We take a look at the stats behind Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League year.
Games played: 37
Tottenham Hotspur’s started the year with a 1-1 draw away at Everton.
Wins: 20 (12 home/8 away)
Spurs won six games in a row from mid-January to the end of February beating Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Watford, Manchester City and Swansea City.
Draws: 11 (4 home/7 away)
8 of Spurs games ended in a 1-1 draw.
Defeats: 6 (2 home/ 4 away)
Mauricio Pochettino’s side lost their final two games of the 2015/6 season against Southampton and Newcastle United.
Points accumulated:71 (40 home/31 away)
Tottenham collected one more point in 2016 than they did in the 2015/6 season.
Longest unbeaten run: 12
Spurs started the 2016/7 with a run of 12 games unbeaten before finally losing to Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Longest winless run: 5
This winless run started with a 1-1 draw at home to West Bromich Albion in April and ended with a 1-0 home win over Crystal Palace in August.
Goals scored: 69 (36 home/33 away)
Spurs’ 5-0 win over Swansea City in December was their highest margin Premier League victory in 2016.
Top scorer: Harry Kane (22)
Kane scored a brace on six occasions this year (Norwich City, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Stoke City, West Ham United and Swansea City).
Most assists: Christian Eriksen (13)
Eriksen has five assists so far in the 2016/7 campaign.
Goals conceded: 33 (13 home/20 away)
Spurs’ 5-1 defeat at the hands of Newcastle United was their heaviest of the season.
Clean sheets: 13 (8 home/ 5 away)
Tottenham’s first clean sheet of 2016 came away at Norwich City in February.
Shots on target: 247
Tottenham registered 16 shots on target in their 5-0 home win over Swansea City. They only managed 2 on target in their 1-1 home draw with West Brom.
Average possession: 60%
Spurs had 74% of the possession when they beat Sunderland 1-0 at White Hart Lane in September. Their lowest share of the possession was 45%, which came in their 2-0 win over Manchester City in October.
Fouls given away: 446
Tottenham gave away 20 fouls in their games against Chelsea and Manchester City. They only committed 6 fouls in games against Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Hull City.
Yellow cards: 65
Tottenham picked up 9 yellow cards in their 2-2 draw with Chelsea in May. There were 11 games in 2016 where Spurs didn’t pick up a single yellow card.
Red cards: 0
There were no red cards for Tottenham in 2016 but Dele Alli did receive a three-match ban for violent conduct in Spurs’ 1-1 draw with West Brom.
Substitutes used:105
Mauricio Pochettino used all three available substitutes on 31 occasions. He used two substitutes in the other six matches.
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