Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2006

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Charlton Athletic: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Charlton Athletic 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 December 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.

Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (31'), Teemu Tainio (33'), S. Malbranque (55'), Jermain Defoe (63') and Dimitar Berbatov (66'). Charlton Athletic scored through an own goal by Michael Dawson (43').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Charlton Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 10th on 22 points from 16 and Charlton Athletic 19th on 12 points from 16. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Charlton Athletic 19th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 5 for Charlton Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 12'Yellow card · Bryan HughesCharlton Athletic
  • 31'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · A. ReidCharlton Athletic
  • 33'Goal · Teemu TainioTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 43'Own goal · Michael DawsonCharlton Athletic · 2-1
  • 55'Goal · S. MalbranqueTottenham Hotspur · 3-1
  • 63'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 4-1
  • 66'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovTottenham Hotspur · 5-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Lloyd SamCharlton Athletic
  • 88'Yellow card · Souleymane DiawaraCharlton Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 1, Charlton Athletic 5.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Steed Malbranque, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, Teemu Tainio, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon

Charlton Athletic line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Souleymane Diawara, Amdy Faye, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Lloyd Sam, Hermann Hreidarsson, Radostin Kishishev, Talal El Karkouri, Bryan Hughes