Southampton vs Tottenham: The reason why Spurs love playing Saints in recent years

Southampton vs Tottenham: The reason why Spurs love playing Saints in recent years
Tottenham will be looking to continue their excellent record against Southampton when they travel to St Mary’s on Saturday afternoon.Spurs are winless in their last three Premier League matches and manager Mauricio Pochettino will serve the first of a two-game touchline ban during the clash, but he will take solace from his record against his former club.Getty1

Pochettino will watch on from the stands at St Mary’s

Saints have only beaten Spurs once in their last 13 attempts in the Premier League – a 2-1 victory at White Hart Lane in May 2016.Out of those 13 meetings, Tottenham have only failed to win on three occasions.A disappointing run of results has seen Spurs fall out of the title race and into a battle for the top four, however they regained some momentum in midweek with an impressive 1-0 victory at Borussia Dortmund, sending them through to the Champions League quarter-finals.

Tottenham's impressive record against Southampton

• Oct 28, 2012: Southampton 1-2 Tottenham
• May 4, 2013: Tottenham 1-0 Southampton
• Dec 22, 2013: Southampton 2-3 Tottenham
• Mar 23, 2014: Tottenham 3-2 Southampton
• Oct 5, 2014: Tottenham 1-0 Southampton
• Apr 25, 2015: Southampton 2-2 Tottenham
• Dec 19, 2015: Southampton 0-2 Tottenham
• May 8, 2016: Tottenham 1-2 Southampton
• Dec 28, 2016: Southampton 1-4 Tottenham
• Mar 19, 2017: Tottenham 2-1 Southampton
• Dec 26, 2017: Tottenham 5-2 Southampton
• Jan 21, 2018: Tottenham 3-1 Southampton
• Dec 5, 2018: Tottenham 3-1 Southampton

Pochettino will hope to set things right domestically by continuing his remarkable record against his former employers.But the Argentine will have to watch from the stands after he was given a two-game touchline ban for angrily confronting Mike Dean after the 2-1 defeat to Burnley. “I am in shock. I still think it’s unfair. I can do nothing,” he said.“I feel a bit sad with the punishment. I need to wait and see what they put on the letter and the reason to ban me with two games. That is unbelievable, no?”

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