As the gates closed at White Hart Lane for the last time on the 14th of May 2017, Tottenham Hotspur celebrated a 2-1 win over Manchester United which all but sealed second place in this season’s Premier League. As they wait on their new ground being built, which should be completed for the beginning of the 2018/19 season, they will play all their European and Domestic matches at Wembley Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur’s home form this season has been nothing short of phenomenal and is a major reason why their challenge at the top of the table lasted so long. They have, by far, the best home form in the league. They have accumulated 53 points from a possible 57. That’s five more than Chelsea’s home points and ten more than Everton who have the next best home record.
On the road, they weren’t so impressive. Six draws and four losses, along with seven wins, there is a fifteen point swing when those way results are compared with Chelsea’s. They will have to figure out what the problem is there as all their games will be played away from home next season.
They do have experience from Wembley Stadium as their Champions League matches were played there this season. However, looking back on that dismal campaign makes grim reading if you are a Spurs fan. They opened with a home match against Monaco and maybe they were guilty of underestimating the French side who reached the semi-final of the tournament this season. They were 2-0 down after 30 minutes and despite Toby Alerweireld pulling one back, they couldn’t breach the defence that Manchester City scored five against.
Their next ‘home’ match in the Champions League was against Bayer Leverkusen and they went down 1-0 in a poor display. By the time their final match came along they knew they were heading for the Europa League, mainly because of their 1-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen. They ran out 3-1 winners over CSKA Moscow although not before falling a goal behind. Goals from Harry Kane, who has flattered to deceive at this level and Dele Alli rescued them.
After drawing Gent in the Europa League, Spurs would have fancied their chances, however, after losing the away leg 1-0, they struggled at Wembley yet again. They threw away a lead twice and goals from Christian Eriksen and Victor Wanyama were not enough to save a truly dismal European campaign.
So, with just one win, two losses and a draw, all against what could be classed as mediocre opposition, Spurs had better hope that Wembley is not the problem or they could be in for a very long season.
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