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The pressure on Ange Postecoglou continues to mount as Spurs lose again. Re-live the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Tottenham vs Leicester stats page.

Tottenham’s miserable form continued with a shock 2-1 defeat at home to struggling Leicester City on Sunday, their fourth Premier League defeat in a row.

The loss heaps further pressure on Ange Postecoglou, who simultaneously became the first Spurs boss since David Pleat in 2003-04 to lose four top-flight games in succession on two occasions.

Postecoglou’s side did take the lead and spent considerable time in the ascendancy, but the game laid bare their defensive deficiencies and ability to shoot themselves in the foot.

Richarlison put them in front in the 33rd minute with a close-range header from Pedro Porro’s inch-perfect cross, the Brazilian making a real contribution on his first league start of the season.

But Spurs collapsed just after the break.

Jamie Vardy was left with the simplest of finishes after Antonín Kinsky failed to cut out Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s low cross, taking the 38-year-old’s tally to seven for the campaign, four more than he managed in the entirety of 2022-23.

Then, three minutes and 15 seconds later, Bilal El Khannouss slotted a fine finish into the bottom-right corner from 20 yards to leave the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stunned after Porro’s pass sold Rodrigo Bentancur short.

Porro looked one of Spurs’ likelier routes back to level terms, with the wing-back ending the game with a match-high five shots, though his decision-making was arguably questionable.

Otherwise, Spurs created little of note despite their desperate position in the latter stages.

Leicester did enough to hold on to the victory, their first in the league since beating West Ham 3-1 on 3 December, thus ending a run of eight without a win.

The result also prevented them suffering an eighth successive league defeat, which would have equalled their club record set between March and April 2001.

Three points ensure Leicester climb out of the relegation zone, while Spurs stay down in 15th.

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Tottenham vs Leicester stats from their Premier League meeting at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.

Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.

Tottenham vs Leicester Stats: Post-Match Facts

Amongst defenders in the Premier League this season, only Fulham’s Antonee Robinson (9) and Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold (6) have recorded more assists than Pedro Porro (5).

Leicester have kept just four clean sheets across their 36 Premier League games against Tottenham, only keeping fewer against Manchester United (2) among sides who they’ve played 15+ times in the competition.

Tottenham conceded two goals in the opening five minutes of the second half in this match, the first time that Spurs have suffered that fate since November 1997 against Liverpool.

With this loss, it was the first time since defeat to Notts County in 1912 that Tottenham lost at home against a side who’d lost their previous seven league games in succession.

Tottenham have failed to win any of their last seven Premier League games (D1 L6), their longest winless run in the top-flight since a nine-match stint between May and October 2008.

We look ahead to Sunday’s Premier League match at Goodison Park with our Everton vs Tottenham prediction and preview. Can David Moyes secure the first win of his second spell with the Toffees?

Everton vs Tottenham Stats: The Key Insights

Tottenham are only slight favourites for victory with the Opta supercomputer, winning 39.2% of match simulations compared to Everton’s 34.4%.

David Moyes beat Tottenham 2-1 last season as West Ham boss. The last manager to beat Ange Postecoglou in the league with two different teams was Takahiro Shimotaira in the Japanese J1 League.

An average of 3.6 goals have been scored per Premier League game involving Tottenham under Postecoglou (59 matches, 117 goals, 93 conceded), the highest figure of any manager to oversee 50 or more matches in the competition.

Sunday’s Premier League action features a meeting between two out-of-form sides at Goodison Park, with one manager hoping to kickstart his reign and the other seeing his position questioned amid a miserable run of results.

David Moyes’ second stint as Everton manager began with a 1-0 home defeat to Aston Villa, which left them teetering just one point above the relegation zone. Ange Postecoglou, meanwhile, is under pressure after Tottenham’s winless run stretched to five Premier League matches following Wednesday’s north London derby defeat at Arsenal.

Moyes oversaw a 2-1 win over Tottenham as West Ham manager last season, and could achieve a rare feat if he triumphs over Postecoglou again. The last coach to beat Postecoglou twice in league action with two different clubs was Takahiro Shimotaira in the Japanese J1 League, beating the Australian (then in charge of Yokohama F. Marinos) with Kashiwa Reysol and Yokohama FC.

Everton’s miserable form in front of goal continued in midweek, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin missing several good chances as his goal drought stretched to 16 league matches.

Since the start of November, Everton are the lowest scorers in the Premier League with just five goals in 11 games, and two of those were Craig Dawson own goals in a 4-0 win over Wolves. They have failed to net in 12 games this season, becoming one of only four teams to do so in their opening 20 games of a campaign in the competition, along with Norwich City in 2021-22 (14), Southampton in 2003-04 (12) and Derby County in 2007-08 (12).

Like Spurs, Everton have started 2025 with back-to-back Premier League defeats. The Toffees have lost three straight league games to start a calendar year on six previous occasions, most recently in 2022 and 2023.

Tottenham, meanwhile, have only done so twice in their history (in 1993 and 1994), and while cup victories over Liverpool and Tamworth have given supporters hope of silverware, their poor league form has put Postecoglou under scrutiny.

Languishing in 13th place, Tottenham are closer to the relegation zone (eight points off Wolves) than the top eight (10 points off Bournemouth), and are on course to register their lowest-ever Premier League points tally (43 at their current points-per-game rate).

Injuries to Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Ugodie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven have not helped Postecoglou’s cause, but he simply must find a way to plug Spurs’ leaky backline.

Since Postecoglou arrived at Tottenham last season, 210 goals have been scored in Spurs’ 59 Premier League games (117 for, 93 against), at an average of 3.6 per match – that is the highest figure among all managers to have overseen at least 50 games in the competition.

With Tottenham’s defence still patched up, they may be relying on their attack – led by Son Heung-min – to make the difference. The South Korean scored at Arsenal in midweek and has been involved in 10 goals in his 12 Premier League starts versus Everton, scoring seven goals and assisting three.

Everton vs Tottenham Head-to-Head

Everton have won just one of their last 24 Premier League games against Spurs (11 draws, 12 defeats), beating them 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September 2020.

Tottenham are unbeaten on their last 11 Premier League trips to Goodison, though they have drawn eight times during that run (three wins). They are targeting their first league double over the Toffees since 2017-18, having won 4-0 in the reverse fixture in August.

Everton versus Tottenham at Goodison, meanwhile, is the most drawn specific fixture in Premier League history, with 17 of the 32 meetings finishing level.

Each of the last five such meetings have been drawn, with no exact fixture ever finishing level six times in a row in Premier League history.

Everton vs Tottenham Prediction

The Opta supercomputer struggles to split these teams, with Tottenham narrowly favoured. They are given a 39.2% chance of victory.

That means Everton are given over a 60% chance of a positive result: they won 34.4% of our pre-match simulations, drawing 26.4%.

Everton vs Tottenham Predicted Lineups

Opta Power Rankings

The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system that assigns an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.

Ahead of kick-off on Sunday, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.

We look ahead to Wednesday night’s League Cup semi-final first leg with our Tottenham vs Liverpool prediction and preview. Can Spurs take a lead up to Anfield for the second leg next month?

Tottenham vs Liverpool Stats: The Key Insights

Liverpool are favourites to take a lead back to Anfield, winning this first leg in 58.7% of Opta supercomputer pre-match simulations.

Liverpool (20) and Tottenham (18) have featured in the final four of the League Cup more often than anyone else.

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 19 games in the League Cup (W12 D6).

Having played out a nine-goal thriller in the Premier League only last month, many will be interested to see what happens when Tottenham host Liverpool in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup.

No other teams have appeared in the final four of this competition as often as Liverpool (20) and Tottenham (18), and now they will face off for a place in the final.

Ange Postecoglou’s men have home advantage in the first leg, with the return game at Anfield scheduled for early February. The winner will face either Arsenal or Newcastle United in the showpiece event at Wembley next month.

Both teams will be eager to recover from disappointing results at the weekend, with Spurs losing 2-1 at home to Newcastle. In fact, they have only won one of their last eight home games in all competitions, which was their 4-3 win over Manchester United in the last round of the League Cup.

Liverpool had a disappointing result against Ruben Amorim’s men on Sunday, held to a 2-2 draw at Anfield as they failed to capitalise on dropped points from Chelsea and Arsenal on Matchday 20 of the Premier League.

They should be confident of a better time on Wednesday, though, having beaten Tottenham 6-3 just two-and-a-half weeks ago.

This is Arne Slot’s first season in English football, but he will hope Liverpool’s legacy in this competition gives them a helping hand. The Reds have progressed from seven of their last nine League Cup semi-final ties and are looking to reach the final in consecutive years for the first time since a run of four between 1981 and 1984.

Interestingly, Spurs have never lost when playing the first leg of a League Cup semi-final tie (including single-game ties) at home, winning five and drawing twice. However, Liverpool have lost just one of their last 19 games in the League Cup (W12 D6), which was a 3-2 defeat at Manchester City in the 2022-23 fourth round.

Cody Gakpo has been in a tremendous run of form, and loves this competition in particular. He has been involved in nine goals in his nine League Cup appearances, scoring eight and assisting one.

As for team news, Spurs are expected to go close to as strong as possible, though continue to suffer from injury issues, especially at the back. However, Rodrigo Bentancur will be available again after suspension and Radu Dragusin will hope to have shaken off an illness that caused him to be substituted at half-time against Newcastle. Son Heung-min and James Maddison should start after only being named on the bench at the weekend, seemingly rested for this clash.

Tottenham could give a debut to new 21-year-old goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who they signed from Slavia Prague earlier in the week. He has received his work permit, and could replace Brandon Austin, who started against Newcastle last weekend.

Slot has used this competition to rotate so far, but will likely go stronger here, especially considering their next game is against fourth-tier Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup on Saturday, when he will probably rest most if not all of his star players. Like Dragusin, Dominik Szoboszlai will aim to recover from illness, which prevented the Hungary international from making the squad against Man Utd.

Tottenham vs Liverpool Head-to-Head

Tottenham have the edge over Liverpool in their previous League Cup meetings, having progressed from four of their seven ties in the competition overall, but the Reds did win their most recent League Cup clash, securing a 2-1 victory at Anfield in the 2016- 17 fourth round.

As mentioned, Liverpool beat Tottenham 6-3 in north London in the Premier League only last month – the last English team to score 7+ goals away to Spurs in a single campaign in all competitions was Arsenal in 2010-11, while the most a team has scored at Spurs in a season is eight (Chelsea in 2001-02).

Spurs have lost their last two League Cup games against the previous winners of the competition, most recently in the 2021 final vs Manchester City. The last time they beat the holders was in the 2008 final (2-1 vs Chelsea), which was the last time they lifted a major trophy.

Tottenham vs Liverpool Prediction

The Opta supercomputer believes Liverpool will win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the second time in a month, with the Merseysiders coming out on top in 58.7% of simulations.

Spurs take a lead to Anfield in 20.1% of sims, while a draw that probably favours Liverpool more than their hosts occurred 21.1% of the time.

Opta Power Rankings

The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.

Ahead of kick-off on Wednesday night, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.

We look ahead to Saturday’s Premier League clash with our Tottenham vs Newcastle United prediction and preview. Can under-fire Ange Postecoglou find a much-needed win?

Tottenham vs Newcastle Stats: The Key Insights

Newcastle United came out on top most often in the Opta supercomputer’s pre-match simulations, winning 41% of the time.

Tottenham vs Newcastle is the most-played Premier League fixture never to finish 0-0.

Anthony Gordon has been directly involved in a goal in each of his last four league appearances for Newcastle (1 goal, 3 assists).

Ange Postecoglou will be desperately hoping a new year brings improved fortunes when his struggling Tottenham host Newcastle United in Saturday’s early Premier League kick-off.

Pressure continues to mount on Postecoglou after Jørgen Strand Larsen’s late leveller snatched a 2-2 draw for Wolves on Sunday. Rodrigo Bentancur and Brennan Johnson had dragged Tottenham ahead after Hwang Hee-chan’s opener, only for another familiar disappointment to follow in the 87th minute.

Johnson has been a rare positive in an erratic season for Spurs. He is their top scorer in all competitions this term with 11 goals, while the Welshman has also either scored (2) or assisted (2) a goal in each of his last four Premier League home games.

However, Johnson’s success has not translated into positive results at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Postecoglou’s side are winless in five Premier League home games, their longest such streak since an eight-match run between March and October 2008 under Juande Ramos.

Spurs last had a longer winless run at home in a single season between October 1993 and April 1994 (14), and their struggles have seen them slip down to 11th in the table – a massive 11 points adrift of the top four.

There is no good news on the injury front to ease Postecoglou’s troubles. Destiny Udogie limped off with a hamstring issue against Wolves, joining the likes of Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Guglielmo Vicario as absentees. Bentancur is also suspended after picking up a needless fifth yellow card of the season late on in his last outing.

Improvements are not guaranteed here either, considering Tottenham have lost their first league game in two of the last five calendar years (W2 D1), as many times as they had in the previous 16 years combined (W11 D3).

Newcastle have won their first league match in just one of the last 12 calendar years (D3 L8), winning 1-0 at Stoke City on New Year’s Day 2018. However, Eddie Howe’s side make the trip north in impressive form.

A 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Monday made it four straight top-flight victories to end 2024, lifting Newcastle to fifth in the league and just three points behind Chelsea.

Alexander Isak was again on target at Old Trafford, taking him to 25 Premier League goals in 2024 – only Alan Shearer in 2002 has scored more in a single year for the club (27). The Swedish striker’s 43 goals in the competition overall can also only be bettered by Shearer (148), Callum Wilson (47) and Peter Beardsley (46) for Newcastle.

Anthony Gordon teed up Newcastle’s second strike against United – a header from Joelinton – and has now been directly involved in a goal in each of his last four Premier League appearances (1 goal, 3 assists). He has also assisted in his last two away games against Ipswich Town and Man Utd.

Fabian Schär will be suspended for this clash after his fifth caution of the season last time out, while Sven Botman, Emil Krafth, Nick Pope, Jamaal Lascelles and Wilson remain as the other confirmed absentees for the visitors.

Tottenham vs Newcastle Head-to-Head

This pair have amassed 189 goals between them in Premier League games, the third-highest scoring fixture in the competition’s history.

Indeed, Tottenham and Newcastle have met 59 times without ever drawing 0-0, the most in Premier League history.

It could be tough to split the pair again – Tottenham have won two of their last three home league games against Newcastle, as many as they had in their previous seven. However, Howe’s side have won four of their last five Premier League outings against Spurs (L1), previously taking 15 games to achieve that many wins.

Newcastle are also out for the double over Spurs for the second time in three seasons, having done so just once in 12 campaigns before, after Harvey Barnes and Isak scored in a 2-1 win in the reverse fixture this term.

Tottenham vs Newcastle Prediction

The Opta supercomputer is leaning towards an away win on Saturday, with Newcastle triumphing in 41% of the 10,000 pre-match simulations.

Tottenham managed to end a five-game winless run on home soil in 34.5% of data-led sims, while the draw was ranked at 24.5%.

Tottenham vs Newcastle Predicted Lineups

Opta Power Rankings

The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.

Ahead of kick-off this weekend, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.

Mohamed Salah grabbed four goal involvements as Liverpool beat Tottenham in a nine-goal thriller in north London. Re-live the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Tottenham vs Liverpool stats page.

Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to four points after beating Tottenham 6-3 on Sunday in another chaotic game for Ange Postecoglou’s side.

Luis Díaz (two), Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah (two) did the damage for Arne Slot’s men, while James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke pulled goals back for Spurs.

Salah ended the game with two goals and two assists, and did his best to give Liverpool a fast start, having five shots in the first 18 minutes, including hitting the crossbar, but it was Díaz who put the visitors ahead in the 23rd minute. The Colombian headed in an inch-perfect cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold, his sixth Premier League goal of the season, and first since September.

Mac Allister made it two in the 36th minute with another header, the Argentine’s first league goal of the campaign, before Maddison halved the deficit just a few minutes later after Mac Allister was dispossessed by Kulusevski, It took the former Leicester City man to 100 Premier League goal involvements (55 goals, 45 assists) in 208 appearances.

Liverpool’s two-goal cushion was restored in first-half stoppage time though as Szoboszlai was played in by Salah on the counter-attack, before slotting through the legs of Fraser Forster.

With that assist, Salah became the first player to reach double figures for both goals and assists before Christmas in a Premier League season in the history of the competition, but he wasn’t done there.

The Egyptian added two more goals for Liverpool inside the first 16 minutes of the second half to make it 5-1, meaning not only did he go ahead of Bukayo Saka for Premier League assists this season in the game (11) but he also took the outright lead in the race for the Golden Boot (15).

In typical fashion, Tottenham kept coming at Liverpool despite their woes at the back, with Kulusevski and Solanke pulling it back to 5-3 with seven minutes remaining, but Díaz put the game to bed with his second of the game when he drilled in from Salah’s pass.

Despite recent criticism of Spurs’ resilience, this was the first time they had lost by more than a single goal this season. They head into Christmas Day in 11th place, though, while Liverpool will be top on 25 December.

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Tottenham vs Liverpool stats from their Premier League meeting at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.

Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta facts on the game as well.

Can Ange Postecoglou get another result against the Red Devils? We look ahead to Thursday’s EFL Cup quarter-final with our Tottenham vs Man Utd prediction and preview.

Tottenham vs Man Utd Stats: The Key Insights

Tottenham are backed to overcome Manchester United in 90 minutes, winning 46.5% of pre-match simulations by the Opta supercomputer.

Man Utd are winless in their last four games against Spurs and were 3-0 losers to them in the Premier League this season.

Spurs have progressed from their last four quarter-final ties in the EFL Cup.

Tottenham and Manchester United head into Thursday’s EFL Cup quarter-final meeting after statement victories last weekend.

Ruben Amorim got one over fierce rivals Manchester City at the first time of asking, snatching a late 2-1 victory on Sunday. United had trailed to Josko Gvardiol’s header, before Amad Diallo won a penalty for Bruno Fernandes to score, and then scored a last-gasp winner of his own.

Both Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho were left out of the travelling squad for that derby-day win, with Amorim laying down the marker for his demands early into his tenure. He may be tempted to bring Garnacho back, however, considering his EFL Cup record.

No player has more than the United winger’s three assists in the competition this season, while he also scored another three. He is the first to manage 3+ for both goals and assists in an EFL Cup campaign since Kevin De Bruyne in 2015-16 (5 goals, 3 assists) and first to do so for United since Louis Saha in 2005-06 (6 goals, 3 assists).

Those impressive numbers from Garnacho have helped United smash 12 goals in this season’s EFL Cup, the most of any side. They hammered Barnsley 7-0 and Leicester City 5-2 in the previous rounds, and could become just the second team in history to score five or more goals in three straight matches in the competition.

Chelsea are the only previous side to achieve that feat in 2012 (6-0 vs Wolves, 5-4 vs Man Utd, 5-1 vs Leeds United), though the Red Devils’ route to the last eight has been far from conventional. The Barnsley thrashing came under Erik ten Hag before Ruud van Nistelrooy oversaw the win over Leicester, prior to joining the Foxes as their new manager.

With Amorim now in charge, a feat could be on offer. Only three Premier League teams have progressed from three consecutive rounds in a season under a different manager – Sunderland in 2013-14 (Paolo Di Canio, Kevin Ball and Gus Poyet), Southampton in 2022-23 (Ralph Hasenhüttl, Ruben Sellés and Nathan Jones) and Wolves in 2022-23 (Bruno Lage, Steve Davis and Julen Lopetegui).

Spurs also thrashed Southampton 5-0 in their last outing, with all those goals coming in the first half at St. Mary’s. James Maddison scored twice, with Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski and Pape Sarr also on target for Ange Postecoglou’s side.

That somewhat eased the mounting pressure on Postecoglou, whose side had gone winless in five games across all competitions before the Southampton thumping.

The next challenge for Postecoglou will be edging Tottenham further towards silverware in the EFL Cup, in which they have progressed from each of their last four quarter-final ties. Their last such defeat came in a 2-1 loss against West Ham in the 2013-14 campaign.

Spurs have their own cup star, too, with Kulusevski matching Garnacho’s three assists in this season’s competition. He may be forced to feature here, considering Tottenham’s injury woes.

Son was removed at half-time against Southampton due to a knock and will be assessed before this clash. Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Rodrigo Bentancur, Richarlison and first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario are among the other headline absentees.

Amorim has little such concerns on the injury front. Mason Mount and Luke Shaw will be out for this fixture, while Noussair Mazraoui’s knock against Man City is still being assessed.

Tottenham vs Man Utd Head-to-Head

Tottenham will fancy their chances here given they have gone unbeaten in their last four meetings with United, drawing two and winning two in the Premier League.

Postecoglou’s side humiliated United with a 3-0 win at Old Trafford this season, though they have not won consecutive games against them since April 1990 (three in a row).

The pair have split wins evenly across six EFL Cup ties, though United have triumphed in each of their last two such meetings. Those successes came over a decade ago, however, winning the 2009 final on penalties along with a 2-0 victory in the 2009-10 quarter-final.

Tottenham vs Man Utd Prediction

The Opta supercomputer swayed towards a home victory inside 90 minutes, with Tottenham triumphing in 46.5% of 10,000 pre-match simulations.

United still hold a 27% chance of winning in normal time, while the draw – and a penalty shoot-out decider – was rated at 26.5%.

Opta Power Rankings

The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.

Ahead of kick-off on Thursday night, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.

We look ahead to Sunday’s Premier League game at St. Mary’s with our Southampton vs Tottenham prediction and preview. Spurs will look to bounce back from last weekend’s collapse against Chelsea and Thursday’s poor outing in Europe.

Southampton vs Tottenham: The Key Insights

The Opta supercomputer is backing Tottenham to pick up a much-needed victory, with Spurs winning 52.3% of pre-match simulations.

Dejan Kulusevski could make his 100th Premier League appearance in this match, with his first also coming against Southampton back in February 2022. He has 21 assists in the league, with only Son Heung-min providing more for Spurs since his debut (24).

Southampton have scored in each of their last 15 Premier League games against Tottenham, their longest scoring streak against an opponent in the competition’s history.

Tottenham will look to hit back from a very disappointing week when they head to St. Mary’s on Sunday to take on struggling Southampton in the Premier League.

Last Sunday, Tottenham let a 2-0 lead slip on their way to being defeated 4-3 by Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with much of the post-match discourse centring on under-fire manager Ange Postecoglou and his tactics.

Then on Thursday in the Europa League, Dejan Kulusevski rescued a scarcely deserved point for Spurs as they drew 1-1 with Rangers.

Their defeat against Chelsea in the Premier League leaves Spurs heading into this weekend’s game in 11th, already seven points off the top four after a run of just one win in eight outings in all competitions.

In their first 11 Premier League games this season, Tottenham faced an average of just 9.6 shots and 3.4 shots on target per game. In their last four, they’ve faced 18.8 shots and 6.8 shots on target per game.

Their defensive frailties have seen them lose 14 of their 33 Premier League games in 2024, just one fewer than they did in 42 games in 2023. They last lost 15+ league games in consecutive calendar years in 2002 (15), 2003 (20) and 2004 (15).

However, Sunday’s fixture could provide a way for Spurs to get over their poor form, taking on a side sat bottom of the league with just one win all season and already eight points adrift of safety.

Tottenham are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games against sides starting the day bottom of the table (10 wins, three draws) since a 1-0 loss at West Brom in May 2018. Spurs have scored 42 goals in this run, netting at least three times in each of the last eight.

Southampton have won just one of their last 28 Premier League games (six draws, 21 defeats), with their 1-0 win over Everton in November their only clean sheet in their last 27 in the competition.

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min scored a late consolation against Chelsea, and this weekend pits him against one of his favourite opponents.

Son has scored more goals (10) against Southampton than he has any other Premier League team, while he has also provided the joint-most assists against the Saints (five, level with Manchester City).

Both teams’ fortunes have been hampered by lengthy injury lists, with Spurs receiving a huge blow against Chelsea as Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, only just returning to fitness, both went down in that game and will be absent for the foreseeable future.

Additionally, Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur are both suspended, while Richarlison and Guglielmo Vicario won’t play until 2025.

Southampton boss Russell Martin may be boosted by the returns of Jan Bednarek and Paul Onuachu on Sunday, though the likes of Adam Lallana and Gavin Bazunu will remain absent.

Southampton vs Tottenham Head-to-Head

Southampton have lost just one of their last six home league games against Tottenham (two wins, three draws), going down 5-2 in September 2020.

Tottenham, meanwhile, have only failed to score in one of their last 22 Premier League meetings with Southampton, a 1-0 away loss in January 2020.

The last meeting between the sides was back in March 2023, when a 93rd-minute James Ward-Prowse penalty earned Southampton a 3-3 draw at St. Mary’s.

Southampton vs Tottenham Prediction

The Opta supercomputer strongly favours Tottenham to take the three points on Sunday, with the visitors coming out victorious in 52.3% of its 10,000 pre-match simulations.

Southampton badly need a win, and they come out on top 25.2% of the time. A draw, meanwhile, is rated at a 22.5% probability.

The teams’ poor starts have already left their pre-season ambitions of European qualification for Tottenham and survival for Southampton hanging by a thread.

Southampton are predicted to finish bottom with just a 3.0% chance of staying up, while Spurs’ likeliest finish is seventh, reaching the top four in just 2.3% of simulations.

Southampton vs Tottenham Predicted Lineups

Opta Power Rankings

The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system that assigns an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.

Ahead of kick-off this weekend, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.

Chelsea staged a brilliant comeback in this London derby to end a miserable week for Spurs and their boss Ange Postecoglou. Look back at the match and do your own analysis of the data on our Tottenham vs Chelsea stats page.

Chelsea produced a stunning comeback to complete a miserable week for Tottenham Hotspur and their manager Ange Postecoglou. Criticised by many supporters following a meek 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Thursday night, this latest loss was arguably much more disappointing.

Spurs raced into a two-goal lead inside 11 minutes, with both goals coming just moments after slips by Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella.

The first occasion saw Brennan Johnson rob the Spaniard before his cross was converted by Dominic Solanke’s outstretched leg, and another mishap just six minutes later eventually led to Dejan Kulusevski’s goal from just inside the box.

Cucurella immediately ran to the sideline to change his boots after Kulusevski’s strike, but the damage had already been done. It was the earliest that Chelsea had been 2-0 down in a Premier League game since December 1996 versus Leeds United (10th minute).

Chelsea didn’t take long to half the deficit, with Jadon Sancho scoring in the 17th minute from a shot outside the box. It was the second match in a row that Sancho had scored in for the Blues, following his strike in midweek at Southampton – the first time that the forward had scored in consecutive games across his 67 Premier League appearances.

The Blues were gifted a chance to level the scores after Yves Bissouma needlessly scythed Moisés Caicedo down inside the box in the 58th minute. Cole Palmer kept up his 100% record from the penalty spot with his 11th Premier League penalty goal to make it 2-2.

Chelsea completed the turnaround with 17 minutes remaining, when captain Enzo Fernández slammed the ball into the back of the net past Fraser Forster. It was his third goal in his last four games in a Chelsea shirt, after failing to score in his 25 games before.

Palmer added a fourth goal late on, converting another penalty – this time one that he’d won himself – to make it 12 from 12 from Premier League spot-kicks and overtake Yaya Touré’s 100% record of 11/11 in the competition.

Palmer now has 50 goal involvements (33 goals, 17 assists) in 48 Premier League games for Chelsea; only Erling Haaland for Manchester City (39), Andrew Cole for Newcastle United (43), and Mohamed Salah for Liverpool (46) have ever reached 50 in fewer Premier League appearances for a club.

Spurs’ captain Son Heung-Min scored an injury-time goal to reduce the deficit back to one, but the strike proved too late to make any impact on the final result.

Chelsea have now won six of their eight games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in all competitions (D1 L1), the most wins any away side has picked up at the ground since Spurs moved there in 2019.

Following Arsenal’s failure to win earlier in the day at Fulham, it’s Chelsea that are now Liverpool’s closest rivals at the top of the Premier League. The Blues might be the youngest team in the Premier League this season, but the character shown in this comeback win suggests that they might be hard to shake off in 2024-25.

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Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea: Post-Match Facts

Chelsea have won eight of their last 10 away games in the Premier League (D1 L1), more than their previous 31 on the road in the league beforehand (W7 D9 L15). Indeed, the Blues now have more away points in the competition in 2024-25 than any other side (19).

Chelsea came from two goals behind to win a Premier League game for the fifth time, and the first since April 2018 against Southampton (3-2). They were the first side to come from two behind to win a London derby in the competition since Arsenal against Tottenham in February 2012 (5-2).

This was the 11th time that Tottenham lost a Premier League game after having been 2+ goals ahead – at least four more such defeats than any other side in the competition’s history. It was also the first time they did so at home in the league since September 2001 against Manchester United (3-5).

We look ahead to Sunday’s Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with our Tottenham vs Chelsea prediction and preview. Can Ange Postecoglou’s side get back on track?

Tottenham vs Chelsea: The Key Insights

The Opta supercomputer makes Chelsea favourites to win, with the Blues taking all three points in 43.2% of simulations.

Chelsea have won four of their last five visits to Spurs in the top flight, though.

Chelsea have won 35 Premier League games and scored 116 goals against Tottenham in the competition, more than they have vs any other opponent.

A midweek round of Premier League fixtures kicked off the rush of football as we surge towards the hectic festive period. And Sunday’s clash between Tottenham and Chelsea could be an early Christmas cracker.

Chelsea are the league’s leading scorers this season (31 goals), with their 5-1 hammering of Southampton on Wednesday seeing Enzo Maresca’s side move into second place, above Arsenal on goal difference and within seven points of leaders Liverpool, who dropped points at Newcastle United. Spurs, meanwhile, have scored 28 goals, with only the Blues and Liverpool (29) managing more.

Yet for all their attacking quality, Spurs have been undone by inconsistent displays this season, and they sit in 10th heading into the weekend after Thursday’s 1-0 loss at Bournemouth.

You really don’t know what you’re going to get from Ange Postecoglou’s side at the minute. Will it be the team that rocked up and thrashed Manchester City 4-0, or the one that went down with something of a whimper at the Vitality Stadium, where the away fans made their feelings known at full-time.

The issues are, in the main, in defence. Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 22 Premier League home games (4-0 vs Everton this season), a run which started with a 4-1 loss against Chelsea last November. Indeed, since the start of November 2023, no side currently in England’s top four tiers have recorded fewer home league shutouts than Spurs.

Spurs have lost seven of their last 11 Premier League away games (W3 D1), while they haven’t won on the road when conceding first in the competition since a 5-2 win at Burnley in September 2023 (D2 L8 since), so Postecoglou will be glad to be back on home turf this time out.

That being said, they have taken just one point from their last two top-flight matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, losing to Ipswich Town and drawing 1-1 with Fulham. They were also pegged back to a 2-2 draw by Roma in the Europa League.

So, Chelsea should be full of confidence heading into this one. Enzo Maresca’s team have reeled off three straight victories in the league, and have been dominant in each of those fixtures – against Leicester City, Aston Villa and Southampton.

In all competitions, Chelsea have scored 57 goals in 22 games this season, which is already seven more than they scored in 2022-23 (50 in 50 games). Their current goals-per-game ratio of 2.6 is their best in a single season in their entire history.

Nicolas Jackson is in brilliant form. He is already on eight league goals for the season, and he has a fine record against Tottenham, too. He has scored four goals in his two Premier League games against Spurs, netting a hat-trick in the corresponding fixture last season.

Yet Jackson is not their only threat. There is of course the wonderful Cole Palmer, while Enzo Fernández has seven assists in all competitions for Chelsea this season, the most of any Blues player. In fact, the Argentine has provided six assists in his last five games.

Meanwhile, only Erling Haaland (17) and Mohamed Salah (15) have scored more goals in all competitions among Premier League players this season than Chelsea’s Christopher Nkunku (12) – the Frenchman has now found the net in eight of his last nine starts, scoring 11 times.

Spurs, of course, have plenty of attacking quality of their own.

Brennan Johnson has scored three goals across his last five home appearances in the Premier League, more than across his previous 24 outings at home in the competition for Spurs and Nottingham Forest (two goals).

Dominic Solanke has not been able to get as many goals as he would have liked so far, but does lead the Premier League for pressures in the final third leading to a turnover (49). Meanwhile, Dejan Kulusevski has created 34 chances, a tally bettered by only Youri Tielemans (35), Palmer (36) and Bukayo Saka (38).

Son Heung-min is, of course, always a threat. That being said, among teams he has played 1,000+ minutes against, Son’s worst minutes-per-goal rate in the Premier League is against Chelsea, with the South Korean star netting just twice in 16 appearances (1,061 minutes) versus the Blues (531 mins per goal).

Tottenham vs Chelsea Head-to-Head

Tottenham have won just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Chelsea (D2 L8), picking up a 2-0 home win in February 2023.

After a run of just two wins in 13 Premier League away games against Tottenham between 2006 and 2018 (D5 L6), Chelsea have now won four of their last five visits to Spurs (L1).

Chelsea have won 35 Premier League games and scored 116 Premier League goals against Tottenham, more than they have vs any other opponent. It’s also the most goals Spurs have conceded against a side, while they have only lost more times to Manchester United (39).

Spurs were unbeaten in their first four Premier League London derbies under Postecoglou (W2 D2) but have lost seven of their last 13 (W4 D2). Five of their six London derby wins under the Australian have been at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, however.

Chelsea have won five of their seven games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in all competitions (D1 L1), the most wins any visiting side has picked up at the ground since Spurs moved there in 2019.

Tottenham vs Chelsea Prediction

Across 10,000 pre-match simulations, Chelsea triumphed in 43.2%. Spurs, meanwhile, came out on top in 32.7% of the data-led sims, so the supercomputer is forecasting a close encounter. The probability of a draw is 24.1%.

Tottenham vs Chelsea Predicted Lineups

Opta Power Rankings

The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.

Ahead of kick-off on Sunday, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.

We look ahead to Thursday’s Premier League game at the Vitality Stadium with our Bournemouth vs Tottenham prediction and preview. Can Ange Postecoglou’s visitors get back to winning ways on the south coast?

Bournemouth vs Tottenham: The Key Insights

The Opta supercomputer makes Tottenham favourites to win, with Spurs taking all three points in 43.8% of simulations.

Each of Tottenham’s last five away Premier League wins have been to nil, including their 4-0 victory over Manchester City last month. They have not won any of their last 14 when conceding on the road (five draws, nine defeats).

Justin Kluivert has been involved in six goals in his last six Premier League appearances (five goals, one assist), becoming the first player in the competition’s history to score a hat-trick of penalties in one game when he did so against Wolves on Sunday.

The midweek round of Premier League fixtures is rounded off at the Vitality Stadium, and plenty of entertainment should be expected as Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth host Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham, with just two points separating the teams prior to kick-off.

Across 26 Premier League matches involving Tottenham or Bournemouth this season, there have been 81 goals scored. Six of those came at Molineux last week as Bournemouth downed Wolves and former head coach Gary O’Neil 4-2, including three penalties by Justin Kluivert.

Their home form has generally been strong. The Cherries have won three of their last four Premier League matches at the Vitality, though they did lose 2-1 to Brighton & Hove Albion last time out on home soil. They have not lost consecutive home league games since October 2023.

Iraola’s men pounced on several glaring defensive errors from Wolves last time out, and their high-pressing style has won them plenty of admirers since he took charge last year.

Bournemouth, as they were last season, are among the top seven pressing teams in the Premier League when measured by PPDA (passes per defensive action), allowing opponents an average of just 11.2 this campaign, after permitting 10.7 in 2023-24.

Iraola’s side rank fourth in the league for high turnovers across the opening 13 matchdays (114), but no team has tallied more shots from these situations than them (25 – level with Liverpool).

The speed and trickery of Antoine Semenyo, Marcus Tavernier, David Brooks and Kluivert have been key to their approach. The latter, who netted the first hat-trick of penalties in Premier League history last time out, has been involved in six goals in his last six league appearances (five goals, one assist).

With Micky van de Van still injured for Tottenham and Cristian Romero a doubt, Bournemouth striker Evanilson should also pose a handful for the visiting defence. The former Porto man has won more fouls than any other Bournemouth player in the Premier League this season (23). At Wolves, he became the first player in Premier League history to win three penalties in a single match.

The last few days have showcased the best and worst of Tottenham, who trounced Manchester City 4-0 in their last away Premier League game but were arguably fortunate to take a point from Sunday’s 1-1 home draw with Fulham.

Brennan Johnson was on target for Spurs in that game, netting his 10th goal across all competitions this campaign. Only Erling Haaland (17), Mohamed Salah (12) and Christopher Nkunku (11) have netted more among all Premier League players.

However, they were pegged back by Tom Cairney’s strike and needed Fraser Forster to make five saves to preserve their point. Standing in for the injured Guglielmo Vicario at the age of 36 years and 259 days, Forster became the oldest player to make a Premier League appearance for Spurs since Brad Friedel (42 years, 176 days) in November 2013.

It’s fair to say Postecoglou’s men are still waiting to find consistency – Tottenham have not played out the same result in any of their last eight Premier League games, flitting between wins and defeats across seven straight matchdays before their draw with Fulham.

On the road, meanwhile, they have two wins, one draw and three defeats this campaign. Each of Spurs’ last five Premier League away wins have been to nil, including a 4-0 victory at City last time out on their travels.

Tottenham have not won any of their last 14 when conceding on the road (five draws, nine defeats), since a 2-1 triumph at Crystal Palace in October 2023.

Bournemouth vs Tottenham Head-to-Head

Tottenham have won 10 of their 14 Premier League games against Bournemouth (71%), drawing two and losing two. Of all sides they have faced at least 10 times in the competition, only against Swansea City (79%) do they have a higher win rate.

Spurs did the double over the Cherries in 2023-24, winning 3-1 on home soil last December after also succeeding 2-0 at the Vitality in August 2023, with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski scoring.

Spurs average 2.5 goals per game in the Premier League against Bournemouth (35 goals in 14 matches), their highest rate against any side they have faced at least 10 times in the competition.

Meanwhile, they have only failed to score in one of their last 24 Premier League games played outside of London, doing so in a 4-0 loss at Newcastle United in April, so entertainment should be on the cards.

Bournemouth vs Tottenham Prediction

Across 10,000 pre-match simulations, Tottenham triumphed in 43.8% of scenarios to Bournemouth’s 31.1%. The remaining 25.1% of sims saw the points shared.

Following an up-and-down start to the season, Tottenham are assigned a 13.3% chance of finishing inside the top four, with fifth (23.1%) deemed their likeliest position.

Bournemouth, meanwhile, are given a 7.8% chance of cracking the top six but are expected to finish mid-table, with 11th (13.2%) their likeliest final position.

Bournemouth vs Tottenham Predicted Lineups

Opta Power Rankings

The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.

Ahead of kick-off on Thursday, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.