Tottenham Hotspur vs Southampton Preview

May 6, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Harry Kane

Sunday’s Premier League action begins at White Hart Lane where Tottenham Hotspur take on Southampton.

The hosts hopes of winning a first league title in forty-five years were ended by Chelsea on Monday evening, with the 2-2 draw handing the championship to Leicester City with two games to play.

Victory here will guarantee they finish the season in second place, while a point will be enough if North London rivals Arsenal fail to beat Manchester City in the weekend’s final fixture.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side are unbeaten in six games and have lost just two league games in front of their own fans all season, with the last of those defeats coming at the hands of the champions back in January.

Moussa Dembele has been suspended for six games after being found guilty of violent conduct following an incident in Monday’s draw at Stamford Bridge while Dele Alli is also banned and Nabil Bentaleb has a knee injury.

Harry Kane is favourite to open the scoring at 5.0 (4/1) with a number of firms ahead of 8.0 (7/1) shot Son Heung-Min.

The home win is 2.05 (21/20) with Bet 365, with the visitors widely available at 4.0 (3/1). The draw can be backed at 3.75 (11/4) with Betfred.

The Saints go in to the weekend in seventh place just three points behind fifth place Manchester United though they have played a game more than both the Red Devils and sixth place West Ham United.

They have lost just one of their last eight games with their last two ending in 4-2 victories over Aston Villa and Manchester City respectively and Ronald Koeman could name an unchanged side from last weekend’s win at St Mary’s.

Charlie Austin is 7.5 (13/2) to get the first goal of the game with most bookmakers, with Shane Long a 9.0 (8/1) chance with Paddy Power.

Tottenham ran out 2-0 winners in the reverse fixture back in December and you can bet on them scoring at least twice this time around at 1.87 (20/23) with Coral.

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