Tottenham 1-2 Leicester: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Ange Postecoglou sack fears deepen
Tottenham 1-2 Leicester: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Ange Postecoglou sack fears deepen
The pressure on Ange Postecoglou continues to mount as Spurs lose again. Re-live the action with the best facts and Opta data in our Tottenham vs Leicester stats page.
Tottenham’s miserable form continued with a shock 2-1 defeat at home to struggling Leicester City on Sunday, their fourth Premier League defeat in a row.
The loss heaps further pressure on Ange Postecoglou, who simultaneously became the first Spurs boss since David Pleat in 2003-04 to lose four top-flight games in succession on two occasions.
Postecoglou’s side did take the lead and spent considerable time in the ascendancy, but the game laid bare their defensive deficiencies and ability to shoot themselves in the foot.
Richarlison put them in front in the 33rd minute with a close-range header from Pedro Porro’s inch-perfect cross, the Brazilian making a real contribution on his first league start of the season.
But Spurs collapsed just after the break.
Jamie Vardy was left with the simplest of finishes after Antonín Kinsky failed to cut out Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s low cross, taking the 38-year-old’s tally to seven for the campaign, four more than he managed in the entirety of 2022-23.
Then, three minutes and 15 seconds later, Bilal El Khannouss slotted a fine finish into the bottom-right corner from 20 yards to leave the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stunned after Porro’s pass sold Rodrigo Bentancur short.
Porro looked one of Spurs’ likelier routes back to level terms, with the wing-back ending the game with a match-high five shots, though his decision-making was arguably questionable.
Otherwise, Spurs created little of note despite their desperate position in the latter stages.
Leicester did enough to hold on to the victory, their first in the league since beating West Ham 3-1 on 3 December, thus ending a run of eight without a win.
The result also prevented them suffering an eighth successive league defeat, which would have equalled their club record set between March and April 2001.
Three points ensure Leicester climb out of the relegation zone, while Spurs stay down in 15th.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Tottenham vs Leicester stats from their Premier League meeting at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Tottenham vs Leicester Stats: Post-Match Facts
- Amongst defenders in the Premier League this season, only Fulham’s Antonee Robinson (9) and Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold (6) have recorded more assists than Pedro Porro (5).
- Leicester have kept just four clean sheets across their 36 Premier League games against Tottenham, only keeping fewer against Manchester United (2) among sides who they’ve played 15+ times in the competition.
- Tottenham conceded two goals in the opening five minutes of the second half in this match, the first time that Spurs have suffered that fate since November 1997 against Liverpool.
- With this loss, it was the first time since defeat to Notts County in 1912 that Tottenham lost at home against a side who’d lost their previous seven league games in succession.
- Tottenham have failed to win any of their last seven Premier League games (D1 L6), their longest winless run in the top-flight since a nine-match stint between May and October 2008.
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