Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 1

Aug 6, 2022 at 3pm UK

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Spurs
4 - 1
Southampton

Sessegnon (21'), Dier (31'), Salisu (61' og.), Kulusevski (63')
Sessegnon (24'), Bentancur (75'), Bissouma (88')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Ward-Prowse (12')

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Tottenham Hotspur

Last Six:

Last Game: Spurs 0-1 Roma
Saturday, July 30 at 7.15pm in Club Friendlies 1

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
16	Southampton	0	0	0
17	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0
18	West Ham United	0	0	0

Southampton

Last Six:

Last Game: Southampton 1-2 Villarreal
Saturday, July 30 at 3pm in Club Friendlies 1

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
15	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0
16	Southampton	0	0	0
17	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0

We said: Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Southampton

This is a tough opener for Southampton, and we are finding it very difficult to predict anything other than a defeat for the Saints. Tottenham were strong towards the end of last season and look in good shape for the 2022-23 campaign, so we can only see a comfortable home victory here. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Tottenham Hotspur win with a probability of 62.46%. A draw had a probability of 20.4% and a win for Southampton had a probability of 17.17%.

The most likely scoreline for a Tottenham Hotspur win was 2-0 with a probability of 9.98%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.94%) and 1-0 (9.57%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.53%), while for a Southampton win it was 1-2 (4.74%). The actual scoreline of 4-1 was predicted with a 3.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Tottenham Hotspur would win this match.

Result
Tottenham Hotspur	Draw	Southampton
62.46% ( 0.02)	20.37% ( -0.05)	17.17% ( 0.02)

Both teams to score 55.22% (

0.21)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

59.49% (

0.25)

40.51% (

-0.25)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

37.11% (

0.26)

62.89% (

-0.26)

Tottenham Hotspur Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.58% (

0.08)

12.42% (

-0.08)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

61.68% (

0.17)

38.32% (

-0.18)

Southampton Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.05% (

0.18)

36.95% (

-0.18)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.27% (

0.18)

73.73% (

-0.18)

Score Analysis

Tottenham Hotspur 62.46%

Southampton 17.17%

Draw 20.37%

Tottenham Hotspur	Draw	Southampton
2-0 @ 9.98% ( -0.05) 2-1 @ 9.94% ( -0) 1-0 @ 9.57% ( -0.08) 3-0 @ 6.94% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 6.91% ( 0.02) 4-0 @ 3.62% ( 0) 4-1 @ 3.61% ( 0.02) 3-2 @ 3.44% ( 0.03) 4-2 @ 1.8% ( 0.02) 5-0 @ 1.51% ( 0.01) 5-1 @ 1.5% ( 0.01) Other @ 3.64% Total : 62.46%	1-1 @ 9.53% ( -0.03) 2-2 @ 4.95% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 4.59% ( -0.05) 3-3 @ 1.14% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.16% Total : 20.37%	1-2 @ 4.74% ( 0.01) 0-1 @ 4.57% ( -0.03) 0-2 @ 2.27% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.64% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 1.58% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.37% Total : 17.17%