Spurs will be relegated from Premier League, according to one worrying stat

Tottenham Hotspur are connected people for relegation from the Premier League aft their 1-0 decision to Sunderland, according to 1 worrying statistic.

Roberto De Zerbi's Spurs debut ended successful a familiarly disappointing mode for Lilywhites fans, whose broadside are inactive waiting for their archetypal Premier League triumph of 2026.

Nordi Mukiele's deflected effort made the quality astatine the Stadium of Light, wherever Spurs besides had a punishment overturned and mislaid a tearful Cristian Romero to injury successful the 2nd half.

The Europa League winners' astir caller Premier League triumph came backmost successful December against Crystal Palace, and their winless tally successful the part present stands astatine an alarming 14 games since the commencement of 2026.

Only 3 teams person ever started a calendar twelvemonth with a longer winless tally successful the Premier League, and connected each 3 erstwhile occasions, those sides were relegated from the apical flight.

Tottenham winless successful 14 Premier League games successful 2026

The unwanted grounds for the longest Premier League winless tally astatine the commencement of a calendar twelvemonth is the infamous Derby County broadside of 2007-08, who won nary of their 18 top-flight matches successful 2008 and went down with the lowest points full successful tourney history.

Meanwhile, Sunderland failed to triumph immoderate of their 17 Premier League matches successful 2003 and were demoted to the 2nd tier successful 20th place, claiming conscionable 19 points passim the full season.

Finally, Swindon Town did not triumph successful immoderate of their archetypal 15 Premier League contests successful 1993 - having been promoted to the apical formation the play earlier - and besides finished bottommost of the rankings that year

With West Ham United thrashing Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 connected Friday and Nottingham Forest claiming a constituent from a 1-1 gully with Aston Villa connected Sunday, Spurs are 2 points adrift of information successful the Premier League table with six games near to play.

The Lilywhites present hole to look De Zerbi's erstwhile nine Brighton & Hove Albion adjacent weekend, earlier doing conflict with Championship-bound Wolverhampton Wanderers astatine the extremity of the month.

Why Tottenham "don't request a coach" successful Premier League relegation battle

De Zerbi was quizzed by BBC Match of the Day pursuing his archetypal decision arsenic Tottenham boss, and the Italian insisted that his players request familial figures much than they request trainers close now.

"I tin beryllium a large brother, father, they don't request a coach," De Zerbi said. "They don't request to amended football. They tin play amended and they volition play amended erstwhile we scope a antithetic level of confidence."

The erstwhile Brighton caput manager besides revealed what needs to hap for 'everything to change' for the Europa League holders, erstwhile asked if helium is excited for the challenge.

"Absolutely. I'm definite if we are capable to triumph a crippled past everything volition change," De Zerbi concluded.

De Zerbi has besides go conscionable the 2nd of the past 11 Tottenham managers to suffer his archetypal crippled successful charge, aft Igor Tudor oversaw a 4-1 reverse to Arsenal connected his Lilywhites debut.