Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2016
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2016, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Sunderland: match report
Tottenham Hotspur beat Sunderland 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 January 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Patrick van Aanholt opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Christian Eriksen (42'), Mousa Dembélé (59'), Christian Eriksen (67') and Harry Kane (79', penalty). Sunderland scored through Patrick van Aanholt (40').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 36 points from 21 and Sunderland 18th on 18 points from 21. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 2nd with 72 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read L-D-W-W-W and Sunderland's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Patrick van Aanholt
- 42'Goal · Christian Eriksen
- 46'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 55'Yellow card · Adam Johnson
- 59'Goal · Mousa Dembélé
- 67'Goal · Christian Eriksen
- 79'Penalty goal · Harry Kane
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Walker, Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Harry Kane
Sunderland expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Billy Jones, Patrick van Aanholt, Younès Kaboul, John O'Shea, Yann M'Vila, Lee Cattermole, Adam Johnson, Jermain Defoe