Matt Verri, sports reporter at Standard Sport, has explained how head coach Thomas Frank is likely to set up his Tottenham Hotspur side on his first visit to Gtech Community Stadium since departing Brentford in June.
Frank has started to settle on a formation and approach in recent weeks, adopting a 4-2-3-1 formation with Archie Gray establishing himself in the side as one of the two players in front of the defence.
How would you summarise how things have gone for Tottenham Hotspur over the last few weeks since the meeting with Brentford?
It has been another mixed bag for Tottenham. It feels like every time you think they have turned a corner, they then take a few steps back. That win over Brentford was a good one, then they beat Slavia Prague a few days later.
They were attacking well and had won two matches in a row - then they went to Nottingham Forest and produced one of their worst performances of the season so far, so that was a major step back for Thomas Frank and put the pressure back on him.
Then there was the chaos of the Liverpool match, which they lost 2-1. They are just so difficult to predict.
With hindsight now, it feels like those wins over Brentford and Slavia Prague were as much to do with the way those teams approached the match as Tottenham did because, as soon as they then face sides who are a bit more physical and do not sit back as much, they do seem to really struggle.
Has the sentiment towards Frank changed at all over the past few weeks?
I think it is more of the same. In general, a lot of Tottenham fans are probably still unconvinced.
There has just not been enough of a consistent run of the team playing in an attacking manner, in terms of patterns of play coming out.
They have lost a lot at home this season and in the calendar year, but I would say the loss to Liverpool was probably one the fans were not as angry with as they have been recently.
There was a lot of effort from the players, they were down to nine men and they were still giving Liverpool problems.
So, it is a similar situation before that first Brentford match in that some fans are convinced, some are still on the fence and some have probably already made their minds up that he's not the man.
Until they find a consistent run of results and performances, I think Frank is still going to be in this limbo situation.
He keeps saying it is not going to be a quick fix at Tottenham and that any manager would need time to turn this around. Fans accept that it will take time for him to get a style of play across but, along the way, they want to see a bit more evidence that they are on the right path.
He is a very level-headed guy; even when they lose, in his press conferences, he has generally been pretty calm and continues to insist it is about adding layers and slowly building towards the future.
Obviously, the question is how patient Tottenham are going to be with that if results do not improve.
The January transfer window is coming up. What do you think Spurs need to do in the market, if anything?
In the summer, they were very keen on signing a left winger. Savinho at Man City was their big target and they were definitely willing to spend big on him if he became available, but City were insistent he was not for sale.
As the season has gone on, you can see a signing on the left would be key as they have fluctuated between Xavi Simons, Wilson Odobert and Brennan Johnson, with none of them particularly convincing.
I think a left winger is probably top of the priority list in January. They have been linked with Antoine Semenyo, but a lot of clubs are going to be interested in him, so I am not sure how realistic that is.
Longer term, I am sure they would like to strengthen in goal, and probably add another midfielder, too.
Before the previous game, you said Mohammed Kudus was the one to watch. Is that still the case, or is there another player Brentford fans should be keeping an eye on?
Simons is suspended for this game, so there is going to have be a bit of reshuffle. I would imagine it could be a chance for Lucas Bergvall to get some more minutes, potentially as the no.10.
Mohammed Kudus’ form has dropped off in the last few weeks, so I would say Randal Kolo Muani has probably been Tottenham's best player in attack. He had a couple of bad injuries when he first joined; a dead leg that went on for about a month, then he fractured his jaw.
But I think that match against PSG, when Kolo Muani scored twice, proved a bit of a turning point and he has been really bright.
He looks probably the most clinical of Tottenham's players at the moment. He works really hard, he is direct and powerful up front. It depends on how Frank rotates over Christmas as Richarlison always seems to get goals.
What should Keith Andrews’ side expect in terms of shape and style?
More so in recent weeks, Frank has started to settle more on a formation and approach.
This has mainly been 4-2-3-1, with Archie Gray establishing himself in the side as one of those two in front of the defence, which rotates between João Paulinha and Rodrigo Bentancur.
It had been Xavi Simons as the key creative player, but that is going to have to change now. I would imagine it will still be a similar shape, maybe Lucas Bergvall as the no.10, then Odobert on the left.
It will be the same sort of approach in terms of a lot of crosses, fairly direct, and a lot of that does still come down the right with Pedro Porro and Kudus.
What's your prediction for this one?
The reverse fixture was one of the few matches where Brentford's levels dropped in general; they have been more impressive than they were then.
I think Tottenham could struggle without Simons. Without him a month ago when he was not in the team, they struggled to create.
I am going to go 2-1 to Brentford.