Three down, one to go – if Ange Postecoglou will keep his word to win a trophy in his second season, it will have to be the Europa League.
After the defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday, a match was again plagued by chants from the Spurs fans for chairman Daniel Levy to leave the club, Postecoglou's side is not both domestic cups and the Premier League is a fever dream.
But how bad has it been? With players who fall as flies and different ways to solve the problems that every game occur, it is a season to forget.
The will of Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven and Guglielmo Vicario have been missing for a long time, and players such as Archie Gray have tried to fill in, but the absent have been brutal – and perhaps the reason that Postcoglou is still in a position.
Defensively is where the most important problems were. Whether that comes from direct issues in the defense in terms of injuries or elsewhere, such as struggles in midfield, it is hard to say. But the figures on the back are there with the worst.
Mail Sport View the statistics – usually supplied by OPTA – those shame traces this season – and in 2025 in particular.
Goals admitted
Tottenham is in reality not in a relegation struggle. They are 14th in the Premier League table, but 10 points above the bottom three. As far as the goals are concerned, they are there with the worst.
This season they played 39 games in all matches and give no fewer than 57 goals. That is more than 1.5 per game and is lower than just Leicester and Southampton – 62 and 63 respectively. Below is wolves with 56 – decent company.
In 2025 alone, Spurs is at the top of the party. If they give 17 goals this calendar year, they are on the same footing with Ipswich, while they admit more than Southampton and Leicester.
Their Premier League total of 37 is now the fifth in the division.
Shots confronted
In 2025, in which Spurs played 11 games, they had 167 shots on the goal. That is on average more than 15 per game, and 52 of them have been on goal, with 17 of them inside.
That amounts to 15.2 per match – the third most in the competition, under West Ham (15.8) and Brentford (16.3).
Their shots opposite the total shots are more than 40 higher from a Premier League club in all competitions, where Manchester City gives the following most with 126. Then Newcastle comes with 120, Brentford with 114 and Manchester United with 109.
In terms of Schoten on Target, Spurs '52 is six more than Southampton's 46, eight more than 44 and nine more of Manchester City than 43 from Newcastle.
Expected goals
From the shots that Tottenham stands for this year, they have admitted an expected goals against (XGA) number of 20.1.
For those who are not familiar with the metric, it assesses the quality of the opportunities that teams create by thinking that there will be an effort to consider where it comes from on the field.
The figures show that traces of high quality are admitted. This year they actually admitted only 17 goals compared to the 20-one they should have done, and they have goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky to thank for that.
In terms of the average, that is 1.8 XGA A match – the second worst in the competition behind Southampton, which are at 2.4.
But it's not all bad …
When it comes to defending, Tottenham is everywhere. Above that with the worst in the competition. But the upcoming return of Romero and Van de Ven could help that.
In the front there are injuries – Dominic Solanke is out, Wilson Odobert has missed almost the entire season and Richarlison looks like a new enchantment on the sidelines – but that did not prevent them from acting.
This season Spurs has scored the third best goals in the competition with 48, behind Liverpool with 56 and Arsenal with 49 – tied with Manchester City.
They are fifth for expected goals and the same for great opportunities. Tumble the defense and the potential to be a really good side is there. It is how that defense has been cleaned up – and how fast – that leaves the problem.
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