There is just one Premier League match on Sunday and Nick Hext is expecting a narrow Tottenham win at Southampton.
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Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur (1600 GMT, Sky Sports Main Event)
The pressure is firmly on Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino ahead of Sunday's clash against in-form Tottenham at St Mary's.
Saints are on a 10-match Premier League winless run, the current longest in the division, and relegation worries are real for a club that hasn't finished lower than eighth in the top-flight in any of the last four seasons.
Southampton also have a miserable record against the top-six clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham) over the last couple of campaigns.
They have lost five of their eight matches against those sides and only managed to net a couple of goals.
It all unsurprisingly points to a win for odds-on favourites Spurs on Sunday but I anticipate it being a little closer than many expect.
Tottenham eased to a 5-2 victory over Southampton at Wembley back on Boxing Day and that is one of eight victories in their previous 10 outings for Mauricio Pochettino's men.
Harry Kane provides the central threat. Ten goals in his last six appearances is the latest stupendous run of form for the England international.
It will be tough for Saints to keep Spurs quiet but it's worth noting that the strugglers have only conceded more than one goal in two of their last nine home games in the Premier League.
That includes a 1-1 draw with Arsenal and 1-0 defeat to Manchester United so Southampton haven't been rolling over at every opportunity this term.
Chelsea and Manchester City have both battled to victories by a one-goal margin (1-0 and 2-1 respectively) over Pellegrino's team in the last couple of months and I envisage a similar struggle for Tottenham.
It needed an 89th minute goal from Dele Alli to make sure of a 2-0 win for Spurs at bottom-of-the-table Swansea in their previous match on the road and another sturdy performance will be required at St Mary's.
Pellegrino must have spent the entire week reminding his Southampton players of the errors they made in the 5-2 defeat at Wembley less than a month ago and I expect a much more committed display.
Tottenham have the quality of Kane, Alli, Christian Eriksen and more to get over the line but I'm only going for a win by one goal to the top-four hopefuls.
Prediction: Southampton 0-1 Tottenham (Sky Bet's odds: 6/1)
Posted at 1820 GMT on 19/01/18.
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