Premier League: Sunderland vs Tottenham preview

Premier League: Sunderland vs Tottenham preview
Tottenham, a team that has been struggling to score so far, face the Premier League's joint-leakiest defence at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. Spurs have scored just 13 goals in 14 Premier League games so far, but things seem to be improving as they bagged four goals in the last two games. Sunderland on the other hand have conceded two goals per game on average and let in four in the 3-4 defeat against Chelsea on Wednesday. Black Cats captain John O'Shea rues his side's inability to handle Chelsea's attack and hopes that Sunderland can make amends when they face Spurs. "You can't score three goals against Chelsea and not come away with something – that's the frustrating part," he said. "We always analyse the goals and, individually and collectively, we can always do better. That's what we're going to have to do. If you score three goals you generally think you'll get something from the game, so to not do so was disappointing." Spurs have a solid away record this season, only league leaders Arsenal have grabbed more points on their travels than Tottenham, who have gathered 13 points of the possible 24 away from White Hart Lane. Tottenham's latest win on the road came in Wednesday's 2-1 success at Fulham but they only won thanks to two special goals, Vlad Chiriches' thunderbolt shot from distance and Lewis Holtby's exquisite late winner. Carlos Cuellar will be unavailable for Sunderland, while goalkeeper Keiren Westwood and Mobido Diakite are in doubt. Spurs could miss both Danny Rose and Jan Vertonghen, which leaves them without a left back, while Christian Eriksen will surely be out of contention. Here are the odds for Saturday's match at Bet365: Sunderland win - 7/2 Draw - 13/5 Tottenham win - 10/11
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