Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from St. Mary's Stadium
Follow live coverage as Southampton face Tottenham Hotspur today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
Given Southampton’s record this season – collecting just five points so far – it’s no surprise to see Tottenham way out in front with a 50.7% chance of victory in our live win probability tracker. Southampton, down on just 26.7% themselves, will be hoping home advantage can see them become the latest team to cause Spurs a slip-up as the players head out onto the pitch at St. Mary’s.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham go one better in terms of changes as Postecoglou makes five from the side which started Spurs’ 1-1 draw at Rangers on Thursday. Dejan Kulusevski, Lucas Bergvall and Pape Sarr all come into the Australian’s midfield, with Djed Spence prefered to Pedro Porro at right-back and Dominic Solanke back to lead the line up front.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
Changes aplenty for Southampton following their 1-0 loss to Southampton last time out, as Alex McCarthy returns between the sticks with Jan Bednarek in front of him. Russell Martin’s Saints will play a flat five in midfield, with Joe Aribo and Kamaldeen Sulemana also both coming into the starting side and Adam Armstrong wearing the captain’s armband.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
TOTTENHAM SUBS: Brandon Austin, Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson, Pedro Porro, Will Lankshear, Alfie Dorrington, Callum Olusesi, Maeson King, Malachi Hardy.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Fraser Forster; Djed Spence, Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin, Destiny Udogie; Lucas Bergvall, Pape Matar Sarr; Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Son Heung-Min; Dominic Solanke.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
SOUTHAMPTON SUBS: Joe Lumley, Adam Lallana, James Bree, Nathan Wood, Yukinari Sugawara, Cameron Archer, Ryan Fraser, Sam Amo-Ameyaw, Paul Onuachu.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
SOUTHAMPTON (4-5-1): Alex McCarthy; Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ryan Manning; Tyler Dibling, Joe Ariba, Flynn Downes, Mateus Fernandes, Kamaldeen Sulemana; Adam Armstrong.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs’ form isn’t much better coming into this game, with Ange Postecoglou’s side failing to win in their last five since thumping champions Manchester City 4-0 away from home. That’s included back-to-back 1-0 and 4-3 losses to Bournemouth and Chelsea respectively, as well as Europa League draws with Roma and Rangers last time out, and the 12th placed Lilywhites need to get back to winning ways as soon as possible.
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
Two sides both mired in woeful runs of form meet on the south coast, with Southampton rooted to the foot of the Premier League table having won just one game all season. That came six games ago against Everton, and having lost four from five since – including a 5-1 home loss to Chelsea – Saints need to find another win from somewhere as they try and make up a gap to safety which already stands at nine points.
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