Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 5 January 2011

Result

Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Wednesday 5 January 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Everton won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 5 January 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Everton's goals came from Louis Saha (3') and S. Coleman (76'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Rafael van der Vaart (11').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 14th on 22 points from 20 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 36 points from 20. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 62.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Everton wins, 4 draws and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Everton's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-W-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Louis SahaEverton · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Phil NevilleEverton
  • 76'Goal · S. ColemanEverton · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 3, draws 4, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

Everton expected line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Lucas Neill, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Tim Cahill, Louis Saha, Johnny Heitinga

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Alan Hutton, William Gallas, Michael Dawson, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Jermaine Jenas, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon