Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2016

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Southampton

Premier League · Sunday 8 May 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Southampton: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Southampton 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 May 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Heung-min Son opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Heung-min Son (16'). Southampton scored through Steven Davis (31') and Steven Davis (72').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 2nd on 72 points from 36 and Southampton 7th on 57 points from 36. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Southampton 7th with 63.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Steven Davis of Southampton (8.3), ahead of Dusan Tadic (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Steven DavisSouthampton · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Sadio ManéSouthampton
  • 72'Goal · Steven DavisSouthampton · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuSouthampton
  • 83'Yellow card · Ingo GoetzeSouthampton

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Toby Alderweireld, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Mousa Dembélé, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Erik Lamela, Harry Kane

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fraser Forster, Cuco Martina, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Victor Wanyama, Jordy Clasie, Sadio Mané, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Shane Long