By the Numbers: Looking Closer into Tottenham’s 1-1 Draw Against Everton

Leading up to Tottenham’s second and final league match against Everton, let’s see how they did.

When Hotspur HQ did a By the Numbers preview of Everton versus Tottenham, we took a look at the Toffees defense as something to expose. And for the first 20 minutes, that is exactly what Spurs were doing by getting some good and early looks in front of the net.

Granted, there were no goals scored, but it showed that with Everton’s defense conceding 19 goals at Goodison Park, they were going to be vulnerable. Now unfortunately that wasn’t the case during the 22nd minute as Aaron Lennon opened the scoring for the Blues first. But that lead wouldn’t last long with Dele Alli equalizing in the first minute of stoppage time right before the break.

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So what did the 1-1 draw at Goodison Park do for Spurs’ offense and defense according to the numbers? Well, by looking at SoccerSTATS, Tottenham’s offense still remains as the fifth best in the Premier League — but they’re actually level with Arsenal — with 18 and 16 goals scored at home and away, respectively. Overall, the Lilywhites have found the back of the net a total of 34 times.

Defensively, they still own the title of having the best defense in the Premier League by only conceding 16 goals overall. In terms of how many away goals were conceded, that number amounts to nine. Nine goals in 10 away fixtures. which is nearly a 1:1 ratio and shows how much better the Lilywhites’ defense has gotten. At home? That number would be lower at seven home goals conceded.

Obviously signing Toby Alderweireld was the main key factor in helping Tottenham field the best defense this season. But having Eric Dier transition back to his natural position (defensive midfield) as a youth player with Sporting Lisbon certainly helped ease a summer purge of talent with no signings at central and defensive midfield.

But there was more too. Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Ben Davies and Jan Vertonghen improving, plus Hugo Lloris still being one of the best Premier League goalkeepers makes it easier for Tottenham’s offense to score at least a goal or two. And then find a way to prevent other teams from scoring or equalizing, that way Spurs could win and take all three points.

Take a look at Tottenham’s fixtures and look at what became the highest goals conceded this season after 20 league games have been played.

The highest that opposing teams have scored against Tottenham is two goals. So again, it means that Spurs need to score at least two goals themselves and they should be fine in the end.

And even though Sunday’s game (January 3rd) ended in a 1-1 draw, it showed that had Tottenham connected on Harry Kane and Ben Davies’ strikes it would have been 3-1. Meaning it would have been another game in which opponents have failed to score more than two goals against Tottenham in the Premier League.

Still, a single point earned on the road against a top three offense in Everton, has its fair share of positives to take ahead of Spurs’ upcoming fixtures.

What were they? Let’s take a look by using both SoccerSTATS and FC Stats.

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First, let’s start with Dele Alli. His fifth goal of the season continues a marvelous first year in the Premier League for a player who had no prior experience and was coming from League One.

By scoring in the first minute of stoppage time right before half-time, this gave Alli his fourth away goal. It’s looking like the 19-year-old England international has a knack for scoring on the road which will be very vital during the season moving forward.

Next, Tottenham’s away form in terms of scoring continues for the ninth consecutive game according to FC Stats. Since being shut out by Manchester United in the season opener, Spurs have manged to score in every away fixture that they have been in.

That streak alone is impressive but another streak which is just as good is that the Lilywhites are undefeated in nine away matches.

Having the ability to score goals or not concede any helps maintain that nine-game unbeaten run. But looking at how Tottenham were able to achieve that kind of consistency with the help of two tables, points to a team that never gives up and plays for the entire 90 minutes.

Take a look at these statistics courtesy of SoccerSTATS:

(1) Goals giving the lead / matches played
(2) ( Equalizer goals scored / Goals giving lead to opponent ) * 100
(3) Goals giving lead to opponent / matches played
(4) ( Equalizer goals conceded / Goals giving the lead ) * 100

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Being able to equalize 80 percent of the time in away games where Tottenham were trailing is actually quite ridiculous in of itself. That means Manchester United shutting out Tottenham was the only away fixture in which Spurs couldn’t equalize and earn a draw at the end of 90 minutes. Obviously.

To think that Tottenham are actually better at home is even more scary. And with Spurs’ next Premier League game at home against Leicester City, they’ll be facing another top three offensive juggarnaut. Where the Foxes rank second with 37 Premier League goals scored in 20 games.

Just another tough fixture coming up and a huge test for Spurs to keep Leicester from scoring in their third consecutive league game.