Spurs now winless in 14 games; third-worst in the league.
Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat at Sunderland extended their winless run to 14 Premier League matches, with WhoScored confirming that Spurs have now equalled their worst streak in top-flight history outside the disastrous 1934-35 campaign.
Tottenham are currently on the longest winless run in the Premier League (14). 😬
Only Wolves (19) and Burnley (16) have had longer runs without a win in the Premier League this season. pic.twitter.com/yCMvViFHXR
— WhoScored (@WhoScored) April 12, 2026
Since matchday 19, Spurs have plummeted from 11th on the charts to 18th. Fully rooted in the relegation zone for the first time this late in a Premier League season. Their form table across this period places them dead last in the division. Here’s another interesting read from To The Lane and Back on the dreadful form so far.
Roberto De Zerbi’s appointment was supposed to arrest this alarming decline, yet his first match yielded a familiar outcome. The Italian became the second consecutive Spurs manager to lose his opening league fixture, following Igor Tudor’s defeat to Arsenal in February.
They lacked the ruthlessness to convert against Sunderland, while defensive vulnerability proved decisive. Nordi Mukiele’s deflected 61st-minute strike was a proper reflection of the kind of unfortunate goal that has plagued Tottenham throughout their nightmare run, yet the inability to respond meant the surety of the existence of a greater issue.
The fixtures don’t get any easier. Brighton are up next at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It’s De Zerbi’s old club, and the kind of side he built there is exactly what Spurs can’t seem to pull off right now. After that, they face teams who are in better form and starting to sense weakness. Every dropped point just piles on the pressure.
Going down would be a full-blown disaster for the club. Money would take a big hit, key players could leave because of relegation clauses, and the damage to Spurs’ reputation would last for years. Back in 1934-35, they bounced back. But football’s changed now, and getting back up is a lot harder.
Six games left. That’s all they’ve got to avoid it. Six games to stop history repeating itself. Right now, Spurs are staring it in the face.