Son Heung-min challenges his first goal of the season once morest Fulham on the 3rd. News 1
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham) challenges Fulham to score a goalkeeper for the season.
Tottenham Hotspur will play a home match once morest Fulham in the 6th round of the English Premier League (EPL) for the 2022-23 season at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 3rd (Korea time). Tottenham Hotspur’s early season is good. They are unbeaten in their opening five matches (3 wins, 2 draws) and are third in the league following Arsenal (15 points) and Manchester City (Man City, 13 points).
On the other hand, Son Heung-min, who was the joint top scorer in the EPL last season (23, Mohamed Salah), has been silent for five consecutive games since the start of this season. He only helped in the opening game once morest Southampton (4-1). Last season, when he won the top scorer, he had a taste of goals from the opening match once morest Manchester City. He also had a season in which he started scoring belatedly. It is the 2018-19 season. Scored his first goal in his 10 league appearances. However, the situation of Heung-Min Son at that time was different from this season. After the first round, he was absent for a while to participate in the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games.
Son Heung-min, who was the top scorer in the EPL last season, has been silent on goals in five games since the start of this season. AFP = Yonhap News
As the slump continues, some are predicting that transfer student Hisharlison, who was a backup player, will start in place of Son Heung-min. Hischarlisson is mainly a substitute for Son Heung-min. Heung-Min Son is highly likely to start the match as a candidate once morest Fulham. Tottenham Hotspur’s tight game schedule. Starting with Fulham, Tottenham will play the first match of the UEFA Champions League group stage once morest Marseille (France) on the 8th, and the league match once morest Manchester City on the 11th.
Coach Antonio Conte is expected to take out some of the key players in this match or use them in the second half to distribute their stamina. “The next game once morest Fulham will start a rotation,” Conte said. “I shared this with the players. Going forward, we have a tight schedule.” Soccer statistics site WhoScore.com placed Hisharlisson as the left winger instead of Heung-Min Son as the expected starting lineup for Tottenham once morest Fulham.
Of course, even if Son Heung-min comes into the game as a substitute, there is a good chance that the first goal will be scored. Kim Hyung-il, commentator of JTBC, predicted, “Son Heung-min is a threatening striker who can score at any time. You shouldn’t judge by looking at the first few games. Whether it’s a starter or a joker, just one goal chance is enough.”
Fulham, the promotion team once morest Tottenham, puts Aleksandr Mitrovic, the former “Secondary Top Scorer,” who is second in scoring with five goals this season, at the forefront of the attack. Mitrović, who was responsible for more than half of the team’s goals (8 goals), became the top scorer with 43 goals in the 2021-22 season when he played in the Championship (Second Division). Fulham did well in their opening 5 games with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. In the opening game, they drew 2-2 once morest champion Liverpool, and won 2-1 once morest Brighton in the previous round in the fifth round. In the opponent record, Tottenham have met Fulham in the last 4 times with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Reporter Pi Joo-young akapj@joongang.co.kr
