By Alex Easley
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| Harry Kane has scored just once in five games in all competitions so far this season. |
Tottenham will be looking to get
back on track following their midweek defeat to Monaco in the Champions League
when they take on Sunderland on Sunday.
Their European campaign at the
national stadium started with a 2-1 defeat to the French side, but Mauricio
Pochettino’s side are still unbeaten in the Premier League.
Having won two and drawn two
games, Spurs are one of three teams who are unbeaten in the league, and they
will be the favourites to win against a Sunderland side who have earned just a
single point thus far.
The Spurs boss was quoted as
saying: "It's true that after Wednesday I am thinking about rotating the
team a bit.
"We'll see what happens
tomorrow when we assess all the players and take the best decision for the
team."
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| Spurs were beaten 2-1 by Monaco at Wembley in European competition on Wednesday. |
David Moyes’ Black Cats were
beaten by his old team last Monday night, Everton, 3-0 with Romelu Lukaku
netting a hat-trick.
The Sunderland manager said: "I'm
certainly up for the challenge - that's what I came for. When I wanted to come
back in, I wanted somewhere that excited me - I'd like to say this was really
exciting, but maybe not in the way I hoped!
"But there has to be a
realistic element to this. There is a building job and we are up against it,
undoubtedly.
"But we have got a great
chance to prove ourselves and we have got a great chance to show what we can
do."
TEAM NEWS
Mousa Dembele is likely to make
his first domestic appearance of the season as he returns from a six-match
suspension, but Pochettino said Danny Rose is still a week away from overcoming
a hamstring strain.
Kieran Trippier, Moussa Sissoko
and Victor Wanyama are also possibilities to come in, with Pochettino admitting
he may rest players after their excursions in midweek.
Summer signing Georges-Kevin
Nkoudou is unlikely to feature with the 21-year-old, who joined for £11m from
Marseille in August, still adjusting to his new surroundings.
Sunderland's Lee Cattermole has
not played this season after undergoing hernia surgery, while Steven Pienaar
has been nursing a hamstring strain, but both are back in training.
Defender Billy Jones is also
training, but not quite as close to playing again, while striker Victor
Anichebe has sustained a thigh problem while working his way towards match
fitness.
Goalkeeper Vito Mannone,
midfielder Sebastian Larsson (knee) and striker Fabio Borini remain on the
long-term casualty list.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Tottenham are unbeaten in 12
league games against Sunderland since a defeat in April 2010 (W9, D3).
Sunderland have lost 13 of 15
away games at White Hart Lane in the Premier League (W1, D1).
The last Sunderland goalkeeper to
keep a clean sheet at White Hart Lane in any competition was Chris Turner in
September 1980 - they have conceded 49 goals in 22 subsequent games.
Tottenham
Spurs could go unbeaten in their
opening five league matches of a season for the first time in 12 years.
Harry Kane ended a run of 567
minutes without a Premier League goal when he scored against Stoke last
weekend.
Son Heung-min has scored four
goals in his last four league appearances.
Since the start of last season
only Arsenal's Mesut Ozil (19) has provided more assists in the top flight than
Christian Eriksen (15).
Eriksen has scored in all four of
his Premier League appearances against Sunderland.
Sunderland
Sunderland haven't won any of
their last 23 Premier League matches played in August or September (D9, L14).
Their league record in September
since 2013 is: LLLDDDLLLL.
The Black Cats have taken five
Premier League penalties against Tottenham, but scored just one.
They have averaged 34.8%
possession in their opening four matches, the lowest percentage in the Premier
League.
Jermain Defoe has scored in six
successive Premier League away games, second only to Robin van Persie's run of
scoring in nine away appearances in a row for Arsenal in 2010-11.
K.O. 16:30 (UK) 18/09/2016 VENUE WHITE HART LANE
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