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
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.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Aaron Lennon
- 21'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 25'Goal · Michael Dawson
- 38'Yellow card · David Bentley
- 40'Yellow card · Danny Higginbotham
- 51'Yellow card · Jonathan Woodgate
- 57'Goal · James Beattie
- 63'Yellow card · Richard Cresswell
- 69'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
Head-to-head
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