Tottenham vs Brentford: Premier League prediction, kick-off time, TV ...
Tottenham look to kick their Premier League season into gear as they host Brentford this afternoon. Ange Postecoglou’s side have won just one of their opening four matches, with last week’s north London derby defeat to Arsenal leaving them 13th in the table.
Spurs were minutes away from a disastrous early exit in the Carabao Cup in midweek, before late goals from Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson turned things around against Coventry. Johnson has faced criticism in the opening weeks of the season, but he starts on the right for Spurs this afternoon, with Timo Werner and Yves Bissouma among those on the bench.
Brentford have been beaten on the road by Liverpool and Manchester City so far this season, but impressed at the Etihad last week and sit in the top half of the table. Thomas Frank has issues to contend with up front, though, with Yoane Wissa the latest player facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below, featuring expert analysis from Dom Smith at the ground!
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Son clear through on goal, goes round Flekken but can’t get a shot away.
Lays it off to Kulusevski instead, his effort is blocked. Son should have scored.
25 mins: Brentford just starting to get a bit more control now, Tottenham not quite as relentless.
Lewis-Potter skips away from Porro, works space for the shot and tests Vicario from distance.
22 mins: Fair to say Brentford are not in a particular hurry when they do win a free-kick.
Home fans already putting pressure on the referee, they want play to be sped up.
That cheers them up - Van de Ven absolutely flies into a challenge. Takes the ball and all of Damsgaard. Great challenge.
Tottenham piling on the pressure here, and doing everything but scoring.
Son has been afforded far too much space down the left by Ajer, with Solanke dropping into midfield to spray passes around to good effect.
18 mins: Udogie’s shot deflects around the six-yard box, it’s a scramble as Kulusevski tries to bundle it into the net.
Lewis-Potter leads the Brentford attack, first time they’ve been out of their own half in a while.
Swiftly lost though, it’s all so frantic.
16 mins: Tottenham win it back high up the pitch again, Johnson looks to be in but Collins slides in to save the day.
It’s 1-1 going on 5-1. Brentford hanging on for dear life.
14 mins: Another Spurs corner coming up, ball just cut out with Kulusevski lurking in the box.
It’s Kulusevski to swing this in, Collins there in his own six-yard box to head clear.
10 mins: One-way traffic now, Spurs are rampant.
Brentford’s best bet is surely to go in search of a second. Sitting back isn’t working.
Johnson with the latest chance, dragged just wide of the far post.
Just seconds after Maddison's missed chance, it's Dominic Solanke up and running.
Maddison nicks it, forces a save, and Solanke follows up.
Quick response from Spurs, who deserve their leveller.
Brentford caught on the ball, Maddison clean through on goal.
His effort is saved, but parried straight out to Solanke and it’s a tap-in.
