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
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.
Key events
- 3'Own goal · John O'Shea
- 30'Yellow card · Jan Vertonghen
- 31'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
- 58'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
- 87'Yellow card · Billy Jones
- 88'Goal · Christian Eriksen
Head-to-head
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