Revealed: Astonishing stat shames Tottenham as Premier League newcomers boast better home record than north London club - despite Spurs having an EIGHT-MONTH head start

Premier League new boys Sunderland have already won more home Premier League games than Tottenham this year - despite Spurs having played nine more times.

Thomas Frank's side slumped to a 2-1 defeat against Fulham in front of a furious home crowd on Saturday afternoon, in a result which means they have won just once in north London this campaign.

Since beating Burnley 3-0 on the opening day, Spurs have hosted and failed to beat Bournemouth, Wolves, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Manchester United and Marco Silva's men - who had been without an away win since May before the weekend.

Spurs have scored seven goals in six matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, an arena that was designed with the intent of welcoming goals, trophies and big, exciting moments.

Yet, thanks to the awful league form during Ange Postecoglou's final five months in charge, and Frank's inability thus far to his team purring at home, Spurs fans have seen their side win just three Premier League ties at their own ground in 2025.

Having drawn three and lost the other 10, it makes Spurs the worst team at home this year other than now relegated - or recently promoted - sides such as Leeds United, Burnley, Leicester, Southampton and Ipswich Town.

Even West Ham, who have astonishingly won just twice at home this season, and Wolves, who are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table without so much as a single victory in the 2025/26 campaign, have performed better in front of their own fans this year.

Sunderland, who gained promotion this season, have won four out of their seven home league games and drawn the other three in what has been a mightily impressive start to life back in the big time.

Above them are the likes of Nottingham Forest and Fulham, before Manchester United land themselves the unwanted title of being the 12th worst home team - out of 23 - to have played in the Premier League this calendar year. 

Brentford, Everton and Crystal Palace all find themselves with a win record of just under 50 per cent at home, while Bournemouth and Brighton win - on average - more than once every two games.

The top team at home in the Premier League are, by some distance, Manchester City, having won 14 out of 17 games. Meanwhile, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Liverpool round out the top four.

Arsenal, somewhat surprisingly, are in fifth ahead of Newcastle, but most of Mikel Arteta's side's dropped points came at the end of the 2024/25 campaign - losing twice at the Emirates between February and May.

It makes for dire reading for Frank, who was on the receiving end of a chorus of boos following Spurs' defeat to Fulham. In fact, the mood has soured so much to the point that Pedro Porro has even taken aim at the frustrated home crowd in the recent days.

Porro was seen after the game having a go at Lucas Bergvall, who had stayed on the pitch to applaud the home supporters, whereas the Spaniard headed straight down the tunnel and chose not to acknowledge those in the stands.

He then posted to Instagram: 'Football is emotions. In football, as in life, there can always be mistakes,' he wrote on Instagram.

'What I will not tolerate is hearing disrespect from the fans to my team-mates, hence my frustration at the end of the game.

'And we will get up. We remind you, six months ago, everything was so bad. In the end, it is not how it begins but how it ends. To the true Spurs fans, I love you.'

Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario was persistently booed on Saturday after giving the ball away for Harry Wilson's goal and Frank strongly criticised that vocal section of the crowd after the game.

He labelled the reaction to Vicario 'completely unacceptable' and said they 'can't be true Tottenham fans that do that'.

Frank's next chance to put the home form right comes against his old club, Brentford, who will be desperate to get one over their former boss when they visit north London on Saturday.