Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 December 2013
Result
Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 7 December 2013, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Sunderland lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Adam Johnson opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Adam Johnson (37'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Paulinho (43') and an own goal by John O'Shea (50').
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 9 points from 14 and Tottenham Hotspur 7th on 24 points from 14. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 7th with 67.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Tottenham Hotspur's W-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 37'Goal · Adam Johnson
- 39'Yellow card · Marcin Pogorzala
- 43'Goal · Paulinho
- 50'Own goal · John O'Shea
- 87'Yellow card · Jozy Altidore
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Vito Mannone, John O'Shea, Phil Bardsley, Andrea Dossena, Wes Brown, Jack Colback, Sung-yueng Ki, Fabio Borini, Jozy Altidore
Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Jan Vertonghen, Michael Dawson, Vlad Chiricheș, Paulinho, Aaron Lennon, Sandro, Erik Lamela, Mousa Dembélé