Brentford-Tottenham is a match valid for the first day of the Premier League and is played on Sunday at 3 p.m.: TV, lineups, predictions.
At the time of writing Harry Kane has just been blocked by Tottenham as he was on his way to Bavaria to undergo medical examinations with Bayern Munich, which is expected to be his next team. Spurs, having struck a deal with the Bavarian club for a fee of around £85 million, surprisingly retained their now former gunner, apparently for a curious reason.
Yes, because on Saturday Bayern will contend with Leipzig for the first trophy of the season, the German Super Cup.According to Tuttosport reports, it would have been unbearable for Tottenham owner Daniel Levy to see Kane with a trophy in his hand 24 hours after switching teams, especially in light of the fact that he never managed to do so during his very long stay in London. The deal, in any case, will happen. The soap opera of the summer is over and the Londoners have only 20 days left to find a replacement for their strongest and most representative player, who would be due to expire in exactly one year. There is no peace, then, either for Spurs fans or for new coach Ange Postecoglou, whose adventure at the helm of the English club begins uphill, amid a thousand questions. The former Celtic coach will have the difficult task of rebuilding after a disastrous season, marked by three changes on the bench and which saw Tottenham finish in eighth place, out of everything. The Australian, meanwhile, has made the first tactical changes, diametrically opposed to those of his predecessor Antonio Conte.
Brentford dreams of a big hit
In friendlies Tottenham scored goals in bunches, losing to West Ham (2-3) and Barcelona (4-2) and beating Lion City Sailors and Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1.
Pinnock
The opener is not the easiest, as Spurs will pay a visit to Brentford, a real loose cannon over the past two seasons. The West London club has not won any of the five friendlies played between July and August, and in the first leg will have to do without its goal scorer Ivan Toney, who has been hit with a hefty disqualification for a football-cheating matter. Red and white coach Thomas Frank is expected to field the convalescent Onyeka and Mbeumo, while Postecoglou must do without the injured Sessegnon, Bentancur, Bryan Gil and Forster.
The Prediction
Distracted by the Kane affair, a complicated match lies ahead for Tottenham at one of the Premier League’s toughest grounds. It cannot be ruled out that Brentford will at least avoid defeat in a match of at least three goals total.
The likely Brentford-Tottenham lineups
- BRENTFORD (4-3-3): Flekken; Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Roerslev; Jensen, Onyeka, Damsgaard; Mbeumo, Dasilva, Schade.
- TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Pedro Porro, van de Ven, Romero, Emerson Royal; Hojbjerg, Skipp; Son, Solomon, Kulusevski; Richarlison.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
