Flashscore have provided a data point regarding chances created by various Premier League sides this season, which makes for sorry reading for Tottenham.
Since the start of the season, Thomas Frank has kept insisting that he wants Tottenham to be brave and aggressive, but Spurs fans have not seen any evidence of that so far.
The Lilywhites have struggled to create chances consistently, and that is a problem that the Dane has been unable to solve.
Pundits are now even questioning if Frank is capable of coaching a side to dominate and create chances, with the 52-year-old coming under immense pressure.
Tottenham have posted two of the worst xG scores this Premier League season
Journalist Tom Barcley has now relayed data from Flashscore regarding the worst xG scores posted by Premier League sides in any one match this season.
Interestingly, in the worst five xG scores of the season, three belong to Tottenham, including their two London derbies against Arsenal and Chelsea.
The other game to make the list was Spurs’ 1-0 loss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to Bournemouth back in August, where the Lilywhites posted an xG of just 0.19.
These numbers show why Spurs fans are extremely concerned
These xG numbers suggest that Tottenham’s results this season flatter them and that they could be much lower in the table if they had not had the rub of the green.
For Spurs to have three of the five worst xG scores of the season clearly indicates that the issue is structural.
Frank batted away the question regarding Tottenham’s poor xG against Arsenal, but deep down, he will be aware that these kinds of numbers are not sustainable and that something has to change.
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