Sunderland Vs Tottenham: Team News, Line-Ups, and Where To Watch Live

Match Info

Date: Saturday, 29th December Venue: Stadium Of Light, Sunderland, England Kick Off: 12:45 p.m. Referee: Martin Atkinson

Likely Line-Ups

Sunderland: Mignolet; Gardner, Cuéllar, O'Shea, Kilgallon; Johnson, Larsson, Colback, McClean; Sessegnon; Fletcher. Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Gallas, Vertonghen, Naughton; Lennon, Dembélé, Parker, Bale; Defoe, Adebayor.

Team News

Sunderland are without Wes Brown and Lee Cattermole, both thanks to knee injuries, while Danny Rose can't play against his parent club, and John O'Shea faces a test thanks to illness. Spurs meanwhile are without Younes Kaboul, with a knee injury, while they have a trio of doubts over Dembélé (hip), Dempsey (groin), and Huddlestone (knee). Defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto may make his return from a long-term knee injury while midfielder and former Newcastle player Scott Parker could also be set for his first start of the season after coming off the bench in the last three games after his own long-term Achilles injury.

Match Preview

Sunderland's victories over Southampton and Manchester City will have lifted the Black Cats' fans, as well as taking the team up to 13th in the Premier League, forcing confidence levels up. They are still too close to the Relegation zone for comfort and face a tough run of games, especially against Spurs who easily won 4-0 away at Villa on Boxing Day. In Gareth Bale, Tottenham have a player capable of unlocking any defence, and Andre Villas-Boas will be hoping to see another strong display from his Welsh wizard with renewed transfer speculation emerging after his hat-trick at Villa.

Head-to-Head

Spurs have emerged victorious in only one won of their last seven league games at Sunderland (W1, D3, L3), while the Black Cats failed to hit the net in both of last season€™s matches with Spurs.

Where To Watch

UK TV: Live Sky Sports 2, Highlights BBC One Match of the Day. US TV: FOX Soccer Australia TV: FOX Sports Play, Fox Sports 1 Australia Canada TV: Sportnet World Team News via The Telegraph
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