The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium may well have seen more Premier League losses than the Emirates Stadium by the end of this season.
The latest came on Saturday, as Tottenham lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the Premier League, with Joao Pedro’s first-half strike the difference.
It was a dismal display from Thomas Frank‘s team, who could only muster up just one shot on target throughout the 90 minutes.
Home form has been an issue all season for Tottenham, with the North London club winning just one of their five Premier League games played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Furthermore, Tottenham beat Everton 3-0 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium last week, making it four wins from their five league games played away from home.
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The biggest host of Premier League matches in London, a commercial dream where boxing fights and massive concerts have been hosted, yet the home form has never followed.
In Tottenham‘s last season at White Hart Lane, Mauricio Pochettino‘s side did not lose a single game at home in the Premier League.
From 19 played, the Lilywhites won an incredible 17, conceding just nine goals. The famous old ground had become such a difficult place for away teams to travel to, but Tottenham were leaving.
Since that move in 2019, the North London club have won 70 Premier League games at home, and have lost a massive 41, according to Statmuse.
To put that into context, arch-rivals Arsenal have lost just 48 Premier League games since their move to the Emirates Stadium – that move from Highbury came in 2006, 13 years before.
What is going wrong for Tottenham at home?
Daniel Sturridge attempted to explain Tottenham’s problems at home prior to Saturday’s game against Chelsea.
“Different styles. When you’re playing away from home, you have the opportunity to sit back a little bit,” the former Liverpool striker said. “They’ve got defensive players in the midfield areas, Bentancur and Palhinha.”
But that does not explain how Ange Postecoglou experienced the same trouble, with the Australian playing a much more attacking system.
With footballing answers not providing obvious solutions, Frank will likely need to look into the stands for the answer.
Tottenham have never been able to recreate the intimidating White Hart Lane atmosphere at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and it will be difficult to change that.
Something must be done, though, with Tottenham, on their current pace, set to experience another embarrassing season at home.