Spurs: 10 Incredible Stats You Won't Believe From The AVB Era

3. Keep It Clean

Hotspur shutout opposition defence in more than half of the 26 games Villas-Boas had in charge this season. Only one of these came in his last nine matches, however, and yet they also won to nil half of the time. In total 25 goals were conceded, 21 of those in the Premier League. Couple these stats with their goalscoring problems, and you can make a credible case for Levy firing AVB. Letting in about a goal per game €“ even if you did begin the season winning without reply €“ and with the frontline unable to find the net twice on average at the other end, something had to change.