Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 3 January 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jermain Defoe of Tottenham Hotspur in the 63rd minute.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 39 points from 18 and West Bromwich Albion 14th on 22 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 47.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 2 for West Bromwich Albion.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Jerome ThomasWest Bromwich Albion
  • 47'Yellow card · Billy JonesWest Bromwich Albion
  • 52'Yellow card · Graham DorransWest Bromwich Albion
  • 63'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWest Bromwich Albion
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Simon CoxWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 4, West Bromwich Albion 2.

Team news

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

Younès Kaboul, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel, Sandro

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Nicky Shorey, Craig Dawson, Billy Jones, Jerome Thomas, Graham Dorrans, George Thorne, Paul Scharner, Peter Odemwingie, Simon Cox, Gareth McAuley