Tottenham Hotspur will travel to the St. Mary’s Stadium to take on Southampton on Sunday at the back of a comfortable 4-0 home victory over Everton in their last league outing. The Spurs are still in contention to secure a top-four spot this season and anything other than maximum points versus the Saints would be a disappointment for Mauricio Pochettino’s men. The North London outfit are in great form going into this game having won five of their previous six matches in all competitions. The recent history of the fixture will delight the Spurs fans as they have won four of their last five league encounters versus Southampton but will need to be wary of complacency on Sunday.
Mauricio Pochettino is expected to opt for his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation with his first-choice goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris a major doubt for this game due to an illness. Michel Vorm might be recalled into the starting lineup if the French keeper misses out on this contest. Keiran Trippier is also in line for a start in place of Serge Aurier who played against Everton last week.
4-2-3-1 Tottenham Hotspur Predicted Lineup To Face Southampton
Defence
Hugo Lloris will be in a race against time to recover from an illness. It is expected that he will start in goal for Spurs once again and might be shielded by a back four of Davinson Sanchez and Jan Vertonghen in central defence while Ben Davies operates in the left-back position and Kieran Trippier starts on the right-hand side of the backline.
The Tottenham defence has only conceded 21 goals in 23 league matches so it is highly likely that they will keep things tight at the back when they lace up to face the Saints on Sunday.
Midfield
The midfield duo consisting of Eric Dier and Mousa Dembele will take their place as the holding midfielders in Mauricio Pochettino’s starting eleven while Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Heung-Min Son will operate in front of them as part of the Spurs midfield. The trio has been in sensational form this season and will once again be tasked to create and score goals versus the Southampton defence that has conceded 34 goals in 23 league matches in this campaign.
Attack
Harry Kane will once again lead the lines up top for Spurs. He has been in sensational form this season, scoring 20 goals in 22 Premier League matches. The English striker will look to get his name on the scoresheet yet again and make a significant contribution in the game for Spurs this weekend.
