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Tottenham 3-1 Southampton - December 26, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 19

White Hart Lane - London - England

December 26, 1996

30 549

3 - 1

Southampton

Steffen Iversen

30'

Allan Nielsen

64'

40'

Matt Le Tissier

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1' - Goal Steffen Iversen1

7' - Substitution Neil Maddisonis substituted by Matt Robinson

26' - Substitution Gordon Watsonis substituted by Matt Le Tissier

30' - Goal Steffen Iversen30

40' - Goal Matt Le Tissier

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46' - Substitution Ruel Foxis substituted by John Scales46

64' - Goal Allan Nielsen64

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

3 - 1

Southampton

Tottenham Southampton

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Walker

Ian Walker

England

B.date31/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Calderwood

Colin Calderwood

Scotland

B.date20/01/1965

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Carr

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Howells

David Howells

England

B.date15/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fox46

Ruel Fox

Montserrat

B.date14/01/1968

Age28 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Nielsen64

Allan Nielsen

Denmark

B.date13/03/1971

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Wilson

Clive Wilson

England

B.date13/11/1961

Age35 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

Sinton

Andy Sinton

England

B.date19/03/1966

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Iversen301

Steffen Iversen

Norway

B.date10/11/1976

Age20 years

H1m85

positionForward

Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Walker		25	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell		22	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Calderwood		31	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Carr		20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Howells		29	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruel Fox	46	28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Nielsen	64	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Wilson		35	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Sinton		30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steffen Iversen	301	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham		30	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Southampton

Beasant

Dave Beasant

England

B.date20/03/1959

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Lundekvam

Claus Lundekvam

Norway

B.date22/02/1973

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

van Gobbel

Ulrich van Gobbel

Netherlands

B.date16/01/1971

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Maddison7

Neil Maddison

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Magilton

Jim Magilton

Northern Ireland

B.date06/05/1969

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Neilson

Alan Neilson

Wales

B.date26/09/1972

Age24 years

positionCentre Midfield

Slater

Robbie Slater

Australia

B.date22/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Berkovic

Eyal Berkovic

Israel

B.date02/04/1972

Age24 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Watson26

Gordon Watson

England

B.date20/03/1971

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

Ostenstad

Egil Ostenstad

Norway

B.date02/01/1972

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Beasant		37	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claus Lundekvam		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ulrich van Gobbel		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali		27	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Maddison	7	27	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Magilton		27	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Neilson		24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Slater		32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyal Berkovic		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Watson	26	25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Scales	46	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Matt Robinson	7	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Matt Le Tissier	4026	28	420	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jim Magilton

Matt Oakley

OUT

Ulrich van Gobbel

Richard Dryden

OUT

Alan Neilson

Simon Charlton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gerry Francis

109

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Francis vs Southampton

8 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

Francis vs Souness

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Souness vs Tottenham

4 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

Souness vs Francis

5 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1996

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Tottenham keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Southampton in Premier League running (since 26/12/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/05/1990 (3 matches)

It's the first time Matt Le Tissier scores a goal vs Tottenham in Premier League since the 02/04/1995 (with Southampton vs Tottenham )

No Tottenham manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Gerry Francis has done less than 1.35 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 1-0 Aston Villa12/10/1996

VTottenham 2-1 Sunderland22/10/1996

VTottenham 1-0 West Ham02/11/1996

VTottenham 2-0 Sunderland16/11/1996

LTottenham 0-2 Liverpool02/12/1996

DTottenham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/12/1996

Overall

VTottenham 1-0 Aston Villa12/10/1996

VTottenham 2-1 Sunderland22/10/1996

VTottenham 1-0 West Ham02/11/1996

VTottenham 2-0 Sunderland16/11/1996

LTottenham 0-2 Liverpool02/12/1996

DTottenham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday21/12/1996

Current form

Overall

DSouthampton 2-2 Lincoln City22/10/1996

VSouthampton 6-3 Manchester United26/10/1996

LSouthampton 0-2 Leeds United23/11/1996

LSouthampton 0-1 Aston Villa07/12/1996

VSouthampton 3-2 Oxford United18/12/1996

VSouthampton 3-1 Derby County21/12/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Drawless streak	0	5
Scoring streak	0	2
Conceding streak	0	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
7	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.83
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.56

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 times)

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Teddy Sheringham	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Matt Le Tissier
Teddy Sheringham	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Clive Wilson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Matt Le Tissier
Clive Wilson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Eyal Berkovic
Allan Nielsen	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Matt Oakley

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

28 v

8 d

9 l

108 gf

49 ga

Away

45 matches

12 v

15 d

18 l

52 gf

62 ga

Total

90 matches

40 v

23 d

27 l

160 gf

111 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

18 v

15 d

12 l

62 gf

52 ga

Away

45 matches

9 v

8 d

28 l

49 gf

108 ga

Total

90 matches

27 v

23 d

40 l

111 gf

160 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	March 28, 1936
Home	8 - 0	March 28, 1936

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 07, 1984
Away	3 - 1	January 06, 1990

Latest head to head

September 14, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Southampton

0 - 1

Tottenham

March 02, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Tottenham

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

December 26, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Southampton

0 - 0

Tottenham

April 02, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Southampton

4 - 3

Tottenham

March 01, 1995 - FA Cup 1994/1995

Southampton

2 - 6

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Martin Chivers	6 goals	1968 - 1974
Jimmy Greaves	6 goals	1966 - 1969
Teddy Sheringham	5 goals	1993 - 1995
Tony Galvin	5 goals	1982 - 1986
Mark Falco	4 goals	1985 - 1985
Garry Brooke	4 goals	1980 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Matt Le Tissier	9 goals	1990 - 1995
Mick Channon	8 goals	1971 - 1981
Ron Davies	7 goals	1966 - 1970
Danny Wallace	6 goals	1984 - 1986
Steve Moran	5 goals	1980 - 1985
Graham Baker	4 goals	1979 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Gary Mabbutt	28 matches	1983 - 1996
Steve Perryman	25 matches	1969 - 1985
Chris Hughton	18 matches	1979 - 1990
Pat Jennings	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Paul Allen	16 matches	1985 - 1993
Ray Clemence	16 matches	1981 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Matt Le Tissier	20 matches	1986 - 1996
Mick Channon	18 matches	1968 - 1982
Nick Holmes	17 matches	1979 - 1987
Glenn Cockerill	17 matches	1985 - 1992
Terry Paine	16 matches	1966 - 1974
Danny Wallace	16 matches	1983 - 1989