Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 27 January 2009

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Stoke City

Premier League · Tuesday 27 January 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Stoke City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Stoke City 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 27 January 2009. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Aaron Lennon opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Aaron Lennon (8'), Jermain Defoe (21') and Michael Dawson (25'). Stoke City scored through James Beattie (57').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 16th on 21 points from 22 and Stoke City 19th on 21 points from 22. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 1 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 38'Yellow card · David BentleyTottenham Hotspur
  • 40'Yellow card · Danny HigginbothamStoke City
  • 51'Yellow card · Jonathan WoodgateTottenham Hotspur
  • 57'Goal · James BeattieStoke City · 3-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Richard CresswellStoke City
  • 69'Yellow card · Glenn WhelanStoke City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 0, draws 0, Stoke City 1.

Team news

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

Carlo Cudicini, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Luka Modrić, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Jonathan Woodgate

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap