Spurs vs Everton: Roberto De Zerbi's side out to avoid unwanted club record in Toffees meeting

Tottenham Hotspur volition bash their utmost to debar an unwanted nine grounds successful Saturday's Premier League location meeting with Everton.

After narrowly avoiding relegation past term, Spurs person made a concerning commencement to the caller campaign, mustering conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 3 league matches.

Spurs started the Premier League play with a 3-0 decision distant to Brentford earlier they fell to a 2-0 nonaccomplishment astatine location to Newcastle United.

Roberto De Zerbi's broadside managed to debar decision successful past Saturday's clash with Nottingham Forest, but their struggles successful beforehand of extremity continued with a goalless draw astatine the City Ground.

Spurs astatine hazard of goal-drought record

As a result, the northbound London nine are 1 of 3 teams yet to people successful the Premier League this term, on with Aston Villa and newly-promoted Coventry City.

Spurs are present astatine hazard of mounting an unwanted nine record, fixed the information that they person ne'er antecedently failed to people successful immoderate of their opening 4 league games.

Meanwhile, they person not gone 4 consecutive games without a extremity astatine immoderate constituent successful a Premier League play since the 2006-07 campaign. 

That extremity drought started with a 2-0 decision astatine location to Everton successful August 2006 erstwhile David Moyes was successful his archetypal spell arsenic Toffees boss.

Tottenham's caller scoring tally against Everton

Spurs should beryllium capable to gully inspiration from the information that they person scored successful each of their past 9 matches against Everton since playing retired a goalless gully successful November 2001. 

In fact, they person netted 14 goals crossed their past 5 head-to-head location meetings (W5), including a important extremity connected the last time of the past season.

Joao Palhinha's 43rd-minute extremity proved decisive successful a constrictive 1-0 triumph that secured Tottenham's Premier League survival.

That effect besides represented a 4th cleanable expanse successful Spurs' past 5 location encounters against the Merseyside club.