Tottenham's league table curiosity

A third defeat in their past four Premier League games at home to Newcastle on Saturday left Tottenham 12th in the table.

But, when delving into their goalscoring statistics, supporters could be forgiven for wondering how exactly this has happened.

Ange Postecoglou's side have 15 fewer points than at this stage last season - despite scoring the same number of goals and conceding just one more.

So, how can that be?

Tottenham this season have been winning big and losing small.

Six of Spurs' seven wins have been by three or more goals - the exception being a 3-1 win over Brentford in September.

Nine of their 10 defeats have been by a single goal - including against the Magpies on Saturday - with the exception being the 6-3 defeat by Liverpool in December.

You can see how much of an anomaly Tottenham are this season just by looking at the table.

The Lilywhites currently sit 12th despite having a goal difference of +12!

In fact, it is such a unique situation for a side to be in that Spurs are the first Premier League team to sit in the bottom half after 20 games despite having a positive double-digit goal difference since Claudio Ranieri's Chelsea back in 2000-01.