Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2012

Result

Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Everton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Everton defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Clint Dempsey opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Everton's goals came from Steven Pienaar (90') and Nikica Jelavić (90+2'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Clint Dempsey (76').

Discipline: Everton received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 7th on 23 points from 15 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 26 points from 15. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 72.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Everton wins, 4 draws and 2 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 37'Yellow card · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur
  • 42'Yellow card · Leighton BainesEverton
  • 70'Yellow card · Leon OsmanEverton
  • 76'Goal · Clint DempseyTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 90'Goal · Steven PienaarEverton · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Nikica JelavićEverton · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nikica JelavićEverton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 4, draws 4, Tottenham Hotspur 2.

Team news

Everton line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Howard, Séamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka, Sylvain Distin, Leighton Baines, Kevin Mirallas, Leon Osman, Darron Gibson, Steven Pienaar, Nikica Jelavić, Marouane Fellaini

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Clint Dempsey, Jan Vertonghen, Aaron Lennon, Sandro, Mousa Dembélé, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jermain Defoe, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Steven Caulker