National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tottenham Hotspur or Southampton that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
Last season, Tottenham Hotspur's FA Cup journey ended in the 4th round.26 points is a decent return from 13 Premier League games here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Tottenham Hotspur. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses. Tottenham Hotspur has recorded two wins in a row here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Tottenham Hotspur's last game was hosting Manchester City and winning 2-0. Before that, Tottenham Hotspur played out a FA Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Southampton.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Tottenham Hotspur's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Tottenham Hotspur in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. Tottenham Hotspur are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round replays last season.6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Southampton playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Two away games in a row for Southampton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Liverpool in the Premier League. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup.
Southampton lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Southampton playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.
Southampton have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Southampton have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Southampton - Tottenham Hotspur 1-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Tottenham Hotspur won five, Southampton won three and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ings 14 goals |   H. Kane 11 goals |  B. Alli 7 goals |
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
Southampton missing players
| Tottenham Hotspur | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 299 | 148 | Total Shots | T S | 169 | 304 | ||
| 119 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 74 | 122 | ||
| 37% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 45 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 49 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Everton | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -6 | 33 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Burnley | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 | Southampton | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -15 | 25 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Watford | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 23 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | -23 | 18 |