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Betting tips for Chelsea vs Southampton - 25.04.2017

After securing their place in the FA Cup final, where the Arsenal Gunners will be measured, the English champions will host Southampton at Stamford Bridge in a match for the 34th day of the Premier League.

Chelsea lead the standings with a 4-point lead over their closest pursuer, Tottenham Hotspurs Mauricio Pochettino. Antonio Conte's men score 75 points in 32 games, having still postponed a game, like most of their rivals, except Liverpool, which has played 2 more than all of them. 24 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses is the great balance of the Blues so far this season, taking advantage of not qualifying to compete in European competitions to have more rest than many of their rivals, and advancing to the semifinals of the FA Cup , Where they will be measured precisely with the Spurs in search of a position for the great end of Wembley. Despite defeats against the Eagles by 1-2, in a match that started winning after the goal of Fabregas, and Manchester United 2-0, the Londoners have drawn 12 of the last 18 points in play, 6 points less than The Tottenham, who eliminated in the semi-final copera last weekend.

Diego Costa, with 17 goals in 30 games, and Belgium's Eden Hazard, with fourteen goals in the same games, are the top scorers of a team that has one of the three best defenses of the championship (27 goals conceded, only five less than The Spurs) and have scored 65 goals, 2 more than Manchester City and 15 more than Manchester United.

Cahill has missed the last games because of injury, although he could play in this match. William, the hero of the semi-final against the Spurs, is also doubtful.


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Southampton has improved its performance as the season progressed to 9th on the table with 40 points (11 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses), with a balance of 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the Last 9 games. After an excellent season with Ronald Koeman on the bench, finishing sixth in the Premier League and securing a place to play in Europe, the Dutchman left for Everton and the team has had to get used to the French coach Claude Puel, the former coach of Nice that brilliantly played last season. Koeman has not been the only major loss for the Saints, who have made almost € 76 million in sales of Sadio Mané (to Liverpool for 41.2 million), Graziano Pelle (sold to Chinese football for 15.25 million), Victor Wanyama (Signed for 14.4 million by Tottenham) and the Spanish Juanmi, for which the Royal Society has paid 5 million euros. Two have been signings made to date: the midfielder from Bayern Munich, Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg, which has paid € 15 million to the Bavarian club; And right-hander Nathan Redmonf, signed to the Canaries of Norwich for 13.5 million. In addition, one of the men of confidence of Puel in Nice, the lateral right Jérémy Pied, arrives at St. Mary's.

Southampton has scored 10 of the last 18 points. Van Dijk, McCarthy and McQueen are injured, while Targett and Charlie Austin are in doubt.



The precedents favor the Blues, winners of the last two games, played both at St. Mary's. In the last game at Stamford Bridge, the Saints won by 1-3. However, the importance of this match for the leader makes the forecast that both teams will score.

 

 

Chelsea vs Southampton Prediction: X/1 4.20

Chelsea vs Southampton  betting tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90

Chelsea vs Southampton  final score recommendations: 2-1 9.50