Southampton – Tottenham SOCCER PICKS
Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur meet at St. Mary’s Stadium, in a match for the 30 th round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league on 05-12-2018, Tottenham Hotspur won at home against (3-1). The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 4 matches won 2 and tied 2. but the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 21-01-2018, for the Premier League, which ended in a draw by (1-1). D. Sanchez (15 ‘Autogolo) scored the goals of the game, for Southampton, and H. Kane (18′), for Tottenham Hotspur.
Southampton
After 6 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, the home team is currently in the 17 th position, with 27 points won. In the last match, they lost in an away match against Manchester United, by (3-2), after in the previous match they won (2-0) at home, against Fulham. In the last 10 home league matches Southampton has a record of 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 13 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 14 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 29 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and never got the comeback.
Southampton comes to this game with a defeat, 3-2, in the displacement to the field of Manchester United: Valery and Ward-Prowse marked the blows of the team. The group led by Ralph Hasenhüttl exhibits several weaknesses in his style of play, especially in the defensive sector: stopped balls and attack-defense transition. By facing a team that likes to have the ball, Southampton must present a more cautious strategy, exploring only counterattacks. Charlie Austin is one of the great dangers of Southampton, being very powerful and strong in the air game. Danny Ings and Obafemi will be out of this game, both due to injury.
Tottenham Hotspur:
After 20 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses, the away team is currently in the 3 rd position, with 61 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in a match against Chelsea, by (2-0). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Arsenal, by (1-1). In their last match, for the UEFA Champions League, they got a home win against Borussia Dortmund by (0-1). In the last 10 away league matches Tottenham Hotspur has a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, so they have won 21 points out of 30 possible. The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 13 of the last 15 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 29 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 3 comebacks. In the last 15 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 6 of their 17 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Tottenham left for this motivated game, having added a 0-1 victory in the move to the Dortmund field, advancing from this towards the next phase of the Champions League. In the last match for the championship, the visitors drew 1-1 against rival Arsenal. In this game away from home, coach Mauricio Pochettino must keep the team in 3-5-2, privileging possession of the ball and organized attacks through the flanks: Son is a very fast and very strong player in the offensive transition. On the other hand, Harry Kane is the best score of this club, with 16 goals scored. Everything indicates that the foreign trainer can count on all his players.
