Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 September 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

Premier League · Sunday 23 September 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Bobby Zamora opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from an own goal by Alejandro Faurlin (59') and Jermain Defoe (61'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Bobby Zamora (33').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 11th on 5 points from 4 and Queens Park Rangers 19th on 2 points from 4. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Queens Park Rangers 20th with 26.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 0 draws and 1 for Queens Park Rangers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Bobby ZamoraQueens Park Rangers · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · GraneroQueens Park Rangers
  • 59'Own goal · Alejandro FaurlinTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Kieron DyerQueens Park Rangers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 0, Queens Park Rangers 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jan Vertonghen, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Mousa Dembélé, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Clint Dempsey, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel, Sandro

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)

Júlio César, Clint Hill, Nedum Onuoha, José Bosingwa, Park Ji-Sung, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Granero, Alejandro Faurlin, Junior Hoilett, Bobby Zamora, Ryan Nelsen