Struggling Southampton seize important 1-0 win at goal-shy Chelsea, Manchester City held by Nottingham Forest

A trademark James Ward-Prowse free kick earned basement membership Southampton a valuable three factors at Chelsea in a scrappy 1-0 Premier League win on Saturday and piled extra stress on house coach Graham Potter.

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta introduced down Stuart Armstrong simply exterior the world within the forty fifth minute and Ward-Prowse curled a free kick over the wall into the right-hand aspect of the web with goalkeeper Kepa left sprawling.

Azpilicueta wanted practically 10 minutes of therapy on the pitch within the second half after he obtained a kick to the top in a goalmouth conflict. Physios from each golf equipment rushed to his support and the Spaniard was finally carried off on a stretcher.

FULL-TIME Chelsea 0-1 Southampton

James Ward-Prowse silences the hosts as Southampton do the double over Chelsea for the primary time within the #PL#CHESOU pic.twitter.com/MaNdeY0Wui

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 18, 2023

Chelsea, who’ve scored solely 4 objectives in 10 video games in all competitions for the reason that begin of the yr, appeared livelier within the second half when Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz got here on and so they saved the Southampton defence underneath stress.

But regardless of spending practically 300 million kilos ($361.05 million) within the January switch window, the Blues nonetheless couldn’t rating in opposition to the south-coast staff led by caretaker coach Ruben Selles after Nathan Jones was sacked per week in the past.

Chelsea are languishing in tenth place on 31 factors from 23 video games and are 10 factors adrift of the highest 4. Southampton have 18 factors and are three factors exterior the protection zone.

Janelt the hero as Brentford snatch 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace

Brentford substitute Vitaly Janelt headed the equaliser deep into stoppage time to clinch a degree for his aspect in a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace after a good, tense Premier League encounter on the Community Stadium on Saturday.

The draw, which stretches Brentford’s unbeaten run within the Premier League to 11 video games, sees Brentford stay in eighth place on 35 factors, whereas Palace are twelfth on 26.

FULL-TIME Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace

The factors are shared! Eberechi Eze’s opener is cancelled out by a late equaliser from Vitaly Janelt#BRECRY pic.twitter.com/pgCQJHNtrE

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 18, 2023

After a promising begin with some good early probabilities, the conflict descended right into a cat-and-mouse affair with either side taking turns in possession however struggling to create first rate goal-scoring probabilities.

Ivan Toney provoked an indignant response from Palace defender Joachim Andersen within the forty ninth minute when he went down as he turned within the field on the lookout for a penalty, with Andersen studying him the riot act because the referee waved away his appeals for a spot kick.

Eberechi Eze’s influence off the Palace bench was nearly speedy, as he rose unmarked to move house a Michael Olise cross from shut vary within the 69th minute, and Brentford did little to counsel that they might have the ability to pull again a objective.

Despite trying toothless in assault, they someway pulled it off within the sixth minute of stoppage time as substitute Janelt headed in a cross kind Bryan Mbueno to ship the house followers into raptures.

Solomon strikes late to provide Fulham a win at Brighton

Manor Solomon secured a smash-and-grab 1-0 Premier League victory for Fulham at Brighton & Hove Albion within the battle of European qualification hopefuls on the south coast on Saturday.

Israel worldwide Solomon struck within the 88th minute after Brighton had dominated all through the competition, sending Marco Silva’s aspect above the hosts into sixth place within the desk.

FULL-TIME Brighton 0-1 Fulham

Manor Solomon’s late objective secures all three factors for the guests#BHAFUL pic.twitter.com/zOfXk3aUQC

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 18, 2023

Brighton, who had gone 5 video games unbeaten within the league, have been left to rue a failure to take their probabilities with 20 objective makes an attempt in comparison with simply 5 for Fulham.

Facundo Buonanotte and Solly March each had the ball within the web for Brighton however have been denied by offside flags.

Fulham have 38 factors from 24 video games, one level behind fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, whereas Brighton have 35 factors having performed 22 video games.

Bournemouth beat Wolves 1-0 to maneuver out of relegation zone

Bournemouth moved out of the Premier League relegation zone after a second-half objective from Marcus Tavernier guided them to a 1-0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.

The south-coast membership jumped from nineteenth to seventeenth on 21 factors after 23 video games, a degree above the drop zone, after their first win for the reason that World Cup break. Wolves keep in fifteenth place on 23.

FULL-TIME Wolves 0-1 AFC Bournemouth

The guests transfer out of the relegation spots due to
Marcus Tavernier’s second-half end#WOLBOU pic.twitter.com/WFJMk7FnEm

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 18, 2023

The hosts began strongly at Molineux with a number of early forays into Bournemouth’s penalty space, however have been unable to benefit from their momentum within the first half.

Pablo Sarabia and Adama Traore, who was a continuing risk down the correct, discovered the goal with pictures from tight angles, however their efforts have been comfortably saved by Neto.

Gary O’Neil’s guests started the second half on the entrance foot and have been rewarded with a objective within the fiftieth minute as Dominic Solanke squared for Tavernier to bundle in along with his thigh.

Wolves piled on the stress as they desperately sought an equaliser and Ruben Neves stung Neto’s palm with a long-range effort in added time however Bournemouth stood agency to earn their first away clear sheet of the season.

Manchester City held at Forest to fall behind Arsenal in title race

Manchester City fell two factors behind Premier League leaders Arsenal after being held to a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Arsenal left it very late to beat Aston Villa 4-2 earlier on Saturday and climbed again to the highest of the standings, placing stress on City to earn victory at Forest, with the guests beginning the encounter at a blistering tempo.

City dominated possession and deservedly took the lead 4 minutes earlier than the break with Bernardo Silva slamming the ball into the web from the sting of the field.

FULL-TIME Nott’m Forest 1-1 Man City

Chris Wood’s late equaliser cancels out Bernardo Silva’s opener and provides the hosts a share of the factors at City Ground#NFOMCI pic.twitter.com/aXG54dqNnt

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 18, 2023

The guests ought to have doubled their benefit halfway via the second half however the often deadly Erling Haaland hit the crossbar from shut vary earlier than blazing the rebound excessive.

That miss proved pivotal as, out of nowhere, Forest’s January signing Chris Wood tapped house on the far publish to degree six minutes from time and elevate the roof off a moist City Ground.

The champions threw all the pieces at Forest seeking a dramatic late winner however they might not break the hosts’ resistance, leaving City two factors behind Arsenal having performed one sport extra. Forest climbed to thirteenth.

Coleman earns Everton valuable win over fellow strugglers Leeds

Everton defender Seamus Coleman’s objective from the tightest of angles secured a valuable 1-0 victory over fellow Premier League strugglers Leeds United at Goodison Park on Saturday and moved the Merseyside membership out of the relegation zone.

The decisive second got here after 64 minutes when Alex Iwobi despatched Coleman clear down the flank and, with Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier anticipating a cross, the right-back arrowed his shot into the web from nearly the byline.

It was a deserved win for Everton who created quite a few alternatives however, as has been the case for a lot of the season, the league’s lowest scorers’ lack of high quality within the attacking third meant too many pictures, passes and crosses went astray.

FULL-TIME Everton 1-0 Leeds

Seamus Coleman’s objective proves to be the winner for Sean Dyche’s aspect in a tightly-contested battle at Goodison Park#EVELEE pic.twitter.com/ri9wAvnArf

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 18, 2023

Everton moved as much as sixteenth place with 21 factors from 23 video games, a degree above the drop zone, having taken six factors from three video games underneath new coach Sean Dyche.

Leeds slipped into the relegation zone with 19 factors.

Leeds, who didn’t get a shot on course within the 90 minutes, have now matched their membership file of 10 Premier League video games with out a win and the end result could hasten their seek for a brand new everlasting supervisor with Michael Skubala in non permanent cost following the sacking of Jesse Marsch a fortnight in the past.

Everton may additionally have had a few objectives within the first half as Amadou Onana fired two pictures large from good positions, and Leeds midfielder Weston McKennie cleared off the road twice in a matter of seconds.