Southampton 1-1 Spurs - the numbers

It was a frustrating trip to the south coast for us on Tuesday afternoon as we were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Southampton.

Our hosts enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges at St Mary’s Stadium and duly got themselves ahead on 25 minutes as a fizzing strike from James Ward-Prowse broke the deadlock. By the 41^st minute though, we were back on terms with Harry Kane rifling home from the penalty spot after Heung-Min Son was brought down by Mohammed Salisu in the box – the defender being dismissed in the process after being shown his second yellow card.

With the man advantage, we took the game to the Saints in the second half - Harry Kane and Matt Doherty both putting the ball in the back of the net, only to for both attempts to be ruled out, while we also had eight shots on target. However, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side remained resilient at the back, forcing us to settle for a point.

Here’s a look at the key numbers behind the game…

Highlights - Southampton 1-1 Spurs

Habitual Harry

3 – Harry Kane now has three goals in his last three Premier League appearances.

11 – It is the first time in just over 11 months that Harry has scored in three league games on the bounce.

17 – In 12 appearances against Southampton in the top flight, our number 10 has been involved in 17 goals (11 scored, six assists) – against no side in the competition has he contributed more.

11 – He has now been directly involved in more away goals at St Mary’s Stadium than at any other venue in the Premier League (six scored, five assisted). He has also scored in six of his last seven games there.

25 – His penalty strike marked the 25^th time he has scored from the spot in the Premier League. He has scored 89 per cent of his penalties in the competition (25/28) and only five players have scored more than him since the league’s inception.

17 - Only Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (24) has scored more Premier League goals than Harry (17) in 2021.

170 – The strike was his 170^th goal in the Premier League.

Stubborn Saints

1 – There has been just one clean sheet recorded in this fixture by either team in the last 12 meetings between the sides.

2 – We have lost just two of our last 10 visits to St Mary’s in the Premier League, winning five time and drawing three.

1 – We have now lost just one of our last 13 final league games of a calendar year, winning seven and drawing five. However, we have failed to win any of our last four such games.

6 - Antonio Conte remains unbeaten against Southampton as a manager in all competitions. Having faced them six times in his career so far, he has come out on top in five of those meetings (D1).

21 – We attempted 21 shots against the Saints – the most we have in any of our 17 Premier League games so far this season.

Other key numbers

7 – Antonio Conte is the first Spurs manager in Premier League history to remain unbeaten after his first seven games in the competition.

6 - So far in 10 matches under the Italian, six opposition players have been shown red cards.

3 – In each of our last three league games, an opposition player has been dismissed – this is the first time this has happened to a single side in the Premier League since 2015.

300 - Eric Dier made his 300^th appearance in our colours. He is the 48^th player in our Football League history to reach that milestone.

30 – After 17 league games this term, we have collected 30 points and sit sixth. At the same stage last season, we also sat sixth with the same points tally.