English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 6, 2022
Southampton LLLWL 1
–
Tottenham Hotspur WWDWL 4
1st2ndT
SOU101
TOT224
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium · 61,732 att.

Match Report

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Tottenham crush Southampton for impressive opening win

Tottenham Hotspur underlined their credentials as a team capable of a Premier League title challenge with a confident 4-1 defeat of Southampton.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
10
5
Saves
1
42.5
Possession
57.5
10
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
337
Accurate Passes
471
410
Passes
554
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
6
18
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
67
15
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
15
14
Tackles
24
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
3
19
Effective Clearances
18
19
Clearances
18

Head to Head

TOT leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

TOT · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 15Eric DierCD
  3. 33Ben DaviesCD-L
  4. 17Cristian RomeroCD-R
  5. 5Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  6. 30Rodrigo BentancurCM-R
  7. 19Ryan SessegnonLM
  8. 12Emerson RoyalRM
  9. 10Harry KaneF
  10. 7Son Heung-MinCF-L
  11. 21Dejan KulusevskiCF-R

SOU · 5-3-2

  1. 31Gavin BazunuG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD
  3. 22Mohammed SalisuCD-L
  4. 43Yan ValeryCD-R
  5. 19Moussa DjenepoLB
  6. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRB
  7. 45Romeo LaviaCM
  8. 6Oriol RomeuCM-L
  9. 8James Ward-ProwseCM-R
  10. 9Adam ArmstrongCF-L
  11. 7Joe AriboCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 0, Southampton 1. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Moussa Djenepo.
  2. 21' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Southampton 1. Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham Hotspur) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski with a cross.
  3. 24' Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 31' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Southampton 1. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Son Heung-Min with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Stuart Armstrong replaces Adam Armstrong.
  6. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Jack Stephens replaces Yan Valery.
  7. 61' Own Goal by Mohammed Salisu, Southampton. Tottenham Hotspur 3, Southampton 1.
  8. 63' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 4, Southampton 1. Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emerson Royal.
  9. 66' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ivan Perisic replaces Ryan Sessegnon.
  10. 72' Substitution, Southampton. Romain Perraud replaces Moussa Djenepo.
  11. 75' Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 75' Substitution, Southampton. Ibrahima Diallo replaces Oriol Romeu.
  13. 86' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Moura replaces Dejan Kulusevski.
  14. 86' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Clément Lenglet replaces Ben Davies.
  15. 86' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Yves Bissouma replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  16. 87' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Matt Doherty replaces Emerson Royal.
  17. 88' Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+2' Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Redmond replaces Kyle Walker-Peters.

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