Southampton take on the visitors Chelsea in the round 5 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Tuesday, August 30th at St.Mary’s Stadium (Southampton).
Southampton decided to develop the project on a long-term basis. The "Saints" at the beginning of the new calendar year got a new owner, Dragan Solak. They expected the Serb to be something like the new Roman Abramovich. But it seems that he, along with the new CEO, Ankresen, and manager, Hasenhüttl, decided to develop the club's old trump cards with St. Mary's: to develop young footballers, including those that the scouts found and spent a lot of money on in the summer. Starting with a 1-4 defeat to Tottenham, then "Soton" was able to snatch a draw with Leeds in the last 20 minutes, and then completely defeated Leicester (and won in the cup with Cambridge). It was not possible to extend the series with Manchester United, they lost 1-0 to the Red Devils. But ten Hag admitted that it was extremely difficult for his wards in that match.
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Chelsea starts a new era, without Abramovich. The Blues were able to quickly find new and quite generous investors - the Americans, led by Bohely. But at the same time, the entire management, headed by Marina Granovskaya, left the project, and this has a negative effect on how the Blues' transfer activity was carried out this summer. Perhaps this had an effect, but there were also enough personal mistakes of the players, even such recently very reliable ones as Mendy. As a result, the start was not the best - yes, they snatched the victory over Everton, then allowed Tottenham to snatch a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge due to Kane's goal in the 90th minute. And then there was a complete failure: 0-3 with Leeds. It turned out to rehabilitate with Lester. Yes, only 2-1, with Sterling's double. But it is worth remembering that even in the 1st half, Gallagher received 2 "yellow" and left his team in the minority.
Chelsea won the lion's share of the fights during the time of Roman Abramovich against Southampton. The wards of Thomas Tuchel won both matches in the Premier League last season, and passed the “saints” on penalties in the 1/8 finals of the League Cup. Southampton is able to create problems for the giants, while Chelsea is unconvincing. We bet on the hosts with a "+1 goal" handicap.
Prediction for the match: Southampton to win with +1.0 handicap.
