
A win today will have fans and pundits alike using words such as momentum when describing Antonio Conte’s Tottenham. Spurs are moving in the opposite direction to the relegation form that the joyless Nuno Espírito Santo wandered into.
Picking a likely XI is not a straightforward business Conte, one gets a sense of the Italian’s favourite/ideal XI; however, a combination of the intensity with which the players are delivering and the fixture pile-up, makes for too many potential spanners in the equation. Spurs are notional favourites, and I wouldn’t put it past Harry Kane to score again as he looks to reinstate himself as a talismanic figure.
We’re minus Lo Celso who actually injured managed to injure himself against West Ham – a game he played zero minutes in. Southampton has four players injured, in Alex McCarthy, Jack Stephens, Nathan Tella, plus two COVID cases, in Lyanco Silveira and Neves Vojnovic.

My prediction is a Tottenham win. Maybe a goal-fest.
Shouldn’t be knocked over by KWP.
This the kind if lineup i would put out for Wat?Ford. But trust in Conte
Could be. There’s a Nando’s in the mall at Southampton near the train station.
Nando’s
Can see a narrow victory for us today 2-1 or 3-2. Really worry about Dele and Winks playing. And where is NDombele?
Hoping for repeat 0-4 performances at Soton and Watford from the Christmas trot of a few years ago. Dele and Harry show put VanDijk in the spin cycle. Good times that.
Confirmed starting XI: Lloris, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Sanchez, Son, Winks, Kane, Royal, Dier, Alli, Davies.
I think we can resign ourselves to a back 3 as base.
Picking this team with Watford on mind
Llors Dier Sanchez Davies Reggie Royal Hojberg DNombele Lucas Son Kane.
This will morphed into a 4 man defense even if we swap Winks for Tanguy, one will of to sit in the middle of the park.
Can’t see Conte changing the formation too much, and certainly not to a back four.
Harry, for at least the second game in a row you’ve gone with a back 4 when Antonio always goes with a back 3.