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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Adam JohnsonSunderland · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Marcin PogorzalaSunderland
  • 43'Goal · PaulinhoTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 50'Own goal · John O'SheaTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Jozy AltidoreSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 5.

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