Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur are going to play on Tuesday the 28th of December at 3:00 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The chosen referee is Anthony Taylor.
Southampton is in the 14th position in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.
Tottenham Hotspur is in the 5th position in the league with 29 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 9 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 83.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (15 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: F. Forster, R. Perraud, J. Bednarek, M. Karim, V. Livramento, I. Diallo, J. Ward-Prowse, N. Tella, C. Adams and A. Armstrong.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Southampton would be 24.30.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ A. McCarthy because of injury.
J. Stephens, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović and M. Djenepo will definitely miss the match.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 31.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (5 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, M. Doherty, T. NDombèlé Alvaro, H. Winks, B. Alli, S. Bergwijn, H. Son and H. Kane.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 27.27.
Antonio Conte will probably not be able to employ G. Lo Celso because of injury.
C. Romero will definitely miss the match.