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Kick-off Saturday, 12.45pm
Venue White Hart Lane
Last season Tottenham 2 Sunderland 1
Live BT Sport 1
Odds H 4-11 A 15-2 D 4-1
The wins against Aston Villa and Swansea have given Sam Allardyce and his players a massive opportunity in our bid to clinch survival from relegation. Although the season ahead is long, by winning two games against sides down the bottom with us we now have as good as chance as the rest of them when it comes to staying up.
Although we can't look too far ahead, we have Bournemouth next weekend and, looking at the fixtures we have in Febuary, it's safe to say that the time is now to be collecting points, particularly on the road. Although Spurs are one of the better sides in the division, they are by no means unbeatable, particularly at home where there form since the start of December has been patchy.
Match Appointments
Referee: Mike Dean
Assistants: S Bennett & E Smart
Fourth Official: C Pawson
Team News
Sunderland
DeAndre Yedlin, due to the terms in his loan agreement, is unable to feature. Despite that it's entirely likely that Sunderland could go unchanged, with only Wes Brown a doubt as questions arise over whether or not he's capable of playing two games in such a short space of time. Should Allardyce choose to put Brown on the bench, Sebastien Coates may well return to the team.
Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs, like Sunderland, have very few injury issues and with Moussa Dembele returning from the bench against Leicester in midweek its likely that he'll start in place of youngster Tom Carroll.
Form
Sunderland
League Form: LLLLWW
Wed 13th Jan - Swansea 2 - 4 Sunderland
Sat 2nd Jan - Sunderland 3-1 Aston Villa
Wed 30th Dec - Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool
Sat 26th Dec - Man City 4-1 Sunderland
Sat 19th Dec - Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland
Sat 12th Dec - Sunderland 0-1 Watford
Tottenham
League form: LWWWDL
Wed 13th Jan - Spurs 0 - 1 Leicester
Sat 3rd Jan - Everton 1 - 1 Spurs
Mon 28th Dec - Watford 1 - 2 Spurs
Sat 26th Dec - Spurs 3 - 0 Norwich
Sat 19th Dec - Southampton 0 - 2 Spurs
Sun 13th Dec - Spurs 1 - 2 Newcastle
What The Managers Say
Sam Allardyce:
Hopefully the win (at Swansea) spurs them on. It was more important winning that game than getting anything against Tottenham because that was a six-pointer.
Imagine the distance we would have had to catch up if Swansea had beaten us. It would have been massive.
Mauricio Pochettino:
All the teams Allardyce has managed are very tough. (But) you need to be careful with all the opponents. Always in the Premier League games are very tough.
We will expect another tough game against Sunderland.
Last Corresponding Game
Stats And Facts
Tottenham have won eight and lost none of their last eleven Premier League games against Sunderland.
You have to go back even further to find Sunderland's last win at White Hart Lane, which was in August 2008 thanks to goals from Kieran Richardson and a debut goal from Djibril Cissé, who scored a header to send the Sunderland fans home happy.
When the two sides met at the Stadium of Light earlier in the season, Spurs won 1-0 courtesy of Ryan Mason's 82-minute strike.
Spurs also lead the overall head to head record between the two sides, having won 48 matches to Sunderland's 37.
Prediction
I'm going for a 2-1 Sunderland win. I feel as though we're due a win against a good side and with former Spurs man Jermain Defoe bang in form I feel we might just have enough to secure a shock victory at White Hart Lane.