Hull City and Tottenham Hotspur are set to play each other this Sunday at the KC Stadium. The last time they played against each other was February this year, when they drew. It is always a close match between the two clubs, when they played in the Capital One Cup, it went to penalties with Spurs winning 8-7. Both teams are struggling this season with Hull City winning only one of their last 10 Premier League matches (W1 D5 L4). It is also Spurs’ worst start to a Premier League season since 2008-09.
Tottenham will also play three familiar faces on Sunday - Tom Huddlestone, Michael Dawson and Jake Livermore. They have all transferred to the KC Stadium in the last 15 months. Dawson spent nearly 10 years with the Spurs but moved to Hull because an injury limited his number of appearances at White Hart Lane. Huddlestone had appeared over 200 for Spurs but left because he saw potential in the Hull Squad. Livermore was left the Spurs due to ‘broken promises’ he was initially on a season-long loan to Hull but was made permanent this June. It will be interesting to see how the Tottenham players and spectators react to them, and how much they have progressed with their new team.
Tottenham left-back Ben Davies is carried off with a suspected dislocated shoulder
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Nacer Chadli calmly slots the ball into the net to make it 2-2
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Southampton players celebrate after Graziano Pelle scores his second
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Pelle jumps highest to head in his and Saints' second
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Erik Lamela celebrates getting Spurs level
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Pelle pokes the ball beyond Hugo Lloris to open the scoring
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Andros Townsend celebrates scoring Spurs' third
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Bafetimbi Gomis of Swansea City is stretchered off at White Hart Lane
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Mohamed Salah makes it 2-0 to the Italian side
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Mario Gomez celebrates after scoring Fiorentina's first
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Roberto Soldado wasted a glorious chance for Spurs
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Mario Balotelli scores his first Premier League goal for Tottenham
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Steven Gerrard scores from the spot
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Jan Vertonghen got Spurs off to the perfect start with an early goal that deflected in
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Jermain Defoe made his Sunderland debut at his former club
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Sebastian Larsson equalised with a stunning free-kick for Sunderland
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Gus Poyet and Mauricio Pochettino watch their teams in action
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Emmanuel Adebayor came on for his first game since 9 November
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Christian Eriksen scores a late winner for the home side
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Diego Costa got Chelsea off to a great start when he opened the scoring after 18 minutes
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However, Harry Kane scored an equaliser
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With Danny Rose and then Andros Townsend from the penalty spot scoring before half-time to put Spurs in control
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Townsend scores on half-time, before Kane scored Tottenham's fourth after the break
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Eden Hazard got one back for Chelsea before Chadli hit the fifth for Spurs
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John Terry scored a late consolation
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Neither Manchester United or Tottenham could break the deadlock
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Hugo Lloris was in inspired form, denying a host of chances for Manchester United in the first half
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Spurs threatened to steal all three points late in the game but it ended goalless at White Hart Lane
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Harry Kane scored his 15th goal of the season inside a minute
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Kane silences the crowd at the King Power Stadium
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Danny Rose battles with Danny Simpson on Tottenham's left wing
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Leonardo Ulloa heads Leicester level early in the second-half
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Ulloa salutes the crowd after his equalising goal
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Spurs played mob Eriksen after his brilliant free-kick handed them all three points
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Spurs striker Harry Kane poked the home side into an early lead
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Ashley Barnes curled a wicked shot beyond Hugo Lloris to equalise
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Barnes celebrates with Burnley team-mates
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Erik Lamela scored the decisive goal with a fantastic strike from outside the area
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The goal was Lamela's first in the Premier League since joining last summer
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Danny Ings reacts after missing a good chance in the second-half
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Spurs' striker Harry Kane scores their third goal
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Newcastle United's Jak Alnwick punches the ball clear
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Nabil Bentaleb (centre) celebrates putting Tottenham ahead
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Besiktas players celebrate at the final whistle
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Besiktas forward Cenk Tosun scores the winning goal in the 1-0 victory over Spurs
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The Olympic Stadium during the floodlight fail
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Slaven Bilic, the Besiktas coach, watches on from the sidelines
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Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado (left) is denied by the Besiktas keeper Tolga Zengin last night
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Christian Eriksen cracks off an effort at goal despite the attentions of the Palace defence
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Nabil Bentaleb competes with Martin Kelly for a high ball
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Players from both teams line-up before kick-off to remember the Christmas tribute from the First World War 100 years ago
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Loic Remy celebrates scoring Chelsea's third goal
Didier Drogba made it 2-0 to Chelsea
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Eden Hazard scores Chelsea's first
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Christian Eriksen celebrates his goal
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Roberto Soldado scores his first league goal of the season
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Benjamin Stambouli celebrates his goal for Tottenham last night
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A second pitch invader is stopped by a steward
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A third pitch invader is hauled to the floor and removed from the pitch by stewards
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A pitch invader is led away by stewards
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Kyle Naughton receives his red card
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Nacer Chadli celebrates his goal for Spurs
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Jon Walters scores Stoke's second
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Bojan Krkic (right) fires his shot past the lunge of Tottenham Hotspur's Danny Rose to score the opening goal
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The players observe a moment of silence in a mark of respect to fallen soldiers since World War I on Remembrance Day
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Andros Townsend celebrates with Harry Kane - the two Tottenham goal scorers in this Europa League tie
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Andreas Weimann celebrates after ending Villa's long wait for a goal to put the home side in front
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Nacer Chadli pulls Tottenham level in the 84 minute
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Harry Kane celebrates scoring Spurs' winning goal with Andros Townsend
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Harry Kane celebrates scoring Spurs' second goal with Andros Townsend
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Referee Mark Clattenburg gives Brighton's Inigo Calderon a talking to
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Erik Lamela gives Tottenham the lead
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Ayoze Perez and his teammates celebrate with the away fans
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Ayoze Perez scores for Newcastle to complete the turnaround
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Sammy Ameobi scores with his first touch to level for Newcastle
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Emmanuel Adebayor heads in the opening goal for Spurs
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Sergio Aguero completes his hat-trick from the penalty spot to put City 3-1 up
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Roberto Soldado reflects on his penalty miss
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Sergio Aguero sees City's second penalty of the game saved and then hits the rebound over
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David Silva is fouled to give City their second penalty
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Sergio Aguero gets his second of the afternoon from the penalty spot
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Frank Lampard is fouled by Erik Lamela to give City a penalty
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Christian Eriksen celebrates his equaliser for Spurs
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Christian Eriksen equalises for Spurs
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Sergio Aguero celebrates his opening goal
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Sergio Aguero fires City into the lead
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Christian Eriksen celebrates his winning goal
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Christian Eriksen fires in to give Spurs the lead
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Demba Ba broke English hearts again with a late penalty to share the spoils.
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Andros Townsend continued his recovery from injury in the Europa League.
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Harry Kane, fast becoming an important player for Spurs, put his side ahead after 27 minutes.
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The Turkish supporters were in fine voice throughout the ninety minutes.
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Slaven Bilic returned to London to take on Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
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All 10 of Oxlade-Chamberlain's Arsenal goals have come at the Emirates
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fired in Arsenal's equaliser from close range
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Nacer Chadli (second right) fired Spurs into the lead after Mathieu Flamini gave away the ball in midfield
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Worryingly for the Gunners Aaron Ramsey was taken off after hurting his hamstring in the first half
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Danny Rose and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain battle for the ball in a tense, nervy north London derby at the Emirates
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Ryan Mason (right) made his Premier League debut for Spurs in the match
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Ryan Mason scores Tottenham’s equaliser against Nottingham Forest in this Capital One Cup tie
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West Brom players celebrate James Morrison's goal
James Morrison scores for West Brom against Tottenham
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Tottenham Hotspur's Roberto Soldado, center, receives the ball while being guarded by Partizan Belgrade's Miroslav Vulicevic
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Tottenham Hotspur's Nabil Bentaleb (center) and Partizan Belgrade's Petar Grbic challenge for the ball
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Harry Kane holds off the challenge of Danilo Pantic
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Tottenham can't believe it after Harry Kane's own goal gifts Sunderland a point.
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Gus Poyet's men have impressed this season but, before the match against Spurs, were yet to get three points.
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Adam Johnson drags the Black Cats back into the game with a well taken drive.
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Nacer Chadli puts Spurs ahead after just two minutes at the Stadium of Light. This strike was his third of the season.
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Harry Redknapp, the QPR manager, is greeted by Mauricio Pochettino prior to the game at White Hart Lane
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Nacer Chadli celebrates after opening the scoring against QPR
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Tottenham defender Eric Dier (C) celebrates scoring the second goal against QPR with Argentinian midfielder Erik Lamela
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Christian Eriksen takes a free-kick against QPR - hitting the crossbar
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Nacer Chadli of Spurs heads past Robert Green of QPR to score his team's third goal
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Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor (L) scores Tottenham's fourth goal against QPR
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Tottenham players and fans celebrate Eric Dier's late winning goal on his debut to sink West Ham
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James Collins is shown a red card after picking up a second booking to level the teams at 10-men-a-piece
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Sam Allardyce watches on as Mauricio Pochettino gestures following the sending off of Kyle Naughton
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Mark Noble sends his penalty attempt wide of the left post as Hugo Lloris dives the wrong way
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Kyle Naughton walks off the pitch in disappointment after being sent-off for a deliberate handball
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Kyle Naughton is shown a straight red card for a deliberate hand ball
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KICK-OFF: Sunday, 4pm
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Paulinho) Hull City 1 (S. Long), Barclays Premier League, February 2014
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (G. Sigurdsson) (H. Kane) Hull City 2 (B. Friedel) (P. McShane), Capital One Cup, October 2013 (Spurs won 8-7 on penalties)
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (R. Soldado) Hull City 0, FA Premier League, October 2013
STATS:
Hull have won none of the last five Premier League games against Tottenham (W0 D2 L3).
Hull have now failed to score in their last three Premier League games this season, after scoring in each of their opening eight
Only Hull have conceded more goals (5) in the opening 15 minutes this season than Tottenham (4).
ODDS:
Hull City to win: 3.6
Tottenham Hotspur to win: 2.2
Draw: 3.4
CLASSIC MOMENT/MATCH
The last time the two teams played it took just 12 minutes for Shane Long to score against Spurs. Long was awarded Man of the Match. Hull City missed the chance to go back ahead moments after Tottenham had scored, but Nikica Jelavic's shot hit the post.
TV: Live on Sky Sports 1, 4pm on Sunday
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