Southampton vs Tottenham

9 March 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Yan Valery 76’
James Ward-Prowse 81’

Harry Kane 26’

Match summary

Southampton came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Tottenham. Tottenham led 1-0 at half-time.

Harry Kane put Tottenham ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Dele Alli, Yan Valery equalised in the 76th minute, set up by Stuart Armstrong, and James Ward-Prowse won it with a direct free kick in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Tottenham's 1.27 from 16.

Match stats

12 Shots 16

4 Shots on Target 5

1 Corners 10

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.08 xG 1.27

2.08 Non-penalty xG 1.27

5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Southampton Tottenham

Kick-off

26’

Harry Kane
Assist: Dele Alli

0-1

Half-time0-1

Yan Valery
Assist: Stuart Armstrong

1-1

76’

James Ward-Prowse

2-1

81’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Southampton

Yan Valery
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Oriol Romeu
Nathan Redmond

Tottenham

Kyle Walker-Peters
Moussa Sissoko

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Southampton 2.08 xGTottenham 1.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Tottenham attacking Southampton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Angus Gunn	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maya Yoshida	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yan Valery	MID	90	1		1	0.45	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90			1	0.07	0.09	1
Oriol Romeu	MID	47			0	0.00	0.03	1
Nathan Redmond	MID	90			4	1.24	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1		2	0.11	0.00	0
Charlie Austin	FWD	47			1	0.06	0.00	0
Josh Sims	Sub	43			2	0.12	0.00	0
Shane Long	Sub	27			1	0.04	0.57	1
Stuart Armstrong	Sub	16		1	0	0.00	0.48	2

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Vertonghen	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Danny Rose	DEF	83			0	0.00	0.09	2
Eric Dier	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Christian Eriksen	MID	90			3	0.09	0.47	4
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Dele Alli	MID	83		1	1	0.03	0.51	3
Harry Kane	FWD	90	1		8	1.04	0.04	2
Lucas Moura	FWD	73			0	0.00	0.03	1
Son Heung-Min	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fernando Llorente	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Davies	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 22% Bet365 odds 4.50

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Tottenham win 53% Bet365 odds 1.85

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Southampton D L L W L

Tottenham W W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Tottenham 3-1 Southampton, 05 Dec 18 Next meeting: Tottenham 2-1 Southampton, 28 Sep 19 All Southampton vs Tottenham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.