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If you support a Premier League team in north London, you probably had a nice weekend, aside from maybe a bit of annoyance at your local rivals also winning.
Tottenham and Arsenal earned potentially massive victories in their respective battles for survival and the title. On top of that, their closest competitors dropped points, with West Ham losing at Brentford on Saturday before Manchester City drew dramatically at Everton on Monday.
In this week’s SVQ, we’ll look at whether Viktor Gyökeres is perhaps having a slightly underrated debut season with the Gunners, and what Spurs’ win at Aston Villa has done to the Opta supercomputer’s projections (spoiler: quite a bit).
We also have an Ask Opta request that requires us to put 50p in the supercomputer for some play-off numbers, while our quiz includes questions on Igor Thiago, Bournemouth and Manchester United.
Let’s start with Spurs, where the unfamiliar feeling of good vibes may have finally returned…
📈 STAT - Tottenham Turn Relegation Scrap on its Head
Tottenham fans, you’ve had to put up with a lot this season. And frankly (no pun intended) a lot of people have spent a lot of time focusing on the negatives at the club, so we wanted to take the opportunity to look at what was without doubt their best performance in the Premier League for a very long time on Sunday.
Sure, Aston Villa may have been distracted by their upcoming Europa League semi-final second leg, but it was still an intimidating fixture for Tottenham, and they absolutely rose to it with a dominant display at Villa Park.
First-half goals from Conor Gallagher and Richarlison sealed the win, despite Emi Buendía’s late consolation.
Following their 1-0 victory at Wolves the previous weekend, it means Spurs have won consecutive league matches for the first time since their opening two games of the season (wins vs Burnley and Manchester City).