Tuchel is looking for his 6th win in 7 games for Chelsea.
Team news (via Sky Sports)
Chelsea: Thiago Silva will not be back for the weekend while Christian Pulisic is also set to miss out.
However, Tuchel will be able to call upon Kai Havertz and potentially Tammy Abraham for the game.
Southampton: The Saints will be without the trio of Kyle Walker-Peters, Ibrahima Diallo and Theo Walcott.
Stats to know (via Opta)
Southampton have lost their last five home league games against Chelsea.
Chelsea have lost only two of their last 28 away Premier League games on the south coast (W21 D5 L2).
Thomas Tuchel has picked up 13 points from his first five Premier League games in charge of Chelsea (W4 D1), level with Mourinho and bettered only by Carlo Ancelotti and Maurizio Sarri (15 pts).
Chelsea’s Timo Werner has been directly involved in more Premier League goals this season than any other player at the club (10 – five goals, five assists).
Probable line-up
Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Mount, Werner, Giroud
Score predictions
Mark Lawrenson, BBC: Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
“Thomas Tuchel has made an excellent start as Chelsea manager. He has put together a nice little run of five straight wins in all competitions, and he has done it by, first and foremost, making them difficult to play against.
“With six successive league defeats, Southampton are at the opposite end of the form table. They have not turned into a bad side, but they will be short of confidence and it hard to see them ending that run this weekend.”
Quotes from the managers
Thomas Tuchel (via Chelsea FC): “There are things to do better. We will focus on the details because in general I don’t want to be too harsh and I still stick to that plan because we had difficult circumstances.
“So we will focus on details and we will help them to understand what we can do better and then we will prepare for the next match against Newcastle, which will be a hard challenge.”
Ralph Hasenhuttl (via Southampton FC): “They [Chelsea] are very different, with very obvious changes, especially with the ball. They are quicker, passing better, using the spaces between the lines, better counter-pressing when they lose the ball.
“This [Chelsea] is, for me, one of the best squads in terms of individual quality in the league, and now they are becoming more and more a team that is playing in a good shape and playing good football.”
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