Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 November 2004

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 28 November 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Tottenham Hotspur · Middlesbrough · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 November 2004. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (49') and Frédéric Kanouté (76'). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 15th on 13 points from 14 and Middlesbrough 5th on 25 points from 14. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 4 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Red card · Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough
  • 41'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 49'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 76'Goal · Frédéric KanoutéTottenham Hotspur · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 4, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe