Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Tottenham Hotspur · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Sunderland: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Aaron Lennon opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Aaron Lennon (2') and Robbie Keane (90'). Sunderland did not score.

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 12th on 24 points from 22 and Sunderland 18th on 20 points from 22. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 5-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · P. McShaneSunderland
  • 57'Yellow card · Michael ChopraSunderland
  • 60'Yellow card · Young-Pyo LeeTottenham Hotspur
  • 81'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 6, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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

Radek Cerný, Young-Pyo Lee, Paul Stalteri, Michael Dawson, Jermaine Jenas, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe, Jamie O'Hara, Aaron Lennon

Sunderland line-up (5-4-1)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Paul McShane, Danny Collins, Jonny Evans, Dean Whitehead, Liam Miller, Anthony Stokes, Daryl Murphy, Kenwyne Jones, Dwight Yorke