Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Sreya

Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur – Tottenham Hotspur travel to Stadium of Light on 31st January, Tuesday to face Sunderland in the English Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur are third in league standings with forty six points and played out a 2-2 draw against Manchester City in their last league outing. Tottenham Hotspur are the form club of the competition and even defeated league leaders Chelsea a few weeks back. With Chelsea having a difficult away trip to Liverpool tonight, Tottenham could close the gap in the title race.

Sunderland sit at the bottom of the English Premier League with fifteen points and have not won any of their last five league matches. They were beaten 2-0 by West Bromwich Albion in the last game and are the most likely to get relegated this season.

Team News

Papy Djilobodji is suspended while Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Duncan Watmore, Jan Kirchhoff, Jordan Pickford and Victor Anchiebe are sidelined through injuries.

The visitors will be without the injured Jan Vertonghen, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, Kieran Trippier and Erik Lamela.

Sunderland Possible Starting Lineup: Vito Mannone, Donald Love, Lamine Kone, John O’Shea, Jason Denayer, Didier Ndong, Jack Rodwell, Fabio Borini, Adnan Januzaj, Sebastian Larsson, Jermain Defoe.

Tottenham Hotspur Possible Starting Lineup: Hugo Lloris, Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld, Ben Davies, Kyle Walker, Victor Wanyama, Moussa Dembele, Danny Rose, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur H2H Stats, the last five English Premier League matches between these two clubs have resulted in four wins for Tottenham and one draw.

In fact, Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in thirteen of their previous fifteen matches against Sunderland in all competitions.

While Tottenham Hotspur have scored at least 2 goals in their last seven matches in the Premier League, Sunderland have conceded at least 2 goals in their last five matches in the league.

Tottenham Hotspur are the clear favorites tonight and are likely to win 3-0 tonight.