Spurs defence is stonger than the attack


The Spurs defence is keeping the club in 2nd place

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Tottenham face Liverpool next at Anfield, not a happy hunting ground

Spurs average shots per game is 17.5, the highest in the Premier League

  1. SPURS 17.5
  2. Liverpool 17.04
  3. Manchester United 16.04
  4. Manchester City 15.88
  5. Arsenal 15.375
  6. Chelsea 14.2

Spurs average shots conceded per game 9.08, the 4th best in the Premier League.

  1. Liverpool 7.63
  2. Manchester City 7.96
  3. Chelsea 8.46
  4. SPURS 9.08
  5. Manchester United 10.16
  6. Southampton 10.25
  7. Arsenal 10.48

Tottenham have conceded 16 goals, Chelsea 17, Manchester United 21, Arsenal 28, Manchester City 29, Liverpool 30.

We sit second in the Premier League table thanks to our defence rather than our attack. Defensively we are top of the table. We have conceded the fewest goals although Chelsea have had two more clean sheets than us while attacking wise, we sit fifth in the table behind Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City.

This may be because of our slow start to the season when we had no choice but to throw new Dutch signing Vincent Jansen in at the deep end because of the injury to Harry Kane. With other injuries we struggled to score goals but have been making up for it since.

75% of our games have two or more goals while 54% have three or more goals. Both home and away our games average 2.58 goals per game.


Best Defence

TeamGoals againstAvg per gameClean Sheets
1Spurs160.6711
2Chelsea170.7113
3Man Utd210.8410
4Everton271.137
5Middlesbrough271.137
6Arsenal281.128
7Man City291.166
8West Brom291.215
9Liverpool301.256
10Southampton311.249
11Burnley351.466
12Stoke361.506
13Watford401.674
14Leicester411.715
15West Ham411.716
16Sunderland421.754
17Crystal Palace451.882
18Bournemouth471.966
19Hull City471.963
20Swansea542.253

Best Attack

TeamGoals scoredAvg per gameTop scorer
1Arsenal522.08Sanchez
2Liverpool522.17Mane
3Chelsea512.13Costa
4Man City491.96Aguero
5Spurs461.92Kane
6Everton401.67Lukaku
7Man Utd361.44Ibrahimovic
8Bournemouth351.46King
9Crystal Palace321.33Benteke
10West Brom321.33Rondon
11West Ham321.33Antonio
12Stoke291.21Allen
13Swansea291.21Llorente
14Watford291.21Deeney
15Burnley261.08Gray
16Leicester241.00Slimani
17Southampton240.96Austin
18Sunderland241.00Defoe
19Hull City220.92Snodgrass
20Middlesbrough190.79Negredo

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