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Spurs remain in relegation zone

April 19, 2026 at 6:13 am Leave a comment

Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso sank to their knees, Xavi Simons looked ready to cry and the Tottenham Hotspur fans filed out of the club’s £1bn stadium feeling like their team had been beaten once again, The Telegraph writes in his report on Tottenham‘s 2-2 draw with Brighton on Saturday.

In their fight against relegation Tottenham Hotspur’s have appointed a new manager in Roberto de Zerbi, but also in his second game in charge he could not stop Spurs’ winless run in the league. Against de Zerbi‘s former club Brighton, Spurs twice took the lead, but in the fifth minute of added time the Seagulls levelled for a second time. Spurs last victory was on December 28th last year, and they now haven’t won for 15 matches, just one short of the club’s worst-ever winless league run set 91 years ago.

BBC reports that only the Championship’s rock-bottom club Sheffield Wednesday have picked up fewer points (four) than Spurs (six) across English football’s top four tiers in 2026. Relegation looms for the first time since 1977 with only five games to go – and the situation could worsen with relegation rivals Nottingham Forest and West Ham yet to play this weekend.

De Zerbi has said that his immediate attention is on restoring confidence – something which seems to be crucial for a group of players who have now failed to win each of their last five Premier League games in which they led. However, with rock-bottom club Wolves being their next opponent, Spurs’ first win of 2026 could be only one week away.

Therefore West Ham, whose fans of course celebrated Brighton’s late equaliser, must look at themselves and make as many points as possible to avoid being pegged back into the relegation zone which they have left only a week ago. On Monday evening they play Oliver Glasner‘s Crystal Palace away.

The Eagles have reached the semifinal of the Conference League last Thursday. They eliminated Fiorentina and will now have to beat Shaktar Donetsk in order to reach the final which would give Austrian manager Glasner the chance of winning a European Cup for the second time. Four years ago he beat West Ham in the Europa League semifinal with Frankfurt and went on to win the final in Sevilla against Glasgow Rangers. One year later though the Irons won the Conference League by beating Alkmaar in the semi and Fiorentina in the final at Prague.

Come on you Irons!

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