Two games into the 2026/27 Premier League season, Tottenham Hotspur have managed to find themselves in the one position that should have been impossible after spending £85 million on a single player this summer: dead last.
The north London club sits 20th in the table with zero points, zero goals scored, and five conceded. For a team that narrowly escaped relegation last season, this is less a stumbling start and more a continuation of a very troubling trend.
Two matches, two blanks, five holes in the net
The season opened on August 22 with a trip to Brentford. It did not go well. Tottenham lost 3-0, a scoreline that somehow felt generous given how the match unfolded.
A week later, on August 29, Spurs returned to their home ground for a visit from Newcastle United. The result was marginally less embarrassing on paper, a 0-2 defeat, but arguably worse in context. Losing at home to open the campaign, without managing a single goal, is the kind of thing that gets supporters reaching for their season ticket refund policies.
