Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Sreya

Southampton will host Tottenham Hotspur at St. Mary’s Stadium on Saturday, 19th December as the Saints aim to change their recent streak of losses in the English Premier League. Southampton are on 12th position with 21 points, while Mauricio Pochettino’s side sit on the fifth position with 26 points after sixteen matches.

Team News

The hosts are without Fraser Forster, Jay Rodriguez , Florin Gardos and Maarten Stekelenburg but Graziano Pelle is fit to start, as has been confirmed by Ronald Koeman.

Alex Pritchard will be missing the match for Tottenham. Moussa Dembele is likely to return to the starting line-up after missing the defeat against Norwich due to illness. Ryan Mason and Clinton N’Jie are also set to return to the matchday squad but may not feature for Pochettino’s side.

Southampton Possible Starting Line-up: Paulo Gazzaniga, Cedric Soares, Jose Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Victor Wanyama, Oriol Romeu, Sadio Mane, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Graziano Pelle.

Tottenham Hotspur Possible Starting Line-up: Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Moussa Dembele, Erik Lamela, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, Southampton have not won any of their last six matches against Tottenham Hotpsur in all competitions. Also, Spurs are undefeated in their previous six away matches in the Premier League.

While Southampton have seen over 2.5 goals in their last three home matches against Tottenham in all competitions, Tottenham Hotspur have scored at least two goals in their last three away matches against Southampton in all competitions.

On current form, Tottenham Hotspur are likely to walk away with all three points, as 2-1 seems the most probable result.