{"id":668203,"date":"2026-04-12T07:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=668203"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:52:38","slug":"sunderland-vs-tottenham-confirmed-lineups-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/04\/12\/sunderland-vs-tottenham-confirmed-lineups-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland vs Tottenham Confirmed Lineups and Team News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest team news and confirmed lineups for this afternoon\u2019s Premier League clash between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur. Sunderland earned a 2\u20131 derby victory over Newcastle United in their last match. Brian Brobbey\u2019s winner adds to the late equaliser he scored against today\u2019s opponents earlier this season. The Black Cats overtook Newcastle and now sit comfortably in mid-table in the Premier League. Another positive against Tottenham would boost their chances of European qualification for the first time since 1973.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham, however, are focused on survival. West Ham United\u2019s victory on Friday night saw Spurs drop into the relegation zone. Roberto De Zerbi will aim to secure Tottenham\u2019s first league win of 2026. His predecessor, Igor Tudor, suffered a heavy 4\u20131 defeat to Arsenal in his first match. That result set the tone for a poor tenure which yielded just one point from five matches. While Sunderland are aiming to qualify for Europe for the first time since the 1970s, Tottenham are desperately hoping to avoid a first relegation since 1977.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below are the Sunderland vs Tottenham confirmed lineups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/b>Roberto De Zerbi to Tottenham is An Expensive Gamble – Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunderland vs Tottenham Confirmed Lineups<\/b><\/h2>\n

<\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n

Sunderland Team News<\/b><\/h3>\n

No players are suspended for the hosts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Robin Roefs is back in contention after recovering from a hamstring injury which ruled him out of Sunderland’s last three fixtures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/b>Igor Tudor Leaves Tottenham<\/a><\/p>\n

Nordi Mukiele, Reinildo and Enzo Le F\u00e9e are all set to feature. Speaking at his press conference, R\u00e9gis Le Bris confirmed<\/a>: \u201cThey are all ready to start.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Dan Ballard and N\u00edlson Angulo will not feature in this match. Le Bris said: \u201cFor Ballard and Angulo, they are close to returning but they won\u2019t be back for Tottenham.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Injured: Dan Ballard, N\u00edlson Angulo, Jocelin Ta Bi, Romaine Mundle, Bertrand Traor\u00e9 and Simon Moore.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tottenham Team News<\/b><\/h3>\n

The visitors have no suspensions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario underwent surgery on a hernia. Speaking at Friday\u2019s press conference, De Zerbi confirmed<\/a>: \u201cVicario is not ready for the game. I hope he comes back earlier next week, but I don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This match comes too soon for Rodrigo Bentancur. De Zerbi explained: \u201cBentancur is working with us, but not completely [ready].\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yves Bissouma returned to training this week and may feature, following an injury he picked up before the international break.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0<\/strong>The Greatest Footballers of All Time: Part Two, 1918-1939<\/a><\/p>\n

Mohamed Kudus has suffered a setback in his recovery<\/a>. The Ghanaian was expected to return soon but may now require surgery and miss the remainder of the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Injured: Mohamed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski, Wilson Odobert, Ben Davies and James Maddison.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunderland Confirmed Lineup and Substitutes<\/b><\/h3>\n

Roefs, Mukiele, O\u2019Nien, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Diarra, Rigg, Le Fee, Brobbey<\/p>\n

Substitutes:<\/strong> Ellborg, Hume, Geertruid, Cirkin, J.Jones, H.Jones, Talbi, Mayenda, Isidor<\/p>\n

Tottenham Confirmed Lineup and Substitutes<\/b><\/h3>\n

Kinsky, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie, Gray, Bergvall, Gallagher, Kolo Muani, Solanke<\/p>\n

Substitutes<\/strong>: Austin, Dragusin, Danso, Palhinha, Simons, Bissouma, Tel, Spence, Sarr<\/p>\n

Featured Image Credit<\/strong><\/p>\n

IMAGO \/ PRiME Media Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest team news and confirmed lineups for this afternoon\u2019s Premier League clash between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur. Sunderland earned a 2\u20131 derby victory over Newcastle United in their last match. Brian Brobbey\u2019s winner adds to the late equaliser he scored against today\u2019s opponents earlier this season. The Black Cats overtook Newcastle and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5771,"featured_media":657781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1831,1369,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-starting-line-up","category-sunderland-league-football","category-tottenham"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668367,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668203\/revisions\/668367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}