Chelsea v Southampton Betting Tips [25 February 2025]

Chelsea are slipping away from European football and look to arrest this skid as soon as possible. In their next league encounter, the Blues, who are seventh in the standings, host bottom placed Southampton. Here we have a prediction for this match.

Depending on how either side looks at it, this is a chance to put a halt to their woes. Chelsea will feel facing the weakest team in the league is an opportunity to rise from three straight losses.

Their 2-1 loss to Aston Villa left them on just a win in five matches. Meanwhile, they have just one clean sheet in the last 10 matches, with both sides scoring in seven.

Southampton, on the other hand, will feel this is a winnable game, meeting a Chelsea side that has lately been off-color. The Saints will have to address their own slump first, coming to this game winless in their last three matches.

After beating Ipswich Town 2-1, Chelsea failed to score in two of their next three matches. The latest of them was a 4-0 home defeat by Brighton on Saturday.

That marked a fifth game in seven that they conceded 3+ goals. Southampton are now on eight losses in the last 10 matches and they lost 5-1 in the reverse fixture in December.

Chelsea and Southampton are both going through tough campaigns. They will go into this game each needing three points to push their individual agenda. For Chelsea it remains fighting for a place in Europe while Southampton are in the survival fight.

There isn’t much either side will gain by sitting back so we expect an end-to-end game in a genuine attempt to win this. Their recent matches have produced high scores and we expect the same here. Our prediction for Chelsea v Southampton is for over 2.5 goals and both teams to score.