Can Southampton get one over former boss Mauricio Pochettino at the third time of asking at St Mary’s Stadium as Spurs come to town tonight?

The previous two returns to his former stomping ground for the Argentine ended in a 2-0 Tottenham win last season and a 2-2 draw the season before that.

And the Spreadex prices have the visitors as very slight favourites on a spread betting Goal Supremacy price of Tottenham/Southampton (h) 0 – 0.2 while the fixed odds are 15/8 Saints, 13/8 Spurs and 9/4 the draw.



The Lillywhites hold the advantage overall in recent clashes between the sides with six wins, one draw and one defeat in the last eight meetings.

Spurs themselves have slightly mixed form of late with five wins and three losses in their last eight matches in all competitions with the return of Harry Kane having helped lift the north London team from a slump that saw them go seven games without a victory.

Southampton meanwhile have only lost once in their last seven outings and have only lost once at home all season, that too runaway league leaders Chelsea back in October.

Claude Puel’s side have also softened the blow of losing leading scorer Charlie Austin, out with a shoulder injury, by welcoming back Jay Rodriguez, who last week hit a brace in a 3-1 win over Bournemouth on only his second Premier League start of the season.

Much of the south coast outfit’s success at home so far this term has come from a mean defence with matches at St Mary’s generally coming in on the lower side in terms of goals scored.

In the eight league games played at home by the Saints this campaign there have been a total of just 13 goals scored, averaging just 1.625 per match.

So the Spreadex prices – and the stats – would suggest a low scoring draw, however Spreadex punters sense goals and have been buying on a Total Goals spread of 2.35 – 2.55 and on a Total Goal Minutes price of 120 – 130 while Christian Eriksen’s Super Mega Player Goal Minutes is proving a popular buy among clients on a price of 13 – 17.