Tottenham Hotspur‘s home form is something that Roberto De Zerbi must immediately fix.
The Italian was announced by the club earlier this week, with Spurs locked in a battle for their Premier League survival.
After winning the Europa League last May, things have continued to worsen throughout the ongoing term, leaving the Lilywhites dangling above the drop zone.
With a week to go until De Zerbi’s first match in charge against Sunderland, a damning stat regarding the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been revealed.
It highlights a serious issue that the 46-year-old must fix as he looks to keep Spurs in the division.
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Roberto De Zerbi takes over a club in crisis – home form shows it
Seven years ago on 3 April 2019, Tottenham finally moved to their brand new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after spending almost two years playing at Wembley.
However, things have not gone all too smoothly for the club since, with nine managers coming and going – including interim spells
In the time period since making the move, Spurs have lost 55 times on home soil. Which in itself is not too concerning.
What is, however, is the 21 losses recorded on home soil since August 2024, the beginning Ange Postecoglou’s final year at the helm.
The Lilywhites would limp to a 17th place finish under the Aussie last term, though he cemented his place in the club’s folklore by lifting the Europa League last May.
The current campaign was earmarked as one of further progression under Thomas Frank, who joined from Brentford last summer, though once again, Spurs proved to be a club in crisis.
The Dane would lose his job in February, replaced by Igor Tudor, who would go on to become another victim of the crisis club just over a month later.
Roberto De Zerbi has to fix serious home issue
For a club of Tottenham’s size, with a stadium of its size, and the relative quality and riches at the club’s disposal as a member of the ‘big six’, 21 losses on home soil over a time period of less than two years is simply unacceptable.
For context, relegation rivals Leeds would have to go back to the 2021-22 season to find the corresponding point in time.
The Whites are one of Spurs’ big survival rivals heading into the season’s crunch point, having lost just five times on home soil this season compared to Tottenham’s 10, Nottingham Forest’s seven and West Ham’s eight.
Losing 10 matches on home soil is unacceptable for any side looking to survive in the division, and it can’t be ignored that it is simply relegation-level form, especially given the fact that two-thirds of their overall losses have come on their own stomping ground.
With De Zerbi now in post, one of the first things he has to fix, is Spurs’ home form.
Tottenham need to begin dominating and controlling games, and punishing sides when they can, making the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium a tough place to go – something that simply has not consistently been the case since the stadium’s opening seven years ago.