Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur will face on Saturday the 18th of March at 3:00 pm in the 28th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The referee will be Simon Hooper.
Southampton is in the 20th position in the standings with 22 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 4 times, and lost 17 times.
Tottenham Hotspur sits in the 4th place in the standings with 48 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Nottingham Forest in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 15 times, draw 3 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 44.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times), 4-4-2 (7 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Rubén Sellés Salvador is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: Gavin Bazunu, Romain Perraud, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Jan Bednarek, James Ward-Prowse, Roméo Lavia, K. Sulemana, C. Alcaraz, Theo Walcott and Che Adams.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Southampton would be 24.70.
There are doubts about the presence of Kyle Walker-Peters.
Rubén Sellés Salvador will probably not be able to employ Ainsley Maitland-Niles because of injury.
Juan Larios López and Valentino Livramento will definitely miss the match.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 70.37%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (19 times), 3-5-2 (4 times), 3-4-3 (3 times) and 5-3-2 (once).
Antonio Conte is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: Fraser Forster, Eric Dier, Clément Lenglet, Cristian Romero, Ben Davies, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oliver Skipp, Pedro Porro, Richarlison, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.
If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 28.09.
Antonio Conte will probably not be able to employ Emerson because of injury.
Hugo Lloris, Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma will definitely miss the match.
