Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur will face off on Tuesday the 28th of December at 3:00 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The chosen referee is Anthony Taylor.
Southampton is in the 15th position in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.
Tottenham Hotspur occupies the 7th place in the standings with 26 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 8 times, drawn twice, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 88.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (15 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: R. Perraud, J. Bednarek, J. Stephens, V. Livramento, W. Smallbone, M. Djenepo, I. Diallo, J. Ward-Prowse, M. Elyounoussi, N. Redmond and A. Broja.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Southampton would be 23.82.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ F. Forster, S. Armstrong, C. Adams and A. Armstrong because of injury.
A. McCarthy will definitely miss the match.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-2-1 and 4-2-3-1 (4 times or 26.67% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 5-3-2 (once), 4-3-2-1 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Antonio Conte is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: H. Lloris, B. Davies, E. Dier, D. Sánchez Mina, S. Reguilón Rodríguez, J. Tanganga, T. NDombèlé Alvaro, B. Alli, H. Winks, H. Son and H. Kane.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 26.73.
Antonio Conte will probably not be able to employ B. Gil Salvatierra because of injury.
C. Romero will definitely miss the match.