Overview
Tottenham are having a very disappointing season in 2024-2025. Just 18 months ago, Ange Postecoglou made history by becoming the first Spurs manager to win 26 points in 30 games. However, after that, there was a long period of gloom for the "Rooster".
The 2-1 defeat to Leicester City in the previous round marked a sad milestone for Tottenham. This was the first time in 112 years that Spurs had been defeated by an opponent on a 7-match losing streak. Since the beginning of 2025, Postecoglou's team has not won any Premier League match.
More broadly, in the last 11 matches in the highest league in England, the London representative has only enjoyed victory once.
Tottenham are in 15th place in the table and eight points above the relegation zone, and a trip to Brentford is clearly not an easy task for Spurs.
In their last 5 Premier League matches, Brentford have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2. Notably, their 3 losses have all come against top teams such as Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal.
The biggest weakness of the "Beets" lies in their defense. After 23 rounds, Brentford has had to pick the ball out of the net 40 times, the second most in the top 15. Therefore, this gap is likely to be thoroughly exploited by Spurs.
Tottenham have a good record against Brentford, having lost just one of their last 18 games. However, the last four meetings between the two sides at Brentford's home ground have all ended in draws.
Human resources situation
Richarlison and Radu Dragusin join Spurs' injury list. Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario remains absent along with Djed Spence, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie.
On the other side of the front line, Brentford also have many injured players, including Josh Dasilva, Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade, Ethan Pinnock, Igor Thiago, Gustavo Nunes, Rico Henry and Christian Norgaard.
Expected lineup:
Brentford: Flekken, Van den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Roerslev, Jensen, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard, Janelt, Mbuemo, Wissa.
Tottenham: Kinsky, Gray, Davies, Sar, Porro, Bissouma, Maddison, Bergvall, Kulusevski, Moore, Son Heung-min.
The match between Brentford and Tottenham takes place at 9:00 p.m. on February 2 (Vietnam time).
