Chalobah, Chilwell & Timo strike, Blues win rough fight with 2 disallowed goals, Ward-Prowse hits pen & sees red.
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Match Events
0’ The match is about to start!
5’ Werner’s shot stopped
8’ GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Southampton (Chalobah)
22’ Ward-prowse’s long shot wide out
26’ CLOSE! Chilwell’s shot blocked
36’ OFFSIDE! Lukaku’s goal disallowed
41’ Foul! Werner’s goal disallowed
48’ Werner’s long shot too straight
60’ Penalty Goal! Chelsea 1-1 Southampton (Ward-Prowse)
72’ CLOSE! Werner’s shot blocked
76’ Red Card! Ward-Prowse sent off
83’ GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Southampton (Werner)
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FT in the Premier League 3pm games:
Burnley 0-0 Norwich
Chelsea 3-1 Southampton
Leeds 1-0 Watford
Wolves 2-1 Newcastle
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Southampton have lost more Premier League away games than any other side in 2021:
◎ 15 games
◉ 12 defeats
◎ 2 draws
◎ 1 win
More away day disappointment for the Saints. 
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Trevoh Chalobah’s game by numbers vs. Southampton:
86 touches
10 duels won
5 tackles
3 clearances
3 ball recoveries
2 interceptions
2 take-ons
1 shot
1 goal
He now has two goals in three Premier League starts. 
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Four teams still remain without a win in the 2021/22 Premier League season so far:
◉ Southampton
◉ Burnley
◉ Newcastle
◉ Norwich
Still waiting for their first three points of the season. 
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes he made the “correct decision” to drop Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench despite seeing his side held to a 1-1 draw by Everton.
Solskjaer told reporters: "You make decisions for a long, long season and you have to manage the players’ workload. The decision was, for me, a correct one.
"Anthony Martial came in and did well, scored a good goal. Edinson [Cavani] needed minutes and got an hour, he could have scored.
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He was buried among his team-mates, but you would not have blamed Timo Werner for sneaking a peak at the movements of referee Martin Atkinson.
In the 84th minute, he had just ended a six-month Premier League goal drought, won this match for Chelsea and ensured the club put to bed a bad week with a vital three points to go top.
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Match Events
0’ The match is about to start!
1’ CLOSE! Saka’s shot saved
16’ Trossard’s shot wide out
23’ CLOSE! Aubameyang’s header hits the post
28’ CLOSE! Trossard’s shot blocked
40’ MISS! Partey’s long shot wide out
44’ CLOSE! Aubameyang misses a good chance
49’ Moder’s shot wide out
52’ Lokonga’s long shot wide out
53’ OFFSIDE! Aubameyang misses an open goal
63’ Sub! Odegaard replaced by Pepe
68’ Maupay’s bicycle kick over the bar
73’ Yellow Card! Maupay booked
75’ MISS! Smith Rowe’s shot denied
81’ Yellow Card! Veltman booked
86’ SAVE! Fine stop from Ramsdale
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5 - Arsenal have scored just five goals in their opening seven league games, their fewest at this stage of a season since 1986-87 (also five goals), in what was George Graham’s first campaign in charge of the Gunners. Lacking.
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Marc Cucurella’s game by numbers vs. Arsenal:
69 touches
7 crosses
7 duels contested
6 ball recoveries
5 duels won
4 chances created
4 tackles
1 take-on
1 clearance
Looks to be a smart signing by Graham Potter. 
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Arsenal have scored just one goal in their four away games in the Premier League this season.
That was Martin Ødegaard’s free-kick against Burnley. 
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Fewest away goals scored in the Premier League this season:
◉ Norwich (0 in 4)
◎ Arsenal (1 in 4)
◎ Tottenham (2 in 3)
◎ Man City (2 in 3)
◎ Crystal Palace (2 in 3)
Not great. 
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Only Chelsea (9) and Man City (9) have kept more home clean sheets in the Premier League in 2021 than Brighton (8).
Now they just need to be more clinical in front of goal. 
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Liverpool vs Manchester City
remain the only unbeaten team in the Premier League this season, having picked up four wins and two draws from six games, which sees them sit second in the table, two points below leaders Chelsea. After a thrilling 3-3 draw against Brentford last weekend, the Reds bounced back to winning ways with a 5-1 rout over FC Porto in the Champions League and will be keen on building on that form on Sunday.
Manchester City, meanwhile, are currently sixth in the league table, three points below Chelsea, with a win by a decent margin on Sunday likely to take them to the top. Their form, however, hasn’t been all too consistent, considering that they have won only two of their last four games in all competitions, losing 2-0 to PSG in the Champions League earlier this week.
The corresponding fixture last season saw Manchester City hammer Liverpool 1-4 at Anfield in February earlier this season.
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