Southampton 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 October 2012

Result

Southampton 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 28 October 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Southampton 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Southampton lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Southampton's goal came from Jay Rodríguez (66'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Gareth Bale (15') and Clint Dempsey (39').

Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 19th on 4 points from 8 and Tottenham Hotspur 7th on 14 points from 8. Southampton went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 72.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Southampton wins, 1 draw and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Tottenham Hotspur's L-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Clint DempseyTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
  • 65'Yellow card · SandroTottenham Hotspur
  • 66'Goal · Jay RodríguezSouthampton · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+3'Yellow card · J. LivermoreTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 6, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Nathaniel Clyne, Maya Yoshida, José Fonte, Danny Fox, Morgan Schneiderlin, Steven Davis, Adam Lallana, Jason Puncheon, Jay Rodríguez, Rickie Lambert, Artur Boruc

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jan Vertonghen, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Steven Caulker, Tom Huddlestone, Clint Dempsey, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel, Sandro