It’s laborious to know what to anticipate from one recreation to the following from Tottenham, however regardless of their binary win-lose-win-lose kind they’re nonetheless in a powerful place within the race for a high 4 end.
Win this afternoon at Southampton and Spurs will go above Manchester United into third, though United would have two video games in hand resulting from taking part in within the FA Cup quarter-finals this weekend. Newcastle’s win at Nottingham Forest on Friday evening cranks up the stress on Spurs, and third and seventh within the Premier League are at the moment separated by simply eight factors. With Spurs and United going through journeys to St James’ Park after the worldwide break, the battle for Champions League soccer could possibly be actually thrilling, with Brighton very a lot concerned.
Southampton has proved a tough away task for Spurs although, with only one win of their final 5 league visits. Since Ruben Selles took cost, Southampton have conceded simply three objectives in 5 league video games however scoring continues to be proving a problem. They missed probabilities to place 10-man Manchester United to the sword final week and a house defeat to Brentford on Wednesday was a blow. Southampton is perhaps backside, however are solely 5 factors from twelfth.
For Spurs, Conte has some choice choices to make. Ben Davies began additional ahead as a left wing-back within the win over Nottingham Forest, which could say extra concerning the type of Ivan Perisic and Ryan Sessengon’s harm standing. Spurs followers have been calling for Richarlison to be given extra begins, and his all-round recreation impressed towards Forest when he was unlucky to have a purpose chalked off for offside. Given Forest’s flimsy away file although, Spurs nonetheless have work to do to win over the sceptics. When performances are unconvincing, wins can begin to really feel like momentary reprieves. Consecutive league video games towards Southampton, Everton, Bournemouth and Brighton are a superb likelihood for Spurs to search out some consistency.
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