Spurs suffering at home
When the Premier League fixture list came out in the summer many Brentford fans will have immediately circled the dates of their two games with Tottenham as they looked forward to a reunion with former manager Thomas Frank.
The Dane's highly successful nine-year stint with the Bees - seven as head coach - saw them rise from the Championship to become an established Premier League side.
However, his tenure at Tottenham has got off to a poor start and rumours about his future were swirling as they registered a third defeat in seven days after a dismal showing against Fulham at home last Saturday.
A last-gasp overhead kick by Cristian Romero at Newcastle in midweek steadied the ship somewhat, but their performance in a 2-2 draw again arguably posed more questions than it did answers.
They now return to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a place that has seen more spells of booing than it has goals of late.
Over the last 13 months their only top-flight victories in front of their own fans have come against Manchester United, Southampton and Burnley.
And only the Burnley win was under Frank. Fourteen of the 19 points (73.7%) they have accrued under his stewardship so far have come in away matches.
He desperately needs a victory to get the fans back onside, as the prospect of a sixth successive league match without a win is not one Spurs fans will tolerate quietly. Defeat would also be their fifth in a row at home in a league London derby, something they have never done before in their 143-year history.