FA Cup replay updates from the 7.45pm GMT kick-offDavid Squires on … what football can expect after BrexitAnd feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 6.58pm GMT A bonus sprinkling of team news, because the FA Cup is special, isn’t it. Giovani Lo Celso misses out through injury, as does Erik Lamela. Dele Alli was only fit enough for the bench after picking up a knock at the weekend. Stuart Armstrong wasn’t expected to make it at all, thanks to a hip problem, but like Dele he’s in the dugouts tonight. 6.55pm GMT Tottenham make four changes to the team selected for the original tie at St Mary’s. Jan Vertonghen, Eric Dier, Tanguy Ndombele and Ryan Sessegnon are in; Dele Alli, Davison Sanchez and Gedson Fernandes drop to the bench, while Giovani Lo Celso misses out altogether.Saints make three changes to the side named for that match. Oriol Romeu, Sofiane Boufal and Shane Long step up; Stuart Armstrong and Michael Obafemi drop to the bench, while Kevin Danso is left out altogether. 6.47pm GMT Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Tanganga, Dier, Winks, Ndombele, Sessegnon, Lucas, Son.Subs: Gazzaniga, Sanchez, Cirkin, Skipp, Gedson, Dele, Parrott.Southampton: Gunn, Ward-Prowse, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Boufal, Redmond, Ings, Long.Subs: Lewis, Vokins, Vestergaard, Smallbone, Armstrong, Obafemi, Adams. 3.07pm GMT Since Southampton returned to the Premier League in 2012, they haven’t enjoyed travelling to Tottenham Hotspur very much. There have been eight matches between the clubs in N17, and Spurs have won seven of them. If this recent history is any guide, then tonight’s FA Cup fourth-round replay at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a shoo-in for the eponymous hosts.But not all recent history is against the Saints. Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side may have depended on a late Sofiane Boufal equaliser at St Mary’s to force this replay, but they beat Jose Mourinho’s men down by the Solent in the league on New Year’s Day. They asked Spurs a few questions in defeat here back in September. And they’ve scored in each of their last ten matches against Spurs. The top-line stats may not make for great reading for today’s visitors, but all is not yet lost. Continue readingreadfullarticle
