▲ Tottenham Hotspur ahead of the match against Brentford ▲ Tottenham, which was particularly strong on Boxing Day, 12 wins and 3 draws in 15 games after losing against Portsmouth in 2003 ▲ Tottenham solver Harry Kane scored 9 goals (6 matches) on Boxing Day alone, the highest scorer in the Premier League Record / Son Heung-min scored 4 goals in 5 matches
[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = Tottenham Hotspur will face off against Brentford. It is the first official match after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Tottenham is set to face off against Brentofed in the 2022/23 Premier League Round 16 held at the Brentford Community Stadium on the afternoon of the 26th (Korean time).
It is the first official match after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Last week, I checked my condition through a friendly against Nice, and I plan to digest a tight schedule once again.
The interest is the son-ke duo sortie. In the case of Son Heung-min, he is about to return to the official game after 54 days through the Brentford match. Last month, Son Heung-min was replaced with an injury in the 23rd minute of the first half during the match against Marseille in the final match of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2022/23 season. During a public ball contest, he suffered a blow to the face and was diagnosed with an orbital fracture.
Despite the injury, Son Heung-min’s class was still the same. At the World Cup in Qatar, Son Heung-min played until the round of 16 while wearing a mask. He showed off his presence by leading the national team to the round of 16 for the first time in 12 years.
Now it’s the Premier League. Our first opponent is Brentford. This is the first matchup of the season. At the same time, it is a Boxing Day match held the day after Christmas.
So far, Tottenham has shown a particularly strong appearance on Boxing Day. According to football statistics media ‘OPTA’, Tottenham are on a 15-game unbeaten streak on Boxing Day. 12 wins and 3 draws. Their last Boxing Day loss was against Portsmouth in 2003. This is the record for the most unbeaten runs in the Premier League.
The Tottenham player who showed the best performance on Boxing Day was Kane. He scored 9 goals in 6 matches. This is the highest score in the Premier League. Even if he scores just one more goal against Brentford, he becomes the top scorer on Boxing Day.
In the case of Son Heung-min, 4 goals (5 games) are in operation on Boxing Day. In the 2015/16 season against Norwich, he was silent. The following season, no Boxing Day match was played. That’s how he scored his first goal on Boxing Day against Southampton in the 2017/18 season, and then started two goals against Bournemouth the following season. During the 2019/20 season he was silent. There was no Boxing Day schedule for the 2020/21 season. Instead, last season, he scored a goal at home against Palace.
Photo = Getty Images / Data source = Opta