Afternoon, everyone, and welcome to live coverage of Tottenham’s clash with Southampton. Spurs have won their last nine at home in the Premier League but they are without Harry Kane today against the last team to win at White Hart Lane. Team news is next.
Premier League / Matchday 29
White Hart Lane / 19.03.2017
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- C. Eriksen(14')
- D. Alli(33' PEN)
- J. Ward-Prowse(52')
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Updated 19/03/2017 at 16:10 GMT
19'
Cedric makes a sliding tackle to stop Eriksen getting on the end of an Alli flick that would have seen him running through on goal.
17'
Romeu fizzes a shot wide from 25 yards, via a deflection from Alderweireld, but no corner given.
15'
Alli has a half-chance to make it two but, on the turn, scuffs his effort straight at Forster.
14'
GOAL! Spurs lead! Eriksen comes in from the right and from outside the box slots a left-footed shot past Forster into the bottom corner.
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Goal
C. Eriksen
Tottenham Hotspur
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Goals1
On target1
Blocked Shots1
Corners2
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13'
An Eriksen cross is flicked up into the air by Dier but Son can't win his header five yards out.
10'
Dier dives in on Redmond and doesn't get any of the ball to pick up the first booking of the game.
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Yellow card
E. Dier
Tottenham Hotspur
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
10'
Ward-Prowse steals the ball from Dembele to launch a Southampton counter-attack but ex-Saint Wanyama soon dispossesses Tadic before a chance is created.
8'
Tadic dinks a through ball into Gabbiadini's path but the Italian is flagged for offside as he bears down on goal.
7'
Tadic is down with a head injury, however looks okay to continue.
6'
Tottenham dominating the early minutes here, with Southampton struggling to maintain possession.
3'
Eriksen's delicious through ball releases Son in behind the Southampton defence but Forster gets a hand to his first-time shot.
1'
Andre Marriner is the referee today.
1st Half
1'
Southampton, in their usual red and white stripes, get the game underway.
14:12
The teams are on their way out onto the pitch and kick-off is imminent. In the meantime, here are the goals from last season's encounter.
14:09
At home in the league this season Tottenham concede only half a goal per game - the fewest in the league.
14:07
Manchester United's win means the gap between Tottenham and fifth place has been cut to four points. Yes that's right, United are finally out of sixth!
14:03
For talismanic strikers, see also.
14:00
If he scores today, Gabbiadini will become only the third player to score in his first four Premier League games. Diego Costa and Mick Quinn are the other two.
13:58
On the subject of talismanic strikers, Southampton have one of their own in Manolo Gabbiadini. The Italian has scored six goals in four games since his arrival and including his last three games at Napoli is on a run of scoring in seven games in a row.
13:55
Tottenham are of course without Kane today, their talisman and the Premier League’s second top scorer with 19 goals, but the good news is that Son is in good form having hit a hat-trick against Millwall last time out in the FA Cup.