Southampton’s difficult season in the Premiership continues.
Chelsea defeated the series Jumbo Southampton 4-0 and rose from seventh place in the English Premier League standings to the fourth place behind Nottingham Forest, who played less.
Chelsea’s goals struck Christopher Nunku, Pedro Neto, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella.
Competition for next season’s European game places is intense as there are only five points between Nottingham and the tenth Villa, the third in the series.
In other matches of the evening, Brighton covered Bournemouth 2-1, Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 4-1 and Fulham defeated Wolves 2-1.
For Southampton, the loss was the third consecutive. It has won only two matches this season and has played three draws. There are 22 losses and a goal difference of 46 hits in frost.
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