English Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur vs Reading, 2012-2013 Barclays Premier League

· English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
  • 10': Michael Dawson
  • 51': Emmanuel Adebayor
  • 79': Clint Dempsey
FT
3 - 1
Reading
  • 4': Pavel Pogrebnyak

About

Tottenham Hotspur are hosting Reading at White Hart Lane, London, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English Premier League.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Aaron Lennon tries a through ball, but Emmanuel Adebayor is caught offside.
  • 3': Foul by Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 3': Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Ian Harte (Reading) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  • 4': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 0, Reading 1. Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  • 6': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Michael Dawson tries a through ball, but Emmanuel Adebayor is caught offside.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Lennon with a cross.
  • 8': Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Foul by Ian Harte (Reading).
  • 9': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Adam Federici.
  • 10': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Reading 1. Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson with a cross following a corner.
  • 11': Foul by Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading).
  • 11': Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
  • 13': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Mikele Leigertwood.
  • 14': Offside, Reading. Mikele Leigertwood tries a through ball, but Danny Guthrie is caught offside.
  • 18': Delay in match Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur) because of an injury.
  • 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 22': Foul by Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 24': Jobi McAnuff (Reading) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 25': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Ian Harte.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Lennon.
  • 26': Foul by Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 26': Jem Karacan (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading).
  • 29': Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 30': Mikele Leigertwood (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Offside, Reading. Chris Gunter tries a through ball, but Jimmy Kébé is caught offside.
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kyle Naughton.
  • 35': Foul by Chris Gunter (Reading).
  • 37': Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
  • 37': Foul by Danny Guthrie (Reading).
  • 38': Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro.
  • 39': Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 42': Attempt saved. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Jobi McAnuff (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jimmy Kébé with a cross.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jermain Defoe with a headed pass.
  • 45': Foul by Mikele Leigertwood (Reading).
  • 45'+1': Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Reading 1.
  • 45': Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Reading 1.
  • 47': Second Half begins Tottenham Hotspur 1, Reading 1.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Lennon.
  • 54': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Reading 1. Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aaron Lennon with a cross.
  • 54': Foul by Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 55': Mikele Leigertwood (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Alex Pearce (Reading).
  • 56': Attempt missed. Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor.
  • 57': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Alex Pearce.
  • 59': Substitution, Reading. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Jem Karacan.
  • 62': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jimmy Kébé.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
  • 62': Danny Guthrie (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Foul by Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 65': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Ian Harte.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Walker with a through ball.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Lennon.
  • 70': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Scott Parker replaces Mousa Dembélé.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
  • 71': Foul by Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading).
  • 71': Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Parker.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hal Robson-Kanu with a headed pass.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 76': Substitution, Reading. Adam Le Fondre replaces Jobi McAnuff.
  • 76': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Clint Dempsey replaces Gylfi Sigurdsson.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Jimmy Kébé (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Le Fondre.
  • 77': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
  • 78': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Alex Pearce (Reading) header from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Danny Guthrie with a cross.
  • 78': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
  • 79': Foul by Mikele Leigertwood (Reading).
  • 80': Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 3, Reading 1. Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro.
  • 80': Foul by Sandro (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 80': Mikele Leigertwood (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading).
  • 82': Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Chris Gunter.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
  • 84': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Mikele Leigertwood.
  • 84': Substitution, Reading. Noel Hunt replaces Pavel Pogrebnyak.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor.
  • 85': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Hal Robson-Kanu.
  • 85': Danny Guthrie (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 87': Offside, Reading. Chris Gunter tries a through ball, but Jimmy Kébé is caught offside.
  • 87': Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87': Foul by Chris Gunter (Reading).
  • 87': Alex Pearce (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • 88': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Jake Livermore replaces Emmanuel Adebayor.
  • 88': Delay in match Mikele Leigertwood (Reading) because of an injury.
  • 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Clint Dempsey.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Adam Federici.
  • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Reading. Adam Federici tries a through ball, but Adam Le Fondre is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Lennon.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Chris Gunter.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Noel Hunt.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Reading 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 12
8 Saves 2
32 Possession 68
7 SHOTS 34
3 ON GOAL 11
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
198 Accurate Passes 544
281 Passes 611
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 6
9 Crosses 29
0.4 Cross % 0.2
48 Long Balls 52
21 Accurate Long Balls 35
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 12
11 Effective Tackles 12
16 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.9
0 Interceptions 0
13 Effective Clearances 20
31 Clearances 32

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: White Hart Lane
Location: London, England
Attendance: 36,180

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 0 0 0
2 Aston Villa 0 0 0
3 AFC Bournemouth 0 0 0
4 Brentford 0 0 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

TOT Tottenham Hotspur (4-4-2)

No. Name
25 Hugo Lloris (GK)
5 Jan Vertonghen
20 Michael Dawson
16 Kyle Naughton
28 Kyle Walker
19 Mousa Dembélé
30 Sandro
22 Gylfi Sigurdsson
7 Aaron Lennon
10 Emmanuel Adebayor
18 Jermain Defoe
Tottenham Hotspur Substitutes:
Tom Huddlestone, Clint Dempsey, Brad Friedel, Iago Falque, Jake Livermore, Steven Caulker, Scott Parker.

REA Reading (4-5-1)

No. Name
1 Adam Federici (GK)
6 Adrian Mariappa
5 Alex Pearce
23 Ian Harte
2 Chris Gunter
8 Mikele Leigertwood
4 Jem Karacan
20 Danny Guthrie
11 Jobi McAnuff
14 Jimmy Kebe
7 Pavel Pogrebnyak
Reading Substitutes:
Adam Le Fondre, Sean Morrison, Hal Robson-Kanu, Stuart Taylor, Noel Hunt, Jay Tabb, Shaun Cummings.

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