Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will be looking for an improved result here after the 0-2 Premier League loss in their previous game against Brentford.

In that match, Southampton had 67% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Brentford got 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. Ivan Toney (32') and Yoane Wissa (97') scored for Brentford.

Southampton haven’t made the most of their chances of late. Their goals record equals just 3 versus opposition teams during their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, Southampton have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 5.

Tottenham Hotspur

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Tottenham Hotspur will go into this clash following on from a 3-1 Premier League win vs Nottingham Forest in their last game.

In that match, Tottenham Hotspur managed 56% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Tottenham Hotspur, the scorers were Harry Kane (19', 35') and Heung-min Son (62'). Nottingham Forest had 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. Joe Worrall (81') was the scorer for Nottingham Forest.

The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games involving Tottenham Hotspur has become fairly consistent recently. Looking at their last 6 meetings reveals that it has happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 3 and Tottenham Hotspur have scored 7. Having said that, we must now wait to see if the trend shall continue on in this upcoming game.

Looking at their past form shows that Tottenham Hotspur:

• are undefeated by Southampton when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 05/02/2020 shows that Southampton have won 1 of these & Tottenham Hotspur 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 27 in total which averages out at 4.5 goals per match.

📋 Team News: Southampton

It’s our opinion that The Saints could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Romain Perraud, James Ward-Prowse, Romeo Lavia, Theo Walcott, Carlos Alcaraz, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Che Adams.

🗞️ Team News: Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte has multiple availability issues to deal with. Yves Bissouma (Ankle Fracture), Hugo Lloris (Knee Injury), Ryan Sessegnon (Hamstring Injury) and Rodrigo Bentancur (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that Spurs appear most likely to elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation, going with Fraser Forster, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Clement Lenglet, Pedro Porro, Ben Davies, Oliver Skipp, P. Hoejbjerg, Richarlison, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.

🧠 Prediction

For this match, we think that Southampton will likely create enough chances to get a goal against this Tottenham Hotspur team, but one goal probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 victory for Tottenham Hotspur at the end of this one. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 02:23 14/03/2023