Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2015

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from an own goal by John O'Shea (3') and Christian Eriksen (88'). Sunderland scored through Sebastian Larsson (31').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 30 points from 21 and Sunderland 17th on 20 points from 21. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Sunderland 17th with 38.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Own goal · John O'SheaTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur
  • 31'Goal · Sebastian LarssonSunderland · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · J. RodwellSunderland
  • 87'Yellow card · Billy JonesSunderland
  • 88'Goal · Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 6, draws 3, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Nacer Chadli, Benjamin Stambouli, Mousa Dembélé, Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane, Roberto Soldado Rillo

Sunderland line-up (5-3-2)

Costel Pantilimon, Billy Jones, Santiago Vergini, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Patrick van Aanholt, Adam Johnson, Jack Rodwell, Sebastian Larsson, Steven Fletcher, Jermain Defoe