The hosting side hope to bounce back in home clash against convenient Black Cats after Champions League failure.
Tottenham take on the visitors Sunderland in the round 5 match of English Premier League. The game will be played at White Hart Lane on Sunday, September 18th.
The bronze medalist of the previous season, the Spurs, are set to show successful results this season as well. Of course, it would be difficult to get involved in the battle for the title this year as it seems all top teams are back in their best conditions, but Tottenham can count on place in top four as a least. The hosting side have eight points after four matches played and sit of fifth place with 7-2 goal difference. Pochettino’s men are undefeated in league matches as they took wins over Crystal Palace, 1-0, and Stoke City, 4-0, and drew with Everton and Liverpool, both 1-1. However, they lost the Champions League clash to Monaco this midweek at own turf and we might see some.
Sunderland haven’t learned anything from previous two season when they were involved in relegation battle and it seems they are in risk of losing their place in top division once again. The Black Cats lost the manager, who saved them from dropping to the Championship, as Sam Allardyce got the job of his dreams in England national team. Now David Moyes is in charge but it appears he will fail third time in a row as his new team has only one point after four matches played and 3-8 goal difference.
Tottenham are undefeated in matches with Sunderland since 2010, taking nine wins and three draws in 12 matches. Three most recent head-to-heads ended with the Spurs’ wins, 7-2 on aggregate. Considering conditions of the opponents and history of their meeting we should expect nothing but confident win of the Spurs at own turf.
Prediction for the match: Tottenham to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
