Sunday 4th January 2026
Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland – Premier League
Stadium of Light Kick-Off: 15:00
Tickets & Match Coverage
Tickets: Tickets are sold out.
TV/Stream: Full live match coverage is available via Sky Sports.
Radio: Full live match commentary available via BBC Radio Newcastle (not online)
Don’t forget to follow the blow-by-blow account of the game on the Roker Report Twitter feed (@RokerReport) and check out the player ratings after the full-time whistle at www.RokerReport.sbnation.com!
The build-up…
It’s our first trip to Spurs’ fancy new stadium today, so it’s been a trip that many of us fancied when the fixtures were released
– and it’s a good one to kick off away days in 2026, although I did like the obscured view we used to have at White Hart Lane.
It’s not just a decent trip because of the first visit to their new toy, but it doesn’t look too bad on paper. We are currently looking at a point per game on the road – nine points from nine games if you were wondering about the maths – but I got a shock when I looked at Spurs’ home form.
At the time of writing, only Burnley, West Ham United, and Wolves have taken fewer points on their own patch, with just two wins on the board in their nine games so far. The first of those wins came on the opening day against Burnley, and the second was a recent 2-0 victory over Brentford at the beginning of December.
Any manager of Spurs with runs like this has to get slightly nervous – even without the presence of Daniel Levy – but with Thomas Frank, it definitely feels like they will give him the time he needs.
But our record against Spurs is crap. We haven’t beaten them home or away in any competition in the previous thirteen games, which takes us back to the Darren Bent game in 201,0 where he scored two and missed a penalty in a 3-1 win. At their place, we go back to August 2008 when Roy Keane’s Sunderland beat Juande Ramos’ side 2-1 with goals from Kieran Richardson and Djibril Cisse, who scored on his debut that day.
It’s been the best part of twenty years since we beat them down there, so hopefully we’re due one.
The betting…
The bookies have the Lads at 18/5 to win the game, while Spurs are priced at 4/5, and the draw is 9/4.
Head to head… at Spurs
(All competitions)
- Sunderland wins: 15
- Draws: 13
- Spurs wins: 33
- Sunderland goals: 67
- Spursgoals: 112
Last time we met… at Spurs
Sunday 18th September 2016
Premier League
White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Sunderland
[Kane 59’ – (Januzaj sent off 90’)]
Sunderland: Pickford, Denayer (McNair), Kirchoff (Khazri), Kone, Djilobodji, Manquillo, Cattermole, Ndong, Pienaar (Watmore), Januzaj, Defoe Substitutes not used: Mika, Love, O’Shea, Gooch
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Walker, Vertonghen, Wanyama, Alderweireld, Dier (Davies), Sissoko, Dembele (Lamela), Kane (Janssen), Alli, Son Substitutes not used: Vorm, Trippier, Winks, Eriksen
Attendance: 41,107
Prediction…
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Sunderland
I reckon we’ll frustrate them today and take a point.
