Our prediction for this Premier League match:
After sharing the spoils with Everton at the weekend, Tottenham will be looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they take on Southampton on Wednesday evening. Both Ben Davies and Matt Doherty remain on the sidelines with injuries, but Jose Mourinho can count on key players for the midweek clash. Harry Kane, who has been scoring goals for fun in the 2020/21 season, will be the man to watch in the home team.
The Saints, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-0 loss to Leicester City in the FA Cup semis. Southampton are nine points clear of the relegation zone, and seeing that Spurs aim to keep their Champions League hopes alive, we predict that the visitors will return home empty-handed. Both Romeu and Smallbone are sidelined with injuries, while Obafemi is unlikely to recover in time to face Jose Mourinho’s troops.
Highlighted Player (Harry Kane):
Widely regarded as one of England’s best strikers at the moment, Harry Kane enjoyed a meteoric rise at Tottenham Hotspur, scoring 21 Premier League goals during the 2014/2015 campaign to be voted PFA Young Player of the Year.
The highly rated striker went on to surpass that achievement the following season as he helped Tottenham Hotspur mount a serious title challenge for the first time in club’s recent history and he made seamless transition to international football. Kane scored four goals in his first ten appearances for England to prove he was here to stay and at the same time established himself as a first choice striker in Roy Hodgson’s squad ahead of the Euro 2016 finals.
Kane is a modern striker, who is extremely dangerous in the opposition box, but it was some outstanding goals from distance as well as link-up play with teammates that earned him an excellent reputation in world football. Kane is expected to lead both Tottenham and England in years to come, that is if he can resist the lure of top European clubs that continue to cast admiring glances his way.
Highlighted Team (Southampton):
Southampton are an English football club that have been playing their home games at St Mary's Stadium since 2001. The Saints were based at The Dell in the past and the capacity of Southampton’s new stadium is 32,505. Southampton wear red and white striped shirts and the colour of the team’s away kit is navy and green.
The Saints have yet to win the Premier League trophy, but they did well to clinch the FA Cup title back in 1976, while participating in the final of the prestigious competition in 1900, 1902 and 2003. Southampton outplayed Manchester United in the 1976 FA Cup final and that is probably the club’s greatest victory ever.
The club are well known for their football academy and Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale is one of the players who began their football carrier at the St. Mary’s Stadium outfit. Southampton’s fiercest rivals are Portsmouth and the two teams square off against each other in the South Coast Derby.