Kick-off: 1230, 26/12/2022
Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium
TV: BT Sport
It will be back to business for most of Tottenham’s World Cup players when they take on Brentford on Boxing Day.
Harry Kane will look to move on from England’s World Cup heartbreak after missing a penalty in the last-eight defeat by France.
The striker had a week off before returning to his club and then another week to get himself ready to try and sting the Bees.
We believe Kane will bounce back stronger from his Qatar agony and our first Brentford vs Tottenham prediction is an away win at Evens.
Brentford Odds
It was not quite at the level of Saudi Arabia stunning Argentina early in the World Cup, but Brentford did produce one of the upsets of the domestic season when they won at Manchester City just before the break.
And that pause came at a terrible time for the Bees, denying them the chance to build on their fantastic 2-1 win.
Before that, they had been on their worst run of the campaign. One win – 2-0 at home to Brighton – was all they had to shout about in a sequence of nine games that included heavy defeats at the hands of Arsenal, Newcastle and Aston Villa and a League Cup loss on penalties to Gillingham.
Spurs too had a couple of sticky ones, bowing out of the cup to Nottingham Forest and three wins in eight before the World Cup – but they look comfortable enough in the top four and are still in the Champions League.
No team in the top flight has drawn more games than Brentford’s seven and this one could be tight, but we are leaning towards that away victory.
Looking at the Brentford vs Tottenham odds, the visitors to win by exactly one goal appeals at 11/4.
Tottenham Hotspur Odds
Brentford lost to Celta Vigo during the break and have another warm-up against Chelsea to look forward to.
A Spurs side saw off Motherwell while some of the players who were at the World Cup arrived back in north London early.
Those who made the knockouts stayed away longer and the likes of captain Hugo Lloris made it all the way to the final.
However, teams will be desperate to hit the ground running on the restart to this unusual season and we are picking Tottenham to do just that.
A 2-1 win for Antonio Conte’s side at 15/2 rounds off our Brentford vs Tottenham betting tips.
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