English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 4, 2026
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Match Report

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Thomas Frank's Tottenham booed off again as Sunderland snatch draw

Tottenham started 2026 by dropping more points at home and were booed off after Sunderland struck in the 80th minute through Brian Brobbey to rescue a 1-1 draw.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
51.3
Possession
48.7
10
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
294
Accurate Passes
284
382
Passes
361
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
21
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
50
20
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
8
27
Effective Clearances
33
27
Clearances
33

Head to Head

TOT leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

TOT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 37Micky van de VenCD-L
  3. 17Cristian RomeroCD-R
  4. 33Ben DaviesLB
  5. 23Pedro PorroRB
  6. 28Wilson OdobertAM
  7. 14Archie GrayLM
  8. 30Rodrigo BentancurRM
  9. 9RicharlisonF
  10. 11Mathys TelAM-L
  11. 20Mohammed KudusAM-R

SUN · 4-4-2

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 20Nordi MukieleCD-R
  4. 3Dennis CirkinLB
  5. 6Lutsharel GeertruidaRB
  6. 28Enzo Le FéeCM-L
  7. 34Granit XhakaCM-R
  8. 24Simon AdingraLM
  9. 32Trai HumeRM
  10. 9Brian BrobbeyCF-L
  11. 12Eliezer MayendaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Mohammed Kudus because of an injury.
  2. 30' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Sunderland 0. Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Micky van de Ven following a corner.
  3. 47' Dennis Cirkin (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 50' Omar Alderete (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Sunderland. Romaine Mundle replaces Dennis Cirkin.
  6. 60' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Sunderland. Dan Ballard replaces Simon Adingra.
  8. 72' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Bergvall replaces Wilson Odobert because of an injury.
  9. 72' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. João Palhinha replaces Archie Gray.
  10. 80' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Sunderland 1. Brian Brobbey (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée.
  11. 82' Substitution, Sunderland. Chris Rigg replaces Eliezer Mayenda.
  12. 83' Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dane Scarlett replaces Mathys Tel.
  14. 88' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Djed Spence replaces Ben Davies.
  15. 90'+6' João Palhinha (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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