Stoke City 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Stoke City 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 19 October 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Stoke City defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Danny Higginbotham opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Danny Higginbotham (17') and Rory Delap (53'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Darren Bent (25').

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 19th on 4 points from 7 and Tottenham Hotspur 20th on 2 points from 7. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-5-1.

Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Tottenham Hotspur's L-L-D-L-D.