Tottenham Hotspur vs Southampton – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Sreya

Tottenham Hotspur vs Southampton – Tottenham Hotspur hosts Southampton at the White Hart Lane on 19th March, Sunday as the battle for top four in the English Premier League heats up.

Tottenham Hotspur are second in the league standings with fifty six points, trailing league leaders Chelsea by ten points. Southampton are tenth with thirty three points after twenty six matches.

Both clubs have won just three of their previous six league games, with Tottenham losing one to Southampton’s three. Tottenham Hotspur ran 3-2 winners over Everton in their last game while Southampton were victorious against Watford in a high-scoring 4-3 away game.

Team News

Harry Kane, Danny Rose and Erik Lamela are sidelined through injuries while the visitors will be without the injured Jeremy Pied, Matt Targett, Charlie Austin, Alex McCarthy and Virgil van Dijk.

Tottenham Hotspur Possible Starting Lineup: Hugo Lloris, Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Walker, Victor Wanyama, Mousa Dembele, Ben Davies, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Son Heung-Min.

Southampton Possible Starting Lineup: Fraser Forster, Cedric Soares, Maya Yoshida, Jack Stephens, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic, Nathan Redmond, Manolo Gabbiadini.

“They [Tottenham] have a lot of wins at home, so it’s a good challenge for us. It will be interesting to see our progress. It’s difficult with one game every two weeks to keep concentration, but it’s important to have a good response at Tottenham.”

– Claude Puel, Southampton.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Tottenham Hotspur vs Southampton H2H Stats, the last five games between these two clubs have resulted in three wins and one loss for Tottenham Hotspur and a solitary draw.

Tottenham have won their last 9 home matches in the Premier League, scoring at least two goals in eight of those nine matches. Southampton will present a formidable challenge to Tottenham especially in Harry Kane’s absence, but Spurs are likely to win 2-1 tomorrow.