Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2017
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Tottenham Hotspur beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 13 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Serge Aurier opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Serge Aurier (40') and Heung-min Son (87'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 28 points from 16 and Brighton & Hove Albion 13th on 17 points from 16. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 40.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shane Duffy of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.3), ahead of Danny Rose (8.0).
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-D-L-D-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's L-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Serge Aurier
- 41'Yellow card · Anthony Knockaert
- 45'Yellow card · Danny Rose
- 87'Goal · Heung-min Son
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Serge Aurier, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Moussa Sissoko, Harry Winks, Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-5-1)
Mathew Ryan, Ezequiel Schelotto, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Beram Kayal, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, José Izquierdo, Tomer Hemed