Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 March 2009
Result
Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 7 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Sunderland drew with Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Kieran Richardson opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Sunderland's goal came from Kieran Richardson (3'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Robbie Keane (89').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 31 points from 27 and Tottenham Hotspur 13th on 31 points from 27. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 6 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-D-W-D-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Kieran Richardson
- 22'Yellow card · Vedran Ćorluka
- 33'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 36'Yellow card · George McCartney
- 37'Yellow card · Jonathan Woodgate
- 45+2'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 89'Goal · Robbie Keane
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, George McCartney, Kieran Richardson, Tal Ben Haim, Danny Collins, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Pascal Chimbonda, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Jermaine Jenas, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jonathan Woodgate