View: Tottenham shouldn't look past Wolves as Premier League record demands respect

Tottenham Hotspur travel to Molineux to play Wolves on Saturday, with Spurs having failed to beat Wanderers in the Premier League since 2022.

Wolves are a wounded animal at the moment, with their relegation to the Championship now confirmed.

Rob Edwards has been unable to keep Wanderers in the top flight, with little but pride to play for in the remaining weeks of the season.

So, with nothing left to play for by way of their Premier League status this season, opposing fans will likely view their team’s game against them as a ‘guaranteed’ three points.

However, with Tottenham taking on Wolves this Saturday, everyone connected with Spurs must not go into the match with that mindset.

What is Tottenham’s Premier League record vs Wolves?

Tottenham are now winless from their last 15 Premier League games: their worst-ever run in the competition.

Roberto De Zerbi‘s side came awfully close to three points against Brighton last time out, but threw the win away in the dying seconds of the match.

So, with Wolves next on the agenda, surely this has to be nothing less than three points for Tottenham, right?

Well, there’s no such thing as a guaranteed win in football, and certainly not when it comes to this Spurs side.

As poor as Wanderers have been this season, the history books enable them to cite clear evidence as to why nobody from N17 should be looking past them on Saturday.

Indeed, Tottenham haven’t beaten Wolves in any of their last six Premier League meetings, with Spurs’ most recent league win over them coming in August 2022.

The Old Gold have claimed victory four times over their last six league games with the Lilywhites, and the misery doesn’t end there for Tottenham either.

In fact, Spurs also haven’t won at Saturday’s venue, Molineux, in any of their last three visits in the league, so De Zerbi’s side have some seriously bad form with Wanderers to overturn this weekend.

Tottenham could be playing Wolves at the worst time

With relegation confirmed, the pressure is now totally off Wolves for the rest of the season, with no expectations from their supporters, who are largely feeling apathetic towards their team now.

However, Edwards isn’t the kind of manager to simply let the season peter out, as he’s too emotionally connected and invested in that football club to allow that to happen.

He will be telling his players that even if results don’t matter now, performances certainly do, as he looks to find out who he can rely on to take with him to the Championship, and which players he won’t.

Sometimes, it can be these sorts of teams that pose considerable problems for sides feeling the pressure of needing points, and that’s the situation Tottenham are entering on Saturday.

They know that anything but a win at Molineux will, for many, hammer home one of the final nails in their Premier League coffin, considering Spurs’ final four consist of: Aston Villa, Leeds, Chelsea and Everton respectively.

Wolves can just go out and play without any fear now, whereas Tottenham nerves are jangling, and so whilst they are where they are for a reason, Wanderers might not be the ideal team Spurs want to be playing right now.

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