Tottenham Hotspur's miserable start to the Premier League season deepened on Saturday as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Everton, extending their goalless run to four games and leaving the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium crowd booing at full-time.

It marks the first occasion in 20 years that a Spurs side has failed to score in any of their opening four league fixtures of a season. Roberto De Zerbi's expensively assembled squad have now gone more than 400 minutes without a Premier League goal, and their expected goals tally for the afternoon was a miserly 0.64.

A toothless home display

The home faithful saw their side produce just two shots on target across 90 minutes. The first, a meek low effort from Mateus Fernandes in the second half, was met with ironic cheers from the stands before trickling straight into the arms of Jordan Pickford.

Tottenham's best opportunity came as early as the 5th minute, when Jan Paul van Hecke failed to connect properly with a close-range header from Andy Robertson's free-kick. That moment proved to be as good as it got for De Zerbi's side, who also failed to register a shot on target in the entire first half — the 26th Premier League game since the start of last season in which they have gone scoreless at the break.

The closest Spurs came to a late breakthrough arrived in the 89th minute, when Jordan Pickford gave the ball away to Lucas Bergvall, only to recover and produce a superb save to deny him.

Everton's missed chance and Kinsky's close calls

Everton, who arrived in north London unbeaten and seeking their first away league victory since February, had the sharper edge in front of goal — yet they too failed to convert their clearest opening.

Ex-Spurs winger Brennan Johnson blazed a presentable second-half chance high and wide, while Thierno Barry's back-post header in the 50th minute was kept out by goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who admitted he barely knew what had happened.

Kinsky was fortunate to escape punishment in the 66th minute when he passed the ball directly to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, but the Everton midfielder struck his shot straight back at the grateful goalkeeper. Earlier, James Garner had tested Kinsky with a long-range free-kick just before the break, which was palmed away.

The result leaves Tottenham Hotspur winless after four Premier League games, with Roberto De Zerbi facing mounting pressure to find a solution to a side that has lost its scoring touch entirely. Everton, meanwhile, maintain their unbeaten start to the season.