Worrying stat shoves reality in the face of Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham Hotspur’s league form in 2026 has become impossible to ignore. After Burnley’s win at Crystal Palace, Spurs are now the only side in the Premier League yet to win a single game this calendar year. That is a glaring red flag.
The consequences are visible in the table. What was once an 11-point cushion above the relegation zone has been slashed to just five. In the space of a few weeks, Tottenham have gone from looking relatively safe to nervously glancing over their shoulders. Other sides have found ways to grind out results. Spurs have not.
Being the only team without a league win in 2026 is not just a statistical quirk. It highlights a sustained failure to respond to pressure. In a division where momentum shifts quickly, failing to collect points becomes contagious. Confidence drains. Performances tighten. Margins shrink. Here is the stat via BBC MOTD.
Championship Calling?
Teams around Tottenham have picked up unexpected wins. Burnley’s result at Palace is just the latest example of a side fighting for survival finding a way to get over the line. Every time that happens while Spurs drop points, the gap compresses further.
The issue has not simply been bad luck. Spurs have struggled to control games, to protect leads, and to impose themselves in key moments. Even matches where they have started well have drifted away from them. That pattern is what turns a rough patch into something more serious.
The table does not lie. Five points is not a comfortable buffer with a difficult run of fixtures still to come. It only takes a couple of poor results and one rival finding form to drag a team fully into the fight.
Despite Frank guiding Spurs into the Champions League knockout stages and some encouraging flashes in Europe, the domestic campaign was unravelling. A draw at Burnley after leading only papered over cracks, and the defeat to Newcastle before Thomas Frank’s dismissal highlighted how brittle this Spurs side had become.
Tottenham are now in a position where every match carries weight. The margin for error has gone. Rather has been gone for quite a while now. Until that first league win of 2026 arrives, the narrative will not change. And with each passing week, the pressure grows heavier.