Southampton FC at Chelsea FC 10/17/20 - Premier League Picks & Predictions

Two teams that entered the international breaks after nice home wins will lock horns on Saturday, when Chelsea will host Southampton. Chelsea have not started the season in the way they imagined and will also have a couple important absences again. Southampton have now won back to back matches and will look to upset the Blues here.

Chelsea (2-1-1) were excellent in their home match against Crystal Palace before the break. They dominated pretty much all aspects of the match, but scored all four goals in the second half for a nice 0-4 win. They have now won three of their six matches in all competitions, and have only lost to Liverpool in that span. Chelsea are sitting at the 7th spot of the league table with 7 points, scoring 10 and conceding 6 goals so far. Apart from that home loss to Liverpool, Chelsea won the other two matches (one PL and one Carabao Cup) with clean sheets.

Southampton (2-2-0) are coming off a pretty solid performance at home against West Brom. They scored a goal in each half and totally controlled the flow of the game. After losing their first two matches of the season, Southampton have now won two in a row, while also keeping clean sheets. They are sitting at the 11th spot of the league table with 6 points, scoring five and conceding six goals in the process. Both away their away matches so far in the season featured exactly one goal (1-1-0).