME RUNNING OUT
West Brom are in desperate need of a run of results. A draw against Manchester United last time out suggested progress has been made, but Allardyce’s side are still 12 points from safety, and face a Burnley side gradually moving away from danger themselves.
BURNLEY VS WEST BROM
Onto the contest we’ve all been eagerly anticipating now: Sean Dyche vs Sam Allardyce at Turf Moor. One for the purists. Here are the teams...
THOMAS TUCHEL SPEAKS TO BT SPORT
"We had all the chances and all the possibilities to take another win, but sometimes it's like this in football: you concede one chance and then they score. We were good in the first 80 metres of the pitch but in the last 20 I was not happy. We were not good enough, decision making was not good. If you need a penalty to score once it tells the story. To concede a goal, this can happen, I'm not worried about the goal. We allowed one chance I think in the whole first half. For me frustrating was the last 20 metres, we had so many chances. We end our attacks with bad choices, with balls that are over-hit, under-hit. I missed the aggressiveness and the determination in the box."
RALPH HASENHUTTL SPEAKS TO BT SPORT
"It was an important point for us, we played the maximum that we can in the moment. Tactically, against such a strong side with possession it's important that you are committed, and we defended quite well. With a little more luck we could win the game, but the draw for us is like a win today and the first step back to our old behaviors."
FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED
Five thing we learned as Saints and Chelsea draw
Southampton 1-1 Chelsea: Minamino’s opener was cancelled out by Mount’s penalty
PLAYER RATINGS
Player ratings as Chelsea held by Southampton
Mason Mount equalised for Chelsea from the spot after Takumi Minamino’s opener
HOW IT STANDS
Chelsea stay fourth, but could potentially be leapfrogged by both West Ham and Liverpool this weekend. They’ll need to be better against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League next week.
Southampton are 13th, comfortably clear of the bottom three and increasingly focused on the FA Cup.
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