Tottenham's convincing 5-1 victory against Bournemouth on Sunday moved Mauricio Pochettino's side up to sixth place in the Premier League table.

Spurs may still be two places below the Champions League spots, which is where the north London club aspire to be come May, but they are already leading the pack in regards to youth.

Pochettino has been brave enough to give plenty of young players a chance to prove their worth since he took the reins at White Hart Lane - including Harry Kane, Eric Dier and Nabil Bentaleb - and the Argentine coach's decision has often paid off.

While many other clubs in England's top tier have plumped for experience rather than youth, Spurs have, on average, fielded the youngest side in the division this season, according to the CIES Football Observatory.

The average age of Tottenham's side is just 24.7 years, which puts them ahead of Liverpool (25.5) and Newcastle (25.6).

At the other end of the scale, West Brom and Manchester City have the oldest teams with averages ages of 29.2 and 28.5 respectively.

Only three sides in Europe's top five leagues can claim to have fielded younger sides than Spurs; Nice (24.1), Valencia (24.5) and Bayer Leverkusen (24.5).