Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 August 2022

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 6 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Southampton: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Southampton 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 August 2022. It was 2-1 at half-time.

James Ward-Prowse opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Ryan Sessegnon (21'), Eric Dier (31'), an own goal by Mohammed Salisu (61') and Dejan Kulusevski (63'). Southampton scored through James Ward-Prowse (12').

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

Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Southampton 20th with 25.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Southampton in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dejan Kulusevski of Tottenham Hotspur (8.4), ahead of Emerson Royal (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 3 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Ryan SessegnonTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Ryan SessegnonTottenham Hotspur
  • 31'Goal · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 61'Own goal · Mohammed SalisuTottenham Hotspur · 3-1
  • 63'Goal · Dejan KulusevskiTottenham Hotspur · 4-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Rodrigo BentancurTottenham Hotspur
  • 88'Yellow card · Yves BissoumaTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 5, draws 2, Southampton 3.

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Emerson Royal, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Ryan Sessegnon, Dejan Kulusevski, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane

Southampton line-up (5-3-2)

Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Yan Valery, Jan Bednarek, Mohammed Salisu, Moussa Djenepo, James Ward-Prowse, Roméo Lavia, Oriol Romeu, Joe Aribo, Adam Armstrong