Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

John O'Shea opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Sunderland's goal came from John O'Shea (40'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through an own goal by Carlos Cuéllar (48') and Aaron Lennon (51').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 23 points from 19 and Tottenham Hotspur 5th on 33 points from 19. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 72.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

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

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