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The last match of the 24th round of English Premier League brings us match between two uneven opponents as 17th-placed Southampton meets fifth-positioned Tottenham, which has big 24 points more at the moment. Besides, the Spurs have excellent six-game unbeaten streak of five wins and one draw, while on the other hand the Saints have dreadful series of five draws and five loses in the league. We certainly need to mention that the Spurs won their last three head-to-heads.

Southampton

Of course, under such circumstance the home team will have a hard time to make a positive result against the Spurs, regardless that they played a bit better in last two matches. In the third round of FA Cup Southampton won away second-division Fulham 1-0 but then it dropped victory over Watford in the very finish of this away match as Watford’s Doucoure scored the equaliser for the final 2-2 in 90 minute of match.

However, coach Pellegrino is encouraged with latest performances of his players, especially as they finally started scoring goals, while the defence should be less penetrable after return of recovered defenders Soares and Bertrand. True, it is going to be very difficult to preserve their goal intact against very good Spurs and therefore they definitely need to do something in attack. We need to add that due to injuries out of action are only stopper Yoshida and forward Austin.

Probable lineups Southampton: Forster – Soares, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand – Romeu, Lemina – Ward-Prowse, Davis, Tadic – Gabbiadini

Tottenham

Unlike Southampton, which slid down after the latest 10-game winless streak to just one point above the drop zone, the guests from northern London are in great mood, given their six-game unbeaten streak of even five wins and one draw. True, one of those wins was won in the FA Cup against third-division Wimbledon, while the one draw was played at home with city rival West Ham.

On the other hand in remaining four league matches Tottenham won Burnley and Swansea away and Southampton and Everton at home, scoring 16 goals at the same time. The Spurs won the last home match by even 4-0 when they met Everton, which put them to just three points behind third-placed Liverpool and fourth-positioned Chelsea. Let’s add that due to injuries still out of action are defenders Alderweireld and Rose, and midfielder Winks.

Probable lineups Tottenham: Lloris – Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies – Dier, Dembele – Son, Alli, Eriksen – Kane

Verdict:

Although the guests from London are in much better shape we believe that this should be open and efficient match on both sides given the Saints desperately need points for the survival race.

Pick: both teams to score 1.71 - 7/10 @1XBet