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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Claus LundekvamSouthampton
  • 44'Goal · Frédéric KanoutéTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 47'Goal · Peter CrouchSouthampton · 3-1
  • 52'Yellow card · David PruttonSouthampton
  • 61'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 4-1
  • 88'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 5-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 1, Southampton 5.

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