Spurs win a corner but Southampton keep them at bay, and seconds later Moussa Sissoko is booked for a rough tackle on Danny Ings on halfway.

Moussa Djenepo's day is done, and he is replaced by Shane Long.

Moussa Djenepo clips Giovani Lo Celso and is booked, meaning that Mike Dean's popularity plummets with Saints fans again.

Dele Alli drifts into space on the left and chips the ball towards Harry Kane in the box, but it's cut out easily.

Referee Mike Dean is not winning a popularity contest with the home fans after that, it's fair to say.

Spurs have shown little in this half so far, and Southampton look comfortable.

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48 mins

Southampton 1-0 Tottenham

The ball slams into Toby Alderweireld's arm in the area, but nothing is given.

We go to VAR, and on review the original decision stands. Maybe at too close range to be judged an offence?

What a chance for Nathan Redmond!

Within seconds of the restart he's picked out by a floated cross from Cedric Soares into the area, but he cannot keep he volley down and it sails over the bar.

And we're under way again, with no changes from either side.

Lucas Moura drags a shot low and well wide of Alex McCarthy's right post in the last seconds of injury time, summing up an off-colour 45 minutes for Spurs.

Southampton thoroughly deserve their lead.

Jose Mourinho is being compared unfavourably, to say the least, to Mauricio Pochettino by the home fans...

There's a bit of penalty box pinball in the Saints area, and Giovani Lo Celso's shot rolls wide of McCarthy's left post.

An aimless ball from Jan Vertonghen drops into the area but Ryan Bertrand calmly chests it back to his keeper.

Jan Vertonghen misses Spurs' best chance of the game so far, hooking the ball way over the bar from inside the six yard box after it fell to him invitingly at a corner!

Harry Kane's low shot is on target but spilled by Alex McCarthy, who then scrambles it away as Dele Alli closes in.

Mike Dean's yellow card is out - but only because it slips out by accident. Dele Alli was looking a bit worried there.

Alex McCarthy is then impeded by Alli as he tries to take a goal kick - it's fair to say the England midfielder is not the most popular person on the south coast right now.

Giovani Lo Celso has looked lively since he came on, and he's popping up on either flank at the moment but Spurs need some spark, and have looked disjointed so far.

Stuart Armstrong feeds Nathan Redmond from the right, and Redmond's on-target shot from close range is deflected away by a vital touch from Toby Alderweireld.

Ryan Bertrand is challenged on the touchline by Dele Alli, who's getting plenty of stick from the home fans for his penalty claims earlier.

At last, a decent move from Spurs, with Harry Kane setting up Lo Celso for a shot that is stabbed wide off a Saints defender.

The first corner is nodded behind for another, and at this one Alex McCarthy judges it well, collecting while off balance going backwards.