Sunderland 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 April 2010
Result
Sunderland 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 3 April 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sunderland 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Sunderland beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 April 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.
Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Darren Bent (1'), Darren Bent (29', penalty) and Boudewijn Zenden (86'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Peter Crouch (72').
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 35 points from 32 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 58 points from 31. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 70.
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, 2 draws and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-D-W-D-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Darren Bent
- 29'Penalty goal · Darren Bent
- 35'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 41'Missed penalty · Darren Bent
- 61'Missed penalty · Darren Bent
- 67'Yellow card · S. Malbranque
- 72'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 86'Goal · Boudewijn Zenden
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Michael Turner, Anton Ferdinand, Kieran Richardson, Paulo da Silva, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, David Meyler, Lee Cattermole, Darren Bent, Fraizer Campbell
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastien Bassong, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Daniel Bentley, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Eiður Guðjohnsen