New signings made to wait
Tottenham fans wanting to see the club's new signings in Antonio Conte's starting XI vs Southampton would have been left slightly disappointed by his selection on the opening day. Bringing six new players to north London, all of whom along with Pape Matar Sarr were introduced to the crowd ahead of kick-off, five of them were named on the Spurs bench as Richarlison missed out altogether through suspension.
Amid doubts over Yves Bissouma's fitness after tweaking his hamstring against Roma, the new signing was fit enough to make the squad and was joined there by Ivan Perisic, who himself has been working his way back to fitness following a calf issue. Clement Lenglet also missed out on the XI as Ben Davies got the nod in the back three after his recent ankle injury, with Fraser Forster and Djed Spence taking up two more spots on the substitutes' bench.
