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Your support makes all the difference.Southampton take on Chelsea needing a win to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone.
But they will host the league champions without defender Jack Stephens, who begins a three-game ban for lashing out at Jack Wilshere last week. Steven Davis is also out with an Achilles problem.
Meanwhile Chelsea remain without defenders David Luiz and Ethan Ampadu, but Ross Barkley is available.
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GOAL! Southampton 2-1 Chelsea (Giroud, 70)
Game on!
Olivier Giroud plants a superb header past Alex McCarthy and into the corner from a pin-point Marcos Alonso cross.
Can Saints hold on for an important three points in their survival battle or will Chelsea stage a comeback to spoil the party?
GOAL! Southampton 2-2 Chelsea (Hazard, 75)
Chelsea have dominated since that Giroud goal and now they're level thanks to Eden Hazard, who turns the ball home from close range after Willian's low cross.
Just over five minutes ago it looked as though the hosts were on their way to an easy win!
GOAL! Southampton 2-3 Chelsea (Giroud, 78)
Talk about an impact substitution.
Olivier Giroud grabs his second goal of the game as he rifles home a first-time half-volley after a game of pinball in the box.
What a turnaround!
81' - Southampton's Shane Long is booked for a late challenge on Pedro, before Chelsea's Willian is also shown a yellow card for tripping Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
83' - Josh Sims replaces Dusan Tadic for Southampton, who, after leading for much of this game, now face a huge task just to rescue a point.
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