Southampton 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2016

Result

Southampton 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Southampton were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur 1-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 December 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Southampton's goal came from Virgil van Dijk (2'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Dele Alli (19'), Harry Kane (52'), Heung-min Son (85') and Dele Alli (87').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 8th on 24 points from 17 and Tottenham Hotspur 5th on 33 points from 17. Southampton went on to finish that season 8th with 46 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 2nd with 86.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur (8.6), ahead of Christian Eriksen (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 1 draw and 7 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Virgil van DijkSouthampton · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Mousa DembéléTottenham Hotspur
  • 19'Goal · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerTottenham Hotspur
  • 57'Red card · Nathan RedmondSouthampton
  • 58'Missed penalty · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur
  • 60'Yellow card · Danny RoseTottenham Hotspur
  • 85'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 1-3
  • 87'Goal · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur · 1-4
  • 90'Yellow card · Ingo GoetzeSouthampton
  • 90'Yellow card · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 2, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 7.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-3-3)

Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, Nathan Redmond, Jay Rodríguez, Sofiane Boufal

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Mousa Dembélé, Victor Wanyama, Moussa Sissoko, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane