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SOUTHAMPTON 1-0 SPURS
Ings
Ings
Spurs: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sessegnon, Ndombele (Lo Celso), Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Lucas, Kane (C)
Subs: Vorm, Sanchez, Tanganga, Skipp, Winks,Lamela.
Southampton: McCarthy, Soares, Stephens, Ings, Djenepo, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Bertrand, Redmond, Hojbjerg (C), Bednarek.
Subs: Gunn, Yoshida, Vestergaard, Long, Adams, Romeu, Obafemi.
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Eric Dier misses out today due a virus.
TEAM FORM: ___ Soton _LLWWD _____ Spurs LWLWD ___ (All Competitions)
Southampton won this exact fixture 2-1 last season, ending a run of six consecutive home league games without a win against us (D2 L4). We have faced each other on New Year's day once before in the Premier League (PL), they winning 1-0 in 2003 thanks to a James Beattie strike. The Saints have won 7 points from their last four home PL games (W2 D1 L1), more than they had in their previous 10 games at St Mary's (W1 D3 L6). Since the start of the 2018-2019 campaign, Danny Ings has had a hand in more PL goals than any other Saints player (19 goals, 4 assists). He has scored 12 goals this season, his best ever tally in a top flight season.
We have won 11 of our 15 PL games against Soton since they returned to the top flight in 2012 - against no other side have we won more leagues game in this time. We haven't lost our first league game of a calendar year since 2009 (0-1 vs Wigan), winning 8 and drawing 2 since then. We have also won our last 6 PL matches played on New Year's day.
No side has kept fewer clean sheets than us this season (only 2), with only bottom side Norwich keeping as few. Since Jose took charge, no PL side has conceded more goals in all competition than us (17).
Kane has scored in 6 consecutive PL appearances against the Saints - only Robin Van Persie vs Stoke - (8), Floyd Hasselbaink vs West Ham (7) and Romelu Lukaku vs West Ham (7) have had longer scoring streaks against an opponent in the competition. He has scored 5 goals in his last 3 PL appearances on New Year's day - in PL history, no player has scored more goals on that day than Kane (Andy Cole and Steven Gerrard also 5).
Jose has never lost an away league match against the Saints in 6 previous meetings (W3 D3) - he has faced saints more often than any other side without losing away from home in his managerial PL career.
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