Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 February 2011

Result

Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 12 February 2011, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Sunderland lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 February 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Asamoah Gyan opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Asamoah Gyan (11'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Michael Dawson (44') and Niko Kranjčar (57').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 7th on 37 points from 26 and Tottenham Hotspur 5th on 44 points from 25. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 62.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Asamoah GyanSunderland · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Sulley MuntariSunderland
  • 44'Goal · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 57'Goal · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 76'Yellow card · Heurelho GomesTottenham Hotspur
  • 80'Yellow card · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur
  • 86'Yellow card · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Sulley Muntari, Stéphane Sessègnon, Asamoah Gyan

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, William Gallas, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Jermaine Jenas, Niko Kranjčar, Steven Pienaar, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jermain Defoe, Sandro