Tottenham Visit Stadium of Light

Tottenham are the visitors to the North East this weekend and both sides will be looking for maximum points for different reasons.

Tottenham are still interested in getting into Europe once again and although they are sitting in sixth place in the league at the moment, even though their manager seems to be under pressure from the media, they are still looking at finishing in the top four.

And with Manchester United looking like they are out of the race for the top, its a good season for Tottenham to go for it.

Tottenham slipped up a couple of weeks ago against Newcastle United and then they were hammered 6-0 at Manchester City, but since then they have been back on track with wins over Fulham and Tromso and a draw with United.

They will come to the Stadium of Light fancying their chances but if the lads can put in the sort of performance that they did against Chelsea then its anybodies game.

Vital Quotes:

Mark Lawrenson: ‘Sunderland have a real go at teams at the Stadium of Light – they did it again in their defeat against Chelsea – and it is clear they will be relying on their home form if they are going to have a chance of staying up.

‘It is a big ask for them to get anything out of this game, though.’

Sunderland Team News:

Sunderland will be without Carlos Cuellar for this match because of injury.

There are concerns over the fitness of goalkeeper Keiren Westwood and Mobido Diakite.

Player to watch: Jozy Altidore

Looked good against Chelsea and got his first goal, he’ll be looking for another.

Tottenham Team News:

Andre Villas-Boas has confirmed Jan Vertonghen is out of this one with an ankle injury picked up at Fulham on Tuesday.

The Belgian sustained an ankle injury in the closing stages of our 2-1 victory at Fulham on Wednesday.

Emmanuel Adebayor (knee) and Christian Eriksen (ankle) both remain sidelined.

Player to watch: Sandro

Fantastically talented midfielder,

Match Facts & Stats

Spurs have not lost to Sunderland in their last six Premier League matches, with the Black Cats scoring just three goals.

In 12 Premier League trips to Wearside, Tottenham have won more times (five) than they have lost (four). They are unbeaten in their last three visits.

Ref Watch:

Referee – Lee Mason

Assistants – S Long, D Eaton

Fourth official – M Atkinson

Match Prediction:

Should be a cracking game if the lads are on form, I’ll go for 2-2.

Next Fixtures:

West Ham v Sunderland