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A London derby awaits on the Premier League's opening weekend as Brentford welcome Tottenham to the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday evening.
The Bees are well-established in the top flight now, and are one of only 11 teams that have kept hold of their manager from last season in Keith Andrews.
Meanwhile, Spurs are continuing with Roberto De Zerbi after he helped them avoid relegation towards the end of the previous campaign.
Read our prediction, preview and betting tips for the game below, and make sure to check out our today's betting tips page for more of our expert predictions.
Brentford vs. Tottenham key stats
- Brentford have beaten Tottenham just once in 10 previous H2Hs (D4, L5).
- Tottenham have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League openers (W6, D3).
- Tottenham have never lost a league game at the Gtech Community Stadium (W1, D4).
Brentford vs. Tottenham preview: Spurs to snatch a point?
Brentford vs Tottenham — Tale of the Tape
| Brentford | vs | Tottenham |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Position | 20th |
| 0 | Points | 0 |
| 0 | Goals For | 0 |
| 0 | Goals Against | 0 |
| 0 | Clean Sheets | 0 |
| 4th | Home / Away Rank | 20th |
Having lost key personnel and manager Thomas Frank, who joined Tottenham, Brentford exceeded many people's expectations last season.
They finished ninth, and only missed out on European football on goal difference.
Andrews has done a great job, and has been backed in the transfer market with the club-record signing of Mamadou Sangare among others.
Sepp van den Berg is Brentford's main injury absentee, but they have many of their key players available, including last season's top scorer Igor Thiago.
Tottenham will want to put the 2025/26 campaign behind them, as they finished 17th for a second successive season.
Frank was dismissed and replaced by Igor Tudor, who too made way for De Zerbi.
In order for the threat of relegation not to happen again, Spurs have spent big this summer, breaking their transfer record twice to sign Mateus Fernandes (£85m) and Sandro Tonali (£100m).
Plenty of other new signings are hoping to make their competitive debuts for the North Londoners here, but the likes of Xavi Simons, Mohammed Kudus, Destiny Udogie and Dominic Solanke are all injured.
Brentford vs. Tottenham form guide & betting tips
| Brentford | vs | Tottenham |
|---|---|---|
N/A |
Form | N/A |
| 0 | Points | 0 |
| 4th | Form Table | 20th |
| 0 | Goals For | 0 |
| 0 | Goals Against | 0 |
LDDWW |
Form (All Comps) | WWDWD |
Whispers predicts: Brentford 2-2 Tottenham
Brentford are 6/4 (2.50) favourites to win, but given their poor record against Tottenham, we fancy the visitors to get a positive result.
The Draw at 11/4 (3.75) certainly appeals in terms of price, while BTTS – Yes at 4/7 (1.57) is a safer pick with four of Tottenham's last five pre-season friendlies seeing both teams score.
Over 3.5 goals at 7/4 (2.75) is our final bet, as Brentford were so free-scoring in their pre-season, scoring seven goals past Eintracht Frankfurt last time out.
Overall, we are predicting a 2-2 draw, which is available at 12/1 (13.00).
> BTTS – Yes at 4/7 (1.57) | Likelihood: Probable
> Over 3.5 goals at 7/4 (2.75) | Likelihood: Possible
> Draw at 11/4 (3.75) | Likelihood: Outsider