App exclusive: The game in numbers - Stoke City 1-3 Spurs

We returned to winning ways on Wednesday night as we booked our place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 triumph over Stoke City.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring at the bet365 Stadium with a delightful glancing header on 22 minutes, but the Potters responded well in the second half, equalising just eight minutes after the restart through Jordan Thompson. Yet, it was to be our night in Staffordshire as Ben Davies fired us back in front on 70 minutes with a fine strike from distance before Harry Kane confirmed the victory with a thunderous close-range finish with 11 minutes remaining.

Here’s a look at some of the key statistics and numbers behind the game...

Player in focus – Harry Winks

94 - Harry Winks completed 94 per cent of his passes in the game - the best pass-completion rate of any player involved in the match

2 - Harry also made two key passes in the game - no Spurs player contributed more in the game.

3 – Our number eight’s assist for Gareth Bale’s 22nd-minute header was only his third assist for us and it was his first since December, 2017, when he teed up Serge Aurier for the opener in a 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton.

2 – He has now been directly involved in two goals for us this season - his best-ever return in a single campaign (also two in 2016/17).

100 - Harry completed 100 per cent of his dribbles in the game.

Sanchez’s stronghold

10 - Davinson Sanchez won 10 aerial duels in the game - more than any other player.

6 - Davinson made more clearances than any other players with six.

100 – The Colombian was also successful in 100 per cent of his tackles.

0 – He was not dribbled past once in the game.

Welsh wonders

52 - Gareth Bale and Ben Davies on the scoresheet meant two Welshman were on target for us in the same game for the first time in 52 years. Mike England and Cliff Jones were the last two Welshman to score in a game for us in a 5-0 win over Burnley in March, 1968.

2 - Gareth now has two goals in his last two League Cup matches. His last outing in the competition, prior to Wednesday night’s victory over Stoke, came over eight years ago against Norwich City when he scored in a 2-1 defeat at Carrow Road in October, 2012.

4 - It is now four goal involvements for Gareth in his last five appearances in the competition - a run that stretches back to September, 2009 (two goals, two assists).

1 - Ben Davies’ goal was his first ever in the League Cup, but his second career goal against Stoke - the only team he has registered more than one goal against since turning professional.

3 - It was Ben’s first goal for us in over three years with his last goal for the Club coming in our 4-0 Premier League win over Huddersfield in September, 2017.

Kane in the Potteries

10 - Harry Kane now has 10 goals in his last six games against Stoke.

5 - Stoke City is the fifth side Harry has scored 10+ goals against in his career to date (Leicester 16, Arsenal 11, West Ham 11, Southampton 10).

5 – Our number 10 also has five goals in his last four trips to the bet365 Stadium.

29 – This season, Harry has been involved in 29 goals in just 22 appearances for us (16 goals, 13 assists).

45 - In 42 appearances since Jose Mourinho took charge in November, 2019, Harry has now been involved in 45 goals (31 goals, 14 assists).

37 - In just 33 appearances so far in 2020, our homegrown forward has now been involved in 37 goals (24 goals, 13 assists).

Into the last four

16 - We have reached 25 League Cup quarter-finals in our history and have progressed to the semi-finals on 16 occasions.

5 - This is the fifth time Jose Mourinho has reached the semi-finals of the League Cup in seven attempts. In each of his previous four semi-finals the competition, he has progressed and gone on to claim victory in the final (2005, 2007, 2015 and 2017).

Other notable numbers

15 - We remain unbeaten this season in games when we have taken the lead. We have won 12 of the 15 fixtures in which we have scored first, drawing the other three.

1 - Moussa Sissoko’s assist for Harry Kane’s 81st-minute effort was his first of the season and his first ever in the League Cup.

1 - It was also Moussa’s first assist in over year - his last came in our 7-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in October, 2019, as he set-up Heung-Min Son for his opener.

66.4 - We enjoyed 66.4 per cent of the possession against Stoke City - the most we have had in any domestic match this season.

102 - Pierre-Emile Højbjerg attempted 102 passes in the game - 15 more than any other player.

5 - No player made more interceptions in the game than Eric Dier (5).