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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 205
Southampton wins: 65
Draws: 52
Spurs wins: 88
Long before the formation of the Premier League, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur would regularly collide in the Western League, Southern League and Second Division during the early to mid 20th century, and the familiar foes have now met 205 times in all tournaments.
Spurs do hold the head-to-head edge with 88 wins over the Saints, including a 5-0 slaughter in the 2024-25 Premier League season, where they scored five goals in the first half of a Premier League game for the first time ever.
A few months later, Tottenham officially relegated Southampton to the Championship thanks to a 3-1 win at home, as the Saints suffered the earliest-ever demotion from the Premier League in gameweek 31.
The South Coast side have collected a respectable 65 triumphs of their own in this fixture, though, and 52 other battles - including an unforgettable encounter in March 2023 - have ended level.
On that fateful day in the 2022-23 season, Tottenham let a 3-1 lead slip to draw 3-3 with Southampton in their final game under Antonio Conte, who cut an apoplectic figure as he tore into his players during the post-game press conference.
Conte had also overseen a shock 3-2 home defeat to Southampton in February 2022, but Spurs managed to right those wrongs with a 4-1 North London lashing several months later, where a James Ward-Prowse opener was in vain.
All in all, Southampton have only beaten Tottenham once in their last 10 meetings across all competitions, although they have been defeated in just two of their last seven Premier League home games against Spurs - winning twice and drawing the other three.
In between a 2-0 home defeat in December 2015 and the 5-0 embarrassment nine years later, Southampton scored in 15 consecutive Premier League games against Tottenham, their longest-ever streak against a single opponent in the competition.
Speaking of goals, Son Heung-min has been a perpetual tormentor of Southampton with an unrivalled 13 goals against the Saints, the same tally that former teammate Harry Kane and Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier managed in this fixture.
Last 20 meetings
Apr 06, 2025: Spurs 3-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 15, 2024: Southampton 0-5 Spurs (Premier League)
Mar 18, 2023: Southampton 3-3 Spurs (Premier League)
Aug 06, 2022: Spurs 4-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Feb 09, 2022: Spurs 2-3 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 28, 2021: Southampton 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Apr 21, 2021: Spurs 2-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Sep 20, 2020: Southampton 2-5 Spurs (Premier League)
Feb 05, 2020: Spurs 3-2 Southampton (FA Cup Fourth Round)
Jan 25, 2020: Southampton 1-1 Spurs (FA Cup Fourth Round)
Jan 01, 2020: Southampton 1-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 28, 2019: Spurs 2-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Mar 09, 2019: Southampton 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Dec 05, 2018: Spurs 3-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Jan 21, 2018: Southampton 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Dec 26, 2017: Spurs 5-2 Southampton (Premier League)
Mar 19, 2017: Spurs 2-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 28, 2016: Southampton 1-4 Spurs (Premier League)
May 08, 2016: Spurs 1-2 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 19, 2015: Southampton 0-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Apr 06, 2025: Spurs 3-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 15, 2024: Southampton 0-5 Spurs (Premier League)
Mar 18, 2023: Southampton 3-3 Spurs (Premier League)
Aug 06, 2022: Spurs 4-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Feb 09, 2022: Spurs 2-3 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 28, 2021: Southampton 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Apr 21, 2021: Spurs 2-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Sep 20, 2020: Southampton 2-5 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 01, 2020: Southampton 1-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 28, 2019: Spurs 2-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Ben Knapton
