Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview

January 21, 2018
By: Deke Hardman

Premier League

Sunday afternoon’s sole Premier League fixture sees Southampton take on Tottenham Hotspur at St Mary’s Stadium.

The hosts go into the game on the back of last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Watford – a game in which they led by two goals to nil.

That result extended their winless run to ten games while Saturday’s results have seen the south coast side drop into the bottom three though a return to winning ways here would see them climb up to fourteenth place.

Maya Yoshida may be in contention as he closes in on fitness following a hamstring problem though they may name an unchanged side with Charlie Austin still sidelined.

William Hill price Manolo Gabbiadini at 9.5 (17/2) to get the first goal of the game, with Shane Long an 11.0 (10/1) chance with Sky Bet.

The home win is as highly priced as the 5.4 (22/5) on offer from Unibet with the visitors a 1.68 (13/19) shot with the same firm. The draw can be backed at 4.2 (16/5) with Coral.

With the four top-six sides all who played on Saturday all winning, Spurs will be keen to keep pace here and victory would see them move level on points with fourth place Liverpool, who face Swansea City on Monday evening.

They thumped Everton last time out to extend their unbeaten league run to five games and they have dropped just two points during that time.

Harry Winks and Danny Rose again miss out while the game also comes too soon for Toby Alderweireld and Hugo Lloris will be assessed ahead of kick-off due to illness.

Harry Kane, who’s second goal last week took him to twenty in the league for a fourth straight campaign is unsurprisingly favourite to open the scoring here at 3.6 (13/5) with most firms while Dele Alli is a 7.0 (6/1) chance with William Hill.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side ran out 5-2 winners when the sides met at Wembley on Boxing Day, and you can back the North London outfit to score four or more goals, as they have done in five games so far this season at 6.5 (11/2) with Sky Bet.

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