Tottenham Hotspur host relegation-battling Southampton in a Premier League battle in North London.
Victory would see Tottenham climb to 13th in the table, whilst Southampton will remain rock bottom regardless of the result and defeat would confirm their relegation.
Team News
Mickey van de Ven is a doubt for Tottenham after he suffered cramp during their 1-0 defeat at Chelsea.
Richarlison (calf) could return if match-fit but Dejan Kulusevski (foot), Kevin Danso (hamstring) and Radu Dragusin (ACL) remain absent.
Southampton could have Ryan Manning, Lesley Ugochukwu (both knock) and Paul Onuachu (ankle) available subject to fitness checks.
Flynn Downes begins his two-match ban following his tenth booking of the season in the Saints’ 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace.
Will Smallbone (adductor) could be fit to return but Juan Larios (fitness) and Ross Stewart (calf) remain ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Tottenham host Southampton on Sunday 6 April at 2pm BST at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Tottenham have lost just one of their last five meetings against Southampton (W2, D2, L1).
- Southampton have won one of their last seven league visits to Tottenham (W1, L6).
- Spurs have kept just one clean sheet in their last 16 league meetings against Southampton.
- Coming into this matchweek, no Premier League club has scored more goals inside the box than Tottenham (51).
- Coming into this matchweek, no Premier League club has scored fewer goals than Southampton (22).
Prediction
After a lacklustre defeat at Chelsea in which they lacked any real composure and proper confidence across the whole pitch, Tottenham now have to produce a reaction if want to give themselves a bit of momentum to take into their Europa League Quarter-Final against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Southampton though are playing like a team with nothing to lose now relegation is all but officially confirmed which was evident in a more balanced performance against Palace, despite their poor marking of the visitors’ late equaliser but there are positives to build upon here.
I however do feel that Spurs should bounce back if can be more calmer and clinical but the Saints hopefully won’t roll over as badly as they did at home in December.
Prediction: Tottenham 2-0 Southampton
