Brentford vs Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

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Brentford have only won one of their 10 Premier League games against Tottenham Hotspur (D4 L5), their joint-lowest win percentage against any side (10% - level with Arsenal).

Tottenham Hotspur are one of only two sides, along with Chelsea, to have played more than once at the Brentford Community Stadium in the Premier League and never lose (5 each). Four of their five trips there have ended in draws, however, winning just once in February 2025 (2-0).

Brentford have started their league season with a win in just three of their last 14 campaigns (D6 L5), though two of those have been in their five Premier League seasons, beating Arsenal in 2021-22 and Crystal Palace in 2024-25.

Tottenham Hotspur have lost their opening game in just one of the last 10 Premier League seasons (W6 D3), losing 1-0 at home to Everton in 2020-21.

From the beginning of March until the end of the 2025-26 season, only Burnley (0) won fewer Premier League games than Brentford (W1 D7 L2). However, their sole victory came at home to West Ham, and the Bees went unbeaten in home league London derbies last term (W1 D5).

Only Burnley (46.5%) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (44.6%) spent a larger proportion of their total Premier League game time in a losing position last season than Tottenham Hotspur (36.4%) – Spurs were also one of only two teams that failed to win a game from behind in 2025-26, alongside Wolves.

Brentford scored the most goals (6) and generated the highest xG (6.8) in the Premier League last season following long throws into the box. Excluding penalties, only Arsenal (8) conceded fewer times from set-pieces than the Bees did in Keith Andrews’ debut season (9).

Brentford’s Igor Thiago boasted the best shot conversion rate of any player to take 25 or more shots in the Premier League last season (26.2% - 22/84). Similarly, among those to score 15+ goals across Europe’s big-five leagues in 2025-26, only Harry Kane (30.3%) and Joaquín Panichelli (27.1%) had a better conversion rate.

New Tottenham Hotspur signing Sandro Tonali won possession overall (147) and in the middle third (87) more times than any Spurs or Newcastle United player in the Premier League last season; he also averaged 16.8 forward passes and 3.3 progressive passes per 90 minutes, more than any Spurs midfielder in the top-flight last term.

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