Ranking all 20 clubs by points won from losing positions

There are two ways to get Premier League points.

First, the sensible way, by just beating other teams mainly quite comfortably. This is the method preferred this season for, say, Arsenal and is generally better for the overall health of your supporters.

But there is another way, and that is to be rubbish, go behind as often as not, and then frequently roar back to win thrillingly. This is largely an unsustainable method and obviously far riskier, but can also be very exciting. We’ll call this the Spurs Method.

So which team has had most success scrambling points from losing positions this season, then? Well it’s Spurs, obviously. And not just in the Premier League. But what about the other 19 lesser Premier League clubs? A mixed bag…

20. Leicester City – 0pts
9 deficits, 9 defeats

The good news, though, is that they have at least stopped going behind literally all the time. Five wins in eight before the break for Brendan Rodgers’ no longer terrible team. They just happened to score first in all of them. Holding those leads is significant, though, because they also spent the first six weeks of the season spaffing those away. Got spangled by Newcastle in the first game back to make it nine out of nine defeats from deficits, but at least getting spangled by Newcastle is no longer the embarrassment it was, say, 12 months ago.

19. Nottingham Forest – 1pt
10 deficits, 1 draw, 9 defeats

The 96th-minute own-goal equaliser they snaffled against Brentford wasn’t just the first point Forest have salvaged this season, it was also their first equaliser of any kind in the Premier League this season. That seems really quite mad.

18. Newcastle – 3pts
4 deficits, 3 draws, 1 defeat

Clearly the most significant number here is the four. That is a very small number of games to fall behind in, and getting something out of three-quarters of the games you fall behind in is also pretty good. The absence of a win is a minor pisser here, but it’s an impressive level of spunk nonetheless. The only lead they have been unable to quash was against Liverpool, who didn’t go in front until the last minute. Newcastle are very hard to beat. As Big Boss Winty put it, they have a floor now that allows them to make the first serious case for amending the number of Bigs in the Premier League since Man City and Spurs gatecrashed the old Big Four a decade ago.

17. Wolves – 4pts
11 deficits, 1 win, 1 draw, 9 defeats

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