English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 19, 2015
Tottenham Hotspur WDDWL 2
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Southampton LLLDL 0
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TOT202
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St. Mary's Stadium · 31,636 att.

Match Report

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Tottenham go fourth as Harry Kane and Dele Alli earn win at Southampton

Harry Kane's stunning solo goal a second from Dele Alli earned Spurs a 2-0 win at Southampton to send Spurs fourth for the first time this season.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
49
Possession
51
12
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
277
383
Passes
386
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
11
16
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.4
65
Long Balls
82
26
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
21
20
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
8
23
Clearances
14

Head to Head

TOT leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Paulo GazzanigaG
  2. 17Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 10Sadio ManéAM
  7. 12Victor WanyamaLM
  8. 4Jordy ClasieRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 11Dusan TadicAM-L
  11. 8Steven DavisAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  2. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  3. 14Oriol RomeuSUB
  4. 20JuanmiSUB
  5. 7Shane LongSUB
  6. 33Matt TargettSUB
  7. 1Kelvin DavisSUB

TOT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 4Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  4. 33Ben DaviesLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 20Dele AlliAM
  7. 19Mousa DembéléLM
  8. 15Eric DierRM
  9. 10Harry KaneF
  10. 23Christian EriksenAM-L
  11. 11Erik LamelaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Thomas CarrollSUB
  2. 13Michel VormSUB
  3. 29Harry WinksSUB
  4. 6Nabil BentalebSUB
  5. 27Kevin WimmerSUB
  6. 7Son Heung-MinSUB
  7. 22Nacer ChadliSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Southampton 0, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.
  2. 40' Jose Fonte (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 43' Goal! Southampton 0, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
  4. 64' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Steven Davis.
  5. 64' Substitution, Southampton. Juanmi replaces Dusan Tadic.
  6. 72' Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Substitution, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse replaces Jordy Clasie.
  8. 79' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Tom Carroll replaces Dele Alli.
  9. 86' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Nacer Chadli replaces Christian Eriksen.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Son Heung-Min replaces Harry Kane.

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