Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 Southampton

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 Southampton: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Southampton 5-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Harry Kane opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Harry Kane (22'), Harry Kane (39'), Dele Alli (49'), Heung-min Son (51') and Harry Kane (67'). Southampton scored through Sofiane Boufal (64') and Dusan Tadić (82').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 34 points from 19 and Southampton 13th on 19 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Southampton 17th with 36.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur (9.4), ahead of Dele Alli (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 1 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile HöjbjergSouthampton
  • 22'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 51'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 4-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Ingo GoetzeSouthampton
  • 64'Goal · Sofiane BoufalSouthampton · 4-1
  • 67'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 5-1
  • 82'Goal · Dusan TadićSouthampton · 5-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 8, draws 1, Southampton 1.

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Serge Aurier, Davinson Sánchez, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Mousa Dembélé, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane

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

Fraser Forster, Jack Stephens, Maya Yoshida, Wesley Hoedt, Matt Targett, Oriol Romeu, Sofiane Boufal, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Mario Lemina, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long