The battle for Champions League places recommences this weekend, and of all the teams in the mix, Tottenham Hotspur are the first to take to the field as they host a Southampton side who still aren’t certain of Premier League football next season.

Spurs currently sit in fifth place, two points behind Arsenal and three behind third place Chelsea, who they face in a mouth-watering tie at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening.

They go in to the game having salvaged a point against Wigan Athletic last time out thanks to Emerson Boyce’s 89th minute own goal.

Andre Villas-Boas has Emmanuel Adebayor and Jake Livermore available for selection, while Moussa Dembele should make the match-day squad having shaken off a muscle problem he picked up last weekend.

Gareth Bale, fresh from being named the Football Writers Player of the Year, is favourite to open the scoring against his old club at a best price of 4.5 (7/2), while Jermaine Defoe is a 5.5 (9/2) shot with a variety of firms.

Spurs are favourites to win the game at 1.5 (1/2) with Bet Victor, with Southampton as highly priced as the 8.0 (7/1) on offer from Bet 365, whilst the draw is a 4.75 (15/4) shot with the same firm.

The visitors sit in thirteenth place, seven points ahead of 18th place Wigan Athletic who have a game in hand, and go in to the game on the back of last weekend’s 3-0 home loss to West Bromwich Albion; their first defeat in seven games.

Gaston Ramirez and Danny Fox both begin three match suspensions after being sent off last time out, though Luke Shaw is set to return having recovered from an ankle injury.

Top scorer Rickie Lambert is 10.0 (9/1) with Bet 365 to get the first goal of the game, with Jay Rodriguez a best price of 13.0 (12/1) with the same firm.

Spurs won the reverse fixture at St Mary’s back in October; with top scorer Bale and Clint Dempsey giving the visitors a comfortable first half lead.

With this in mind, you might want to take advantage of the 2.25 (5/4) on offer from Bet Victor for Tottenham to be winning at half time and full time this time around.

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