Pre-match info: 26 points split the contenders before this game, Tottenham Hotspur the superior team. Can Southampton take the guests by surprise?
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Tottenham Hotspur have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Brentford, was also a home game here at St. Mary's Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton's results here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats.
Southampton are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 235 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Alcaraz).
Southampton's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Brentford (after extra-time) (placed 8th). The striker Adams outshone all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.05 out of 10. Adams hit one key pass.
Before that, Southampton played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Manchester United (after extra-time).It should be added that a glance at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Southampton aren't scoring a lot here at St. Mary's Stadium in the league, with only {11 goals} from 13 games. Southampton have conceded 21 from these games.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tottenham Hotspur in their Premier League matches away. Spurs has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Fraser Forster is eager to challenge this, with his 369 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The regulars enjoyed Tottenham Hotspur's previous fixture versus Nottingham Forest (after extra-time) (placed 14th), a 3-1 win played at home. Attacker Kane got a player rating of 8.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Kane scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that, 0-0 at home against Milan (after extra-time) in the Champions League.
The travelling fans enjoy Tottenham Hotspur's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Spurs's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Tottenham Hotspur - Southampton 4-1 was the score in these squads' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Southampton won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Tottenham Hotspur managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three. Son likes to play against Southampton and have scored 8 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kane 20 goals |   J. Ward-Prowse 6 goals |  H. Son 6 goals |
Southampton missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 49 |
| 43 | 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 81% |
| 48% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 52% |
| 22% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 54% | 41% |
| 7% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 23% | 22% |
| 48% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 54% | 52% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 33% |
| 41% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 12.5 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.2 | 13.1 | 14 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 22% | 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| 12.5 | 12.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 15 | 13.4 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
- Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest points (9) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Premier League
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tottenham Hotspur have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
- Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 37 | 66 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 42 | 61 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 50 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 44 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 42 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 42 |
| 8 | Brentford | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 41 |
| 9 | Fulham | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 37 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -17 | 27 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -26 | 26 |
| 15 | Everton | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 25 |
| 16 | Leicester City | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 24 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 35 | -26 | 24 |
| 19 | Leeds United | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 23 |
| 20 | Southampton | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -23 | 22 |
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