Premier League match guide and statistics: Southampton meet Tottenham Hotspur

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Straining Southampton pray to pull off a surprise win when they host top team Tottenham Hotspur in the next league game. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate confidence.

Insights:
  • Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur.

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Southampton form and stats

The Premier League statistics playing at home this season for Southampton are 2-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Southampton have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

It's back home for Southampton, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating West Ham United away with the result 3-2. Bednarek, Ward-Prowse and Elyounoussi found the net in that victory. Bednarek, defender, was given a rating of 8.3/10 in that game, top of the team. Bednarek scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Crystal Palace that finished 2-2.

Southampton has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Southampton have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Tottenham Hotspur have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.

Impressive finishing from Kane, Son and Moura secured the home win 3-0 against Crystal Palace in their previous game. Attacker Moura got a player rating of 8.92 in the game. "Man of the match" Moura scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Before that, Tottenham Hotspur secured a home win against West Ham United with the score 2-1.

Spurs have another match away in just four nights, a Premier League fixture against Watford. A gruelling itinerary for them!

The attacking power of Spurs when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Spurs's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Southampton won two, Tottenham Hotspur were winners in six and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
8 goals
SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
4 goals
SouthamptonA. Broja
A. Broja
4 goals

Southampton missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Southampton Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 2 6 16
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 9
8 5 1 Drew D 1 1 2
6 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
19 8 0 Scored S 3 5 21
28 7 0 Conceded C 2 9 19
89% 88% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 94%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 69%
56% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 62%
44% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 6%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 31%
28% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 44%
28% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 31%
 
5.9 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 5.5
5.3 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 5.1
1.9 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.5 13.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.2 11.3
3.9 4.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.2
27% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 26% 31%
 
12.3 10.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 14.3 13.2
4.2 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 19 15 2 2 50 12 10 8 1 1 31 6 9 7 1 1 19 6 38 47
2 Liverpool 18 12 5 1 50 15 9 6 3 0 22 6 9 6 2 1 28 9 35 41
3 Chelsea 19 12 5 2 42 13 9 5 3 1 22 7 10 7 2 1 20 6 29 41
4 Arsenal 19 11 2 6 32 23 9 7 1 1 17 6 10 4 1 5 15 17 9 35
5 Tottenham Hotspur 16 9 2 5 21 19 10 7 1 2 16 10 6 2 1 3 5 9 2 29
6 West Ham United 18 8 4 6 30 24 9 4 2 3 18 15 9 4 2 3 12 9 6 28
7 Manchester United 16 8 3 5 26 24 8 4 1 3 14 13 8 4 2 2 12 11 2 27
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 7 4 7 13 14 9 3 2 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 25
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 5 8 4 16 17 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 2 5 1 8 8 -1 23
10 Leicester City 17 6 4 7 30 33 8 4 1 3 15 12 9 2 3 4 15 21 -3 22
11 Aston Villa 18 7 1 10 24 28 9 4 1 4 15 14 9 3 0 6 9 14 -4 22
12 Crystal Palace 18 4 8 6 24 27 9 3 5 1 15 9 9 1 3 5 9 18 -3 20
13 Brentford 17 5 5 7 21 24 8 3 1 4 10 10 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 20
14 Southampton 18 4 8 6 19 28 8 2 5 1 8 7 10 2 3 5 11 21 -9 20
15 Everton 17 5 4 8 21 29 8 4 1 3 13 13 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 19
16 Leeds United 18 3 7 8 18 36 9 2 4 3 10 15 9 1 3 5 8 21 -18 16
17 Watford 16 4 1 11 21 31 8 2 1 5 10 17 8 2 0 6 11 14 -10 13
18 Burnley 15 1 8 6 14 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 11
19 Newcastle United 18 1 7 10 18 41 9 1 4 4 12 21 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 10
20 Norwich City 18 2 4 12 8 39 10 1 2 7 5 19 8 1 2 5 3 20 -31 10

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.