Tottenham go into international break bottom of the Premier League and winless

Tottenham Hotspur go into the October international break bottom of the Premier LeaguePremier LeagueEngland5 CLUBS95 MATCHES and without a win. Their final match before the pause was at home in north London, where Aston VillaAston VillaEngland took a 1-0 lead, and the winless run now extends into the break. Tottenham are propping up the table.

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Season 2025/26

How Tottenham reached the bottom

The defining feature of Tottenham's start is the absence of a win rather than a single heavy defeat. The most recent evidence came at home, where Villa went ahead, and that goal was treated as decisive for the afternoon's outcome. Tottenham's wait for a first league victory continues into the international window.

The leadership criticism

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The criticism that has taken hold around the team is that the squad lacks a core of leaders: senior players who can manage a game once it starts to slip, or absorb pressure after conceding first. That is an assessment of the group rather than a fact about it, and nobody at the club has endorsed or answered it. The argument rests on how the side has responded to setbacks, with the Villa goal the clearest example.

Why bottom place matters in October

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Tottenham's position at the foot of the table is the headline number. The harder problem, on this reading, is the leadership question, because a shortage of senior figures is not something a single training week repairs. That is analysis rather than a reported fact: no review, no finding and no plan for the coming weeks has been made public. Bottom place can be recovered from with a short run of results, but the tone around a squad being told from outside that it lacks direction is slower to shift.

What happens next

Tottenham have not commented publicly on the winless run or on the suggestion that the squad is short of leaders. Nothing has been said about the position of the head coach, and no changes to the playing squad or the coaching staff have been announced. The international break gives the club a fortnight without a league fixture, but the club has not said how it intends to use it.

What is not yet known

• The margin between Tottenham and the team immediately above them — the table position is clear, the points gap is not.
• Whether any change will be made to the coaching staff, a question nobody at the club has addressed either way.
• What the club itself believes has caused the run, and whether senior players will speak during the break.
• The full scoreline of the home match against Aston Villa, beyond the visitors' 1-0 lead.