Bookies Sweat 200/1 Tottenham Hotspur Relegation
Posted on: March 6, 2026, 11:10h.
Last updated on: March 6, 2026, 11:29h.
- Tottenham slump turns 200-1 relegation bets into bookmaker liability.
- Spurs sit just above relegation after fifth straight Premier League defeat.
- Early bettors could land huge payouts if Tottenham drop.
UK sportsbooks say they will take a hit if Tottenham Hotspur continues its downward trajectory all the way to the second tier of English soccer.
Spurs were 200-1 to be relegated from the English Premier League at the beginning of the season, but following their 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Thursday – in a week when both Nottingham Forest and West Ham, below them, picked up points – that suddenly becomes a very real possibility.
With eight games to go, Spurs sit one place above the relegation zone, one point ahead of Forest and West Ham. Spurs’ odds to go down have shortened to 13/8.
Losing Streak
Worryingly for Spurs fans, there are signs that those two teams have gained a modicum of momentum and steel going into the run-in, while the North London club’s players look jaded and lost. The Palace defeat was the fifth in a row – Spurs’ worst losing streak in the Premier League era in over two decades. Incredibly, the current Europa League title holders have not won a game in 2026.
To add insult to injury, their hated North London rivals, Arsenal, sit seven points clear at the top of the league and are in with a shot, albeit unlikely, of winning “the quadruple” – the league, the league Cup, the FA Cup, and the Champions League.
UK bookmakers say quite a few bettors backed them to go down when it was still a huge longshot. That turns Spurs into a serious liability for sportsbooks, especially because relegation markets are thin and lack a large volume of bets.
Bookies hate it when longshots come in. In the 2015–16 season, bookmakers paid out massive sums when Leicester City won the Premier League at 5000-1, one of the most famous betting shocks ever.
Spurs’ dire situation only seems to be getting worse and, ahead of their clash with Crystal Palace this evening, we can reveal that they are now our worst result in our relegation book,” said William Hill spokesperson Lee Phelps.
“Punters are latching on to them to go down and have been for a while now, with some bets laid at odds as big as 200/1 earlier in the season, making them a serious liability for us.”
Too Big to Go Down?
The initial long odds reflected the structural reality of modern English soccer: clubs with Spurs’ resources virtually never go down. Relegation in the Premier League is strongly correlated with spending power, particularly wage bills, and teams with top-six budgets typically finish safely in mid-table or higher.
Spurs belong to the financial elite, and none of the so-called “big six” sides has been relegated since the league’s formation in 1992.
The sudden possibility of it becoming realistic is precisely why early odds of 200-1 now look extraordinary and why bookmakers grow uneasy when a scenario they once priced as almost impossible starts to edge toward plausibility.
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