English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 17, 2015
Sunderland LDLWL 1
–
Tottenham Hotspur DWDLW 2
1st2ndT
SUN101
TOT112
White Hart Lane · 35,973 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
3
35.2
Possession
64.8
8
SHOTS
26
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
229
Accurate Passes
486
311
Passes
567
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
37
0.3
Cross %
0.1
79
Long Balls
64
34
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
11
7
Effective Tackles
17
13
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
16
42
Clearances
16

Head to Head

TOT leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

TOT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 15Eric DierCD-R
  4. 3Danny RoseLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 18Harry KaneAM
  7. 19Mousa DembéléLM
  8. 25Benjamin StambouliRM
  9. 9Roberto SoldadoF
  10. 22Nacer ChadliAM-L
  11. 23Christian EriksenAM-R

SUN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD
  3. 5Wes BrownCD-L
  4. 27Santiago VerginiCD-R
  5. 8Jack RodwellCM-L
  6. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  7. 11Adam JohnsonAM
  8. 3Patrick van AanholtLM
  9. 2Billy JonesRM
  10. 28Jermain DefoeCF-L
  11. 9Steven FletcherCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Own Goal by John O'Shea, Sunderland. Tottenham Hotspur 1, Sunderland 0.
  2. 30' Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Sunderland 1. Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 58' Jack Rodwell (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Emmanuel Adebayor replaces Roberto Soldado.
  6. 65' Substitution, Sunderland. Connor Wickham replaces Steven Fletcher.
  7. 75' Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Jermain Defoe.
  8. 75' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Andros Townsend replaces Mousa Dembélé.
  9. 87' Billy Jones (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 88' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Paulinho replaces Nacer Chadli.
  11. 88' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Sunderland 1. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andros Townsend.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Sunderland. William Buckley replaces Billy Jones.

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