Tottenham Hotspur will be desperate for a morale-boosting win as they warm up for the Europa League quarter-final with a Premier League clash against doomed Southampton.
It looks like Ange Postecoglou will need to steer Tottenham to Euro glory to save his job after a desperately disappointing domestic campaign.
Thursday's 1-0 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which brought up all three recommended bets for me, left Spurs sitting 14th in the table and fans are fuming after just one win in six games for Postecoglou's side.
Tottenham aren't justifying their status as Europa League favourites with that kind of form so the Aussie will be looking for a win ahead of their crunch clash with Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.
He's fortunate that Southampton's form is even worse, with the side sitting rock bottom of the league on a seven-game run without a win.
It looked like Saints would end that drought against Crystal Palace in midweek only for the Eagles to score a last-minute leveller.
Ivan Juric's men are desperate to avoid being the worst side in Premier League history and now need just one more point to match the tally of dismal Derby from 2007-2008.
How the bookies favourites: Saints don't have a prayer
Spurs have been in terrible form at home in the Premier League, winning just one of their last 10. But they're still BoyleSports' 4/11 favourites against a side hurtling towards relegation, with Southampton 13/2 outsiders and the draw paying 15/4.
Recent head to head: Spurs bossing it
Southampton were thrashed 5-0 at home by Tottenham earlier this season, a result that saw Russell Martin pick up his P45. That continued Spurs' recent dominance of this fixture, with Saints winning just one of the last nine meetings. They crashed to a 4-1 loss on their last visit to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Players to watch: Madd for it
Playmaker James Maddison scored twice in that rout at St Mary's earlier this season and will fancy his chances in the return. He's 7/4 at BoyleSports for anytime scorer while Paddy Power price him at 10/11 to either score or assist.
Paul Onuachu was superb for Southampton in midweek and gor the goal his performance merited. The big striker is 5/2 at BoyleSports to follow it up with another goal in London.
Probable line-ups
Postecoglou will probably shake things up a bit after their clash with Chelsea, given they have one eye on that European date with Frankfurt. Richarlison is pushing for a comeback after injury but Radu Draguisn remains out while Kevin Danso and Dejan Kulusevski are doubts.
Saints boss Juric will be tempted to go with the same side that played so well against Palace. He's still without Juan Larios, Will Smallbone and Ross Stewart due to injuries.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Davies, Romero, Spence, Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison, Tel, Odobert, Solanke.
Southampton: Ramsdale, Stephens, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Walker-Peters, Manning, Downes, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Sulemana, Onuachu.
Anything else catch the eye?
Southampton will take heart from their midweek display and could get some joy against a Spurs defence that always gives the oppositions a few sights of goal.
BTTS is just 11/20 with BoyleSports but if you combine it with no draw it boosts the odds to 21/20. Kamaldeen Sulemana always looks a threat whenever I see him play and the Saints forward could be worth a punt at 7/4 with Bet365 just to have an effort on target.
Postecoglou's side usually rack up plenty of corners so that's another market worth looking at. Backing them at -3 in the corner handicap pays 11/10 at Paddy Power for this one.
With Spurs having such a big European tie looming, I'd be surprised if we saw a lot of cards. That makes under 37.5 booking points worth a look at evens with Betfred.
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