West Ham’s Premier League status is under threat, with the team facing a serious relegation battle. Recent results and other teams’ performances have increased the pressure on the club.
Spurs’ Resurgence Adds to West Ham’s Woes
Tottenham have improved recently, picking up seven points from their last three matches. That run has seen them leapfrog West Ham to move out of the relegation places.
Back-to-back wins have alleviated the gloom for Tottenham fans, taken them out of the bottom three and put their Premier League destiny back into their own hands.
Tottenham climbed out of the relegation zone with a surprise 2-1 win at fifth-placed Aston Villa and can move four points clear of West Ham with two matches remaining, if they win at home to Leeds.
Investment Failures Haunt West Ham
The poor investment from the West Ham board is also a factor in their current predicament. None of the players West Ham signed after Declan Rice was sold have succeeded.
Tottenham’s Form: A Mixed Bag
Tottenham may have endured a season to forget, but have come good at the right time under their new manager.
They go into this weekend sitting third in the away form table – only behind title chasers Arsenal and Manchester City.
- A whopping 70.3% of Spurs’ points have come on the road, the highest proportion of away points won by any team in any Premier League season.
There’s no secret as to why they are where they are in the league. Their abysmal record at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tells its own story.
They have lost 10 league matches at home in successive seasons and a further defeat would see them equal the club record of 11 set in the 1991-