Soccer Saturday pundit Matt Le Tissier tells us what his former club Southampton need to do to beat Chelsea

Matt Le Tissier believes Chelsea can bounce back from the disappointment of their Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain with victory over Southampton on Sunday.

While the Sky Sports pundit will be hoping Ronald Koeman's men can enhance their own top-four chances with a result at Stamford Bridge, he expects it to be a difficult afternoon for his former club and has revealed what they need to do if they are to have any chance of picking up a positive result against the league leaders...

 

Chelsea vs So'ton

March 15, 2015

Prepare for a Blues backlash

I would have preferred to see them to go through on Wednesday night as I fear we could pay for it, them going out of the Champions League in such a disappointing manner.

I would expect a big reaction. The have only got one trophy to go for now and you’d expect them to be bang on it for all 11 games. Chelsea are not the sort of team to panic and drop silly points.

Halt Hazard

Le Tissier: Southampton must halt Eden Hazard

I was at St Mary’s for the home game and the massive threat they had was Eden Hazard, who was the best player on the pitch that day by some distance.

What he does, in terms of cutting in from the left, is fairly predictable but it is much easier said than done stopping him.

Saints must take chances

A clean sheet is going to be difficult but our defence is the best part of our team. We’ve had good possession in most games and we need to get the runners working off Pelle and be brave.

You know that you’re going to get chances against Chelsea but you need to take them.

Keep Costa calm

Diego Costa will be a key man for Chelsea against Southampton

Not winding him up and keeping him calm might be the way to go. Getting that fire burning seems to bring the best out of him. It’s also key for the defenders not to get wound up and not be drawn into battles with him and giving away penalties.

Be solid at set-pieces

Chelsea are a big physical team with a lot of height and we’ll have to match them. Hopefully, the fact that they let in a couple will shake their confidence.

Le Tiss predicts:

For the first time this season, I’m expecting a Saints defeat. Jose Mourinho will have his men fired up and ready to respond to their Champions League exit so I’m going for a 2-1 Chelsea win with Costa to score first.