Brentford vs Tottenham Hotspur - prediction, team news, lineups

One of 2 all-London showdowns successful gameweek 1 of the 2026-27 Premier League season, Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur chopped the ribbons connected their caller campaigns astatine the Gtech Community Stadium connected Saturday evening.

Not since the days of Thomas Frank person the Bees travel up trumps against Spurs, whose imperishable successor to the Dane present 'officially' begins his superior conquest successful his archetypal afloat play successful charge.

Match preview

Clinging onto their perpetual Premier League presumption by the tegument of their teeth, Tottenham would person already commenced their competitory concern had the unthinkable occurred past season, but De Zerbi's semipermanent loyalties volition not beryllium tested successful the Championship successful 2026-27.

In a hopeless bid to guarantee that the back-to-back 17th-placed finishes of 2024-25 and 2025-26 are consigned to the backmost pages of the annals, Spurs person splashed the currency similar ne'er earlier this summer, breaking their transportation grounds twice successful the abstraction of a fewer days connected £185m midfield duo Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali.

Another nine-figure outlay could yet beryllium connected the cards, arsenic De Zerbi aims to reenforce a depleted onslaught with Manchester City duo Savinho and Omar Marmoush, though his existent harvest fared conscionable good successful pre-season; 7 games, 4 wins, 3 draws, zero defeats.

A 2-1 occurrence implicit London rivals Chelsea successful the Sydney Super Cup stood retired for Spurs during their summertime programme, which concluded with a 3-0 triumph and 2-2 gully against Bundesliga outfit Hoffenheim, the erstwhile of which took spot successful beforehand of an progressively optimistic Tottenham Hotspur Stadium crowd.

The Lilywhites faithful person besides seen their broadside mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 10 opening-day Premier League fixtures - a behind-closed-doors decision to Everton successful 2020 - and each Tottenham travel to Brentford successful the Premier League has astatine slightest proven semi-fruitful frankincense far.

Only 2 teams person played much than 1 Premier League crippled astatine the Gtech Community Stadium and ne'er lost, those clubs being Chelsea and Saturday's visitors Tottenham, whom Brentford person failed to bushed astatine location since returning to the large clip successful 2021.

A 0-0 gully connected New Year's Day marked the 4th stalemate from 5 Premier League games betwixt Brentford and Tottenham astatine this venue, 1 that extended the Bees' scoreless tally against Spurs to 3 matches but besides snapped a four-game losing series against their London rivals.

Keith Andrews's men could not replicate Tottenham's unbeaten pre-season tally either, suffering a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Watford connected August 1, but the Bees responded successful the astir emphatic mode possible; winning each of their last 4 friendlies and netting a sensational 17 goals successful the process.

Seven of those strikes came during an bonzer 7-0 annihilation of Eintracht Frankfurt successful their closing contest, further heightening anticipation of a long-awaited European run successful 2027-28 aft Brentford lone missed retired connected a Conference League spot connected extremity quality past season.

A paltry instrumentality of 1 triumph from their past 10 Premier League matches of 2025-26 hampered Brentford's continental ambitions, but Andrews's men did not suffer a azygous location London derby successful the apical formation past season, and their past 2 opening-day wins person some travel against superior rivals - vs. Arsenal successful 2021-22 and Crystal Palace successful 2024-25.

Brentford pre-season form:

Tottenham Hotspur pre-season form:

Team News

Alongside their well-documented attacking issues, Tottenham person a caller antiaircraft interest to negociate for the opening day, arsenic Micky van de Ven was ruled retired by De Zerbi successful his Friday property conference.

New signings Marcos Senesi and Jan Paul van Hecke should truthful articulation forces for their afloat debuts, alongside Premier League victor Andrew Robertson, expected to commencement astatine left-back portion Destiny Udogie returns to afloat fitness.

Xavi Simons (ACL), Wilson Odobert (knee), Pape Sarr (groin), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Pedro Porro (rested) and Mohammed Kudus (thigh) volition besides play nary portion successful Saturday's showdown, but Dominic Solanke, Mateus Fernandes and James Maddison person been practicing with the squad and are connected people to feature.

Brentford are not heading into the caller run with a cleanable measure of wellness either, arsenic Sepp van den Berg (groin) and Antoni Milambo (knee) are retired of contention with nary steadfast instrumentality dates.

Andrews's men are successful bully signifier otherwise, though, particularly successful the last third, wherever Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade some bagged braces and registered 7 nonstop involvements betwixt them successful the battering of Frankfurt.

Record signing Mamadou Sangare besides recovered the nett successful that demolition job, and the ex-Lens antheral is expected to play successful tandem with Vitaly Janelt and Mathias Jensen successful a midfield trident.

Brentford imaginable starting lineup:

Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Lewis-Potter; Sangare, Janelt; Ouattara, Jensen, Schade; Thiago

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Gray, Senesi, Van Hecke, Robertson; Tonali, Fernandes; Moore, Gallagher, Tel; Richarlison

We say: Brentford 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham's onslaught whitethorn person a ravaged consciousness to it, but with Mikey Moore, Mathys Tel and Richarlison each shining successful pre-season - alongside the returns to fittingness of Solanke and Maddison - De Zerbi's front-footed men volition travel retired firing.

However, arsenic a fig of caller antiaircraft signings go accustomed to each other, a goal-happy Brentford broadside should springiness arsenic bully arsenic they get successful a melodramatic opening-day draw.

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