Tottenham vs Brentford prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-09-20 14:00.
[p]Tottenham and Brentford will both have to recover quickly after their midweek EFL Cup outings, continuing an especially busy period for Spurs in particular that sees them play seven competitive matches in 22 days. Another failure to defeat fierce rivals Arsenal (L 1-0) continued their ongoing struggles against fellow top-six hopefuls, which as a result has seen them lose each of their last six Premier League games as an underdog.[/p]
[p]Spurs are enduring their worst start to a Premier League season since 2015/16, but manager Ange Postecoglou – who last season asked to be judged on the results of this one – remained defiantly optimistic by declaring he “always win things in (his) second year”. Ahead of difficult-looking trips to Manchester United and Brighton, this home fixture against fellow Londoners Brentford looks crucial, but Spurs have beaten the Bees just twice from six meetings across the previous three seasons (D3, L1). [/p]
[p]Brentford have collected all six of their Premier League points to date this campaign on home soil, but they’ve hardly disgraced themselves during immensely tough trips to Liverpool (L 2-0) and Manchester City (L 2-1). Bees head coach Thomas Frank described the performance in defeat to City as “world class” and even earned high praise from opposing boss Pep Guardiola, who following the match hailed Frank as “one of the best” current managers in world football. [/p]
[p]They ought to take that confidence forward to replicate their 2022/23 late season win away to Spurs (3-1), although this time they’ll have to return without one of their two goalscorers of that afternoon as Yoane Wissa has been ruled out for a couple of months after sustaining an ankle injury. Frank himself admitted “it’s a big hole” for the team to fill, particularly as Wissa has delivered their last two Premier League goals.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Spurs’ Cristian Romero picked up a couple of early goals last season including against Brentford, and with his last four goals coming at home, there’s no better time to add to the list. His primary role here will be to marshall Bryan Mbeumo, who is bidding to score against Tottenham for the third straight time. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: 17 of Tottenham’s last 21 Premier League home games produced over 2.5 total goals.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]