English Premier
2026-08-22 - Brentford vs Tottenham Hotspur
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Premier League
Saturday 22nd August 2026 - Kick Off 5:30pm
This game is live on TV
Brentford
In the last couple of years, Brentford have sold some very talented players and that has led to people questioning their ability to avoid relegation in the following campaign. Last season they also saw manager Thomas Frank depart, but he failed to spark at Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford finished in their joint highest League position of 9th under Keith Andrews.
The squad has had some important looking additions coming into the club in the summer transfer window and Brentford only missed out on European Football on goal difference in the last campaign. Expectations are always managed around this part of West London, but ambitions remain high and Brentford will be looking to push for a maiden European campaign at the conclusion of the season.
Brentford won 1 of the last 10 Premier League games played last season and that was the reason they missed out on European Football. The Bees are unbeaten in 5 Premier League games at the Gtech Community Stadium, but draws have been the main result and that also means Brentford have won 1 of the last 8 League fixtures here.
Sepp van den Berg is missing for the home team, but a strong squad is available for selection.
Tottenham Hotspur
Back to back 17th place finishes in the Premier League have proven to be hugely embarrassing for the Tottenham Hotspur board and the purse-strings have been loosened this summer to help Roberto De Zerbi. Relegation was not really a fear in the 2024/25 season, but Spurs were running at odds on to be playing in the Championship as the 2025/26 season entered the final furlong and fans are hoping that has given the board a real insight of what needs to be done.
Roberto De Zerbi was the third manager in charge at Tottenham Hotspur last season and he was able to extract just enough from the squad to help the club finish 2 points above rivals West Ham United in the final standings. A nervy win over Everton on the final day proved to be decisive, but Tottenham Hotspur fans will want to see a strong start to this campaign with no European Football to offer a distraction.
Tottenham Hotspur picked up 11 points from the 21 available under Roberto De Zerbi and they won 3 of the 7 fixtures played. Of those 7 games, 4 were played away from home and Tottenham Hotspur won 2 and lost 2 in that time.
Over £200 million has been spent this summer and Tottenham Hotspur have brought in some decent talent with more business expected to be concluded before the summer window closes. Andy Robertson, Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes are expected to make debuts.
However, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie and Dominic Solanke have to overcome knocks, while Muhammed Kudus is expected to miss out.
Head to Head
Tottenham Hotspur picked up four points and two clean sheets against Brentford last season.
The game at the Gtech Community Stadium ended goalless on New Year's Day and Brentford have failed to win any of the 5 home games played against Spurs since returning to the top flight.
However, 4 of those 5 matches have ended in draws.
Prediction
The home form let Tottenham Hotspur down last season, but they finished the season with some momentum all around under Roberto De Zerbi and some exciting transfer business has been completed in this window.
The manager is likely to have further options if a deal can be completed with Manchester City for Savinho and Omar Marmoush, but Tottenham Hotspur will go into this opening fixture in confident mood.
It may be a surprising comment considering they have finished 17th in back to back seasons, but the flirtation with a genuine relegation last season has sparked a change in approach from the board. Signings have been made who should be ready to improve Tottenham Hotspur immediately and Roberto De Zerbi has shown he can be a manager who gets the best out of those working for him.
We get an early test of this new look Tottenham Hotspur team when travelling across London to take on a Brentford that have not lost key, influential figures from the previous campaign. This time Keith Andrews has retained those who helped Brentford to a 9th placed finish and the Gtech Community Stadium remains a challenging place for any visiting team to leave with positive results.
Winning games is tougher with just 3 managing to do that here last season, but Brentford could sometimes find it tough to do the same and 8 draws from 19 home games has to be improved.
Draws have tended to be the outcome when Brentford have hosted Tottenham Hotspur since earning promotion to the top flight in 2020 and that has been the outcome in 4 of the 5 fixtures played at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Last season Spurs only lost 5 away League games and there is every chance that these two London clubs have to settle for a point apiece at the end of this opening day fixture.
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The Pick :
Brentford 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
