Tottenham Hotspur will just about reach the halfway mark to last season’s win total, in week 8 of the 2025-26 Premier League season, if they can beat Aston Villa at home on Sunday (9 am ET).
WATCH — Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa
Spurs (3rd, 14 points) lost 22 games (and won just 11) in the PL last season en route to winning the Europa League under Ange Postecoglou, and the turnaround under new manager Thomas Frank has been sharp — from 11W-5D-22L, to 4W-2D-1L; from 1.71 goals conceded per game, to 0.71; from 1.68 scored, to 1.86. There is virtually no metric by which Frank hasn’t improved Spurs just two full months into the campaign, and still they are some way off of playing to their full potential. Despite settling for back-to-back draws with Brighton and Wolves last month, Frank