Sunderland Game Intro
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Well it's Sunderland on the menu today, let's hope we don't make a meal of it. The latest word from the camp is that Roberto Soldado (neck) is still out as of course is Kyle Waker (hip, groin).
We had word previously fro Mauricio Pochettino that Walker could return soon but since then he has had an operation so thoughts of him being available in a few weeks looks highly unlikely despite positive recent words.
Tottenham could well hand debuts to centre-back Federico Fazio and defensive midfielder Benjamin Stambouli because Nabil Bentaleb only arrived back on Thursday from international duty and may well need extra rest. We saw the problem of fatigue when Daniel Sturridge injured a muscle in England training because Roy Hodgson was using antiquated methods.
Pochettino has said he expects them to both travel with the squad
Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur (Stadium of Light)
Kick-off: Saturday 3pm
Referee: Craig Pawson
Managers: Gus Poyet (Sunderland), Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
Head-to-head league record: Sunderland wins 35, draws 27, Tottenham wins 40
Provisional squad: Lloris, Friedel, Vorm, Naughton, Rose, Davies, Fazio, Vertonghen, Chiriches, Dier, Kaboul, Capoue, Stambouli, Paulinho, Dembele, Bentaleb, Eriksen, Lennon, Townsend, Chadli, Lamela, Adebayor, Kane.
We had word previously fro Mauricio Pochettino that Walker could return soon but since then he has had an operation so thoughts of him being available in a few weeks looks highly unlikely despite positive recent words.
Tottenham could well hand debuts to centre-back Federico Fazio and defensive midfielder Benjamin Stambouli because Nabil Bentaleb only arrived back on Thursday from international duty and may well need extra rest. We saw the problem of fatigue when Daniel Sturridge injured a muscle in England training because Roy Hodgson was using antiquated methods.
Pochettino has said he expects them to both travel with the squad
Sunderland vs Tottenham Hotspur (Stadium of Light)
Kick-off: Saturday 3pm
Referee: Craig Pawson
Managers: Gus Poyet (Sunderland), Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
Head-to-head league record: Sunderland wins 35, draws 27, Tottenham wins 40
Provisional squad: Lloris, Friedel, Vorm, Naughton, Rose, Davies, Fazio, Vertonghen, Chiriches, Dier, Kaboul, Capoue, Stambouli, Paulinho, Dembele, Bentaleb, Eriksen, Lennon, Townsend, Chadli, Lamela, Adebayor, Kane.
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- Sunderland scored first in both of their Premier League games against Spurs last season, but ended up losing on both occasions.
- Spurs have won six and lost none of their last eight Premier League meetings with Sunderland.
- Tottenham’s last four league away wins against Sunderland have all ended 2-1.
- Spurs have been shown more red cards (1) than yellow cards (0) in the Premier League this season.
- Sunderland haven't beaten Tottenham since April 2010 when Darren Bent scored twice in a 3-1 home win.
- Sunderland have only won three of their last 14 home league games (D4 L7).
- Etienne Capoue tops the league table for passes completed so far this season, 267.
- Ricardo Alvarez led the assists chart for Inter in Serie A last season with 8.
- Had the Premier League started on January 1st, Tottenham would be fifth on 41 points, just one point behind Arsenal in fourth.
- Will Buckley has made more dribbles than any other Sunderland player this term (16) despite only playing 117 of a possible 270 minutes.
- Erik Lamela is the most fouled player in the Premier League this season with 10.
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