Are Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in a relegation battle?

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Author: Jack Guing,

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United are currently in very poor form, struggling for wins and finding themselves in the bottom half of the Premier League table. As of writing Spurs are currently 15th in the league with 24 points after 22 games. Manchester United are 13th with 26 points after the same amount of games.

If we look at the current form table across the last 10 games, Spurs are 18th with 1 win in 10 games, with 2 draws and 7 losses, meaning they have lost 70% of their last 10 Premier League matches. Manchester United are 14th in the form table across the last 10 matches with only 3 wins in the last 10 matches, with 1 draw and 6 defeats.

The form table looks even worse for both sides if we look at their last 5 games. Spurs are once again 18th in that form table with 0 wins in their last 5 games with 1 draw and 4 losses. Manchester United are 15th in the form table over the last 5 games with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses.

We are going to look at Spurs and Manchester United’s stats this season and compare that to the other relegation-threatened teams as well as teams who have been relegated over the last few seasons.

Relegation Rivals

The relegation-threatened teams this season are Everton, Wolves, Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton. Below you will see stats for each of these teams with PG an average per game.

TeamGoals ScoredGoals ConcededClean SheetsWins
Everton18 (0.82 PG)28 (1.27 PG)74
Wolves32 (1.45 PG)51 (2.32 PG)34
Ipswich 20 (0.91 PG)43 (1.95 PG)23
Leicester23 (1.05 PG)48 (2.18 PG)13
Southampton 15 (0.68 PG)50 (2.27 PG)21

"From the stats we can see that on average the relegation threatened teams score an average of 0.98 goals per game and concede an average of 2 goals per game. They keep an average of 3 clean sheets and average 3 wins."

Last 6 Relegated Teams

Now we will look at the stats for the last 6 relegated teams over the last 2 seasons. These teams are Luton Town, Burnley, Sheffield Utd, Leicester, Leeds and Southampton. 1.15 goals per game and concede an average of 2.13 goals per game. They keep an average of 3.5 clean sheets and average 6 wins.

TeamGoals ScoredGoals ConcededClean SheetsWins
Luton Town52 (1.37 PG)85 (2.24 PG)26
Burnley41 (1.08 PG)78 (2.05 PG)25
Sheffield Utd35 (0.92 PG)104 (2.74 PG)13
Leicester51 (1.34 PG)68 (1.79 PG)79
Leeds48 (1.26 PG)78 (2.05 PG)57
Southampton 36 (0.95 PG)73 (1.92 PG)46

Spurs and Man United’s stats

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Finally, let’s look at the stats of Spurs and Man United to see as surprising as it may sound are they in a relegation battle.

TeamGoals ScoredGoals ConcededClean SheetsWins
Spurs45 (2.05 PG)35 (1.59 PG)47
Man United 27 (1.23 PG)32 (1.45 PG)67

Both Spurs and Man United average more goals scored than the teams so far mentioned (average 0.98 goals per game) and the last 6 relegated teams (1.15 goals per game), although Luton, Leeds and Leicester all averaged more goals scored per game than this current Man United team.

Spurs and Man United concede less goals than all other teams mentioned in this article except for Everton. Spurs and Man United have more clean sheets than their relegation rivals, once again except for Everton and they are on course to have more clean sheets than each of the relegated teams over the last 2 seasons.

They have more wins than the relegation-threatened teams and already have more wins than Luton, Sheffield Utd, Burnley and Southampton (22/23 season).

Spurs and Man United are in poor form and having extremely bad seasons, well below expectations. The stats show that they will have more than enough to stay in the Premier League and are not in a relegation battle, despite what the media thinks.

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Jack hails from County Offaly in Ireland and joins the team as a Content Writer and Performance Analyst. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and History from Maynooth University and a master’s degree in Sports Performance from the University of Limerick. Jack is a keen sports fan with a love for performance analysis and wishes to use this data-driven style that is seen in performance analysis in his writing to deliver informative predictions.

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