Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2004
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Southampton
Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Southampton: match report
Tottenham Hotspur defeated Southampton 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 December 2004. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (8'), Jermain Defoe (27'), Frédéric Kanouté (44'), Jermain Defoe (61') and Robbie Keane (88'). Southampton scored through Peter Crouch (47').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 11th on 22 points from 17 and Southampton 19th on 13 points from 17. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Southampton 20th with 32.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 5 for Southampton.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Southampton's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 27'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 43'Yellow card · Claus Lundekvam
- 44'Goal · Frédéric Kanouté
- 47'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 52'Yellow card · David Prutton
- 61'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 88'Goal · Robbie Keane
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up
Paul Robinson, Reto Ziegler, Noé Pamarot, Thimothée Atouba, Ledley King, Anthony Gardner, Michael Carrick, Rohan Ricketts, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe
Southampton expected line-up
Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Andreas Jakobsson, Jelle Van Damme, Darren Kenton, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, Dexter Blackstock, Neill McCann, Rory Delap