Southampton v Chelsea Odds & Match Preview

Struggling Southampton entertain Chelsea at St Mary’s Stadium on Wednesday evening and as such, this is a great chance to register with any of our featured UK betting sites where you can guarantee yourself the very best Southampton versus Chelsea odds and latest Premier League free bet offers.

Southampton v Chelsea Odds & Match Preview

Kick-off: 7.30pm UK Time, Wednesday 4th December 2024

Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea continued their blistering form with a 3-0 thrashing of Aston Villa on Sunday and they will be confident of extending this streak even longer when they face Premier League strugglers Southampton at St Mary’s Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Made a mockery

With the exception of runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool, Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea have been arguably the outstanding side in the top-flight this term and as they head into their midweek meeting with Southampton, they sit joint-second alongside Arsenal in the Premier League standings – the Gunners sitting above the Blues purely on alphabetical terms. Indeed, the West London side have continually made a mockery of their pre-season critics and doubters and while they are a full nine points behind league leaders Liverpool in the race for the Premier League title, the Blues could move into second outright on Wednesday evening, rivals Arsenal up against Manchester United in what could prove to be an evenly-fought encounter.

Livid

Russell Martin’s men managed to fight back from a goal behind to take a share of the spoils in their trip to Brighton & Hove Albion last time out although the Saints boss was livid that the potential winner from Cameron Archer was disallowed by VAR. This was another spirited and hugely impressive performance by a Southampton side which had almost managed to take a point from their meeting with Liverpool just five days earlier, but which were ultimately beaten 3-2 by the league leaders.

Improvement

Southampton’s only league victory of 2024/25 came against fellow strugglers Everton and the fixtures are getting even tougher for the south-coast side with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea set to visit before Christmas, as well as tricky visits to Aston Villa and Fulham. Martin’s men have shown improvement in recent weeks but a style of play which gives up chances time and time again won’t sit well against a Chelsea outfit which have been clinical up front since the start of the campaign. Indeed, with Chelsea’s big hitters on good form, this is another excellent chance for the Blues to fill their boots and haul themselves – depending on other results – into second position in the Premier League table.

Back Chelsea to win-to-nil at best odds of 13/8