Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2008
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 23 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Sunderland: match report
Tottenham Hotspur lost to Sunderland 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 August 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Kieran Richardson opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Jermaine Jenas (73'). Sunderland scored through Kieran Richardson (55') and Djibril Cissé (83').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 5-4-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card
- 55'Goal · Kieran Richardson
- 55'Yellow card
- 58'Yellow card
- 73'Goal · Jermaine Jenas
- 83'Goal · Djibril Cissé
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (5-4-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Danny Higginbotham, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, El-Hadji Diouf, Daryl Murphy