Chelsea have been handed a lift forward of their conflict with Southampton within the Premier League on Wednesday evening.
have been in fantastic type this season, sitting joint-second within the league alongside London rivals Arsenal.
Southampton, alternatively, have misplaced 10 of their 13 video games within the competitors and sit backside of the Premier League forward of Chelsea’s go to, which Enzo Maresca has .
Russell Martin is underneath growing stress on the south coast and has come underneath criticism for persisting with a possession-focused type of play regardless of their outcomes.
A heavy defeat to Maresca’s Chelsea might see the top of his time on the helm at St Mary’s, and issues will not be trying good for the Saints forward of the conflict.
Three of their key gamers might be unavailable for after choosing up yellow playing cards once they performed Brighton on the weekend.
Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Flynn Downes and Tyler Dibling will all miss the match by suspension, having picked up 5 yellow playing cards this season.
Dibling was beforehand on the books for Chelsea for a brief time frame earlier than returning to Southampton, with experiences that he was homesick after the transfer.
There may be much more dangerous information for Martin as Downes’ probably alternative can be unavailable – Lesley Ugochukwu.
The midfielder is on mortgage from Chelsea, and regardless of not beginning many video games this season, would have supplied some additional physicality in midfield within the absence of Downes.
With video games coming thick and quick within the festive interval, Ugochukwu and Chelsea might be eager to see his recreation time improve, with Maresca requested if he might look to recall hello
“I don’t know for the time being,” he started. “I don’t know concerning the loans, concerning the switch window. Bfore January, I feel we’ve got seven Premier League video games. It is too many video games to be serious about that.”
A win for Chelsea will see them lengthen their lead within the high 4 as Maresca units his sights on the Champions League whereas downplaying the Blues’ possibilities of difficult for the title alongside Liverpool and Arsenal this season.