Stats latest | How many times have we been unbeaten after the first seven matches of a Premier League season?
Mon 02 October 2023, 17:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
Ange Postecoglou has led the team to an unbeaten first seven matches of a Premier League campaign for only the third time.
Saturday's dramatic 2-1 victory against Liverpool at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium made it five wins and two draws in our first seven fixtures. That matches 2016/17 and last season, where we also posted five wins and two draws in our first seven matches.
In 2016/17, we stretched that unbeaten start to 12 - six wins, six draws - before losing 2-1 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. We went on to finish second that season with our record points haul, 86. Last season, we lost our eighth game at Arsenal, but put together our best start after 10 matches in the Premier League.
Of course, the best-ever start in our history was in our double campaign, when Bill Nicholson's all-conquering team won their first 11 matches, drew the 12th, then won the next four, eventually losing their 17th against Sheffield Wednesday.
Our best unbeaten starts
16 matches unbeaten - 1960/61 - won 15, drew 1 (Division One)
12 matches unbeaten - 1919/20 - won 11, drew 1 (Division Two)
12 matches unbeaten - 1959/60 - won 6, drew 6 (Division One)
12 matches unbeaten - 2016/17 - won 6, drew 6 (Premier League)
10 matches unbeaten - 1990/91 - won 6 drew 4 (Division One)
Record since entering the Football League, 1908/09
Ange's two-goal+ start tallying up...
Meanwhile, Joel Matip's late, late own goal from Pedro Porro's cross to secure victory for us on Saturday meant we maintained our sequence of scoring at least two goals in each of Ange Postecoglou's first seven matches in charge in the Premier League.
Only four managers had seen their teams score two-plus goals in their first six matches in charge in the Premier League - Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea, start of 2009/10), Pep Guardiola (City, start of 2016/17), Craig Shakespeare at Leicester City (March/April, 2017) and Ange at Spurs.
Ancelotti's run ended at game number seven (a 3-1 loss at Wigan), Pep's was ended by us with a 2-0 win at the Lane which means only Ange and Shakespeare made it to seven - Shakespeare's side's run ended in a 1-0 loss in his eighth game in charge at Arsenal.
