Match Previews

League Cup Round 1/2 Final

Tottenham Hotspur vs. Brentford

Tue 05 January 2021 19:45

Referee

Michael Dean

Weather at KO

Possible Drizzle 4^oC | Precip: 26% (0 mm) | Wind 5.4 m/s

Draw Format

ET, PKs

Travel Info

1 hour coach

Distance

29 KM

Venue

No Fans

Tottenham Hotspur

Last updated: Wed 06 January 2021 18:12

In Brief

Easy home win vs. Leeds at weekend. Desire to reach League Cup final huge and expected to use strong squad. Lo Celso and Bale sidelined. Doherty suspended.

Looking Back

Tottenham scored 2 early goals when hosting Leeds on Saturday and this enough to see them cruise to 3:0 victory in the end. Once again the lethal attacking duo Kane-Son worked its magic with both of them registering goal and assist. 

League Cup run so far – walked through first game without playing with automatic win, then lucky to save draw and then edge penalty shootout vs. Chelsea and in quarterfinals easy 3:1 away success vs. Stoke.  

Looking Ahead

Coach Mourinho expected to rotate, but only to make squad stronger as he wants to reach Cup final. Sissoko should start after being rested at weekend, with main full-backs Aurier and Reguilon also fresh and raring to go. 

Lo Celso and Bale are sidelined, while Doherty sent off at weekend and set to serve ban. 

Manager Comments

Manager sees this as his biggest game as Tottenham manager thus far: "I think it is my biggest game since coming to Spurs. In the perspective of the club chasing silverware for many years I would say so. The only thing more important than semi-finals is finals."

Brentford

Last updated: Wed 06 January 2021 18:12

In Brief

Brentford in impressive 16 game unbeaten run. Could name strong side as match at weekend was called off. Goode doubtful while Norgaard one of several absentees.

Looking Back

Brentford had the weekend off as their game at home to Bristol City was called off due to Covid issues amongst their opponents.

Before that they had gone on a 16-game unbeaten run which included four straight wins, one of those was a League Cup quarter-final 1-0 win over Newcastle.

16-goal leading scorer Ivan Toney has not found the net in the last four games, a long goal drought by his standards.

Looking Ahead

Given their lack of game on Saturday, Brentford could well name their best possible side for this game.

Charlie Goode is still doubtful while Mads Roerslev, Shandon Baptiste and Christian Norgaard all remain sidelined.

Suspended

Unavailable

Doubtful (chance of availability)

Rested

Suspended

Unavailable

Doubtful (chance of availability)

50 %

Rested

Probable Starting 11

4-2-3-1

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
Hugo Lloris			1
Serge Aurier			24
Toby Alderweireld			4
Eric Dier			15
Sergio Reguilon			3
Moussa Sissoko			17
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg			5
Lucas Moura			27
Tanguy Ndombele			28
Heung-Min Son			7
Harry Kane			10

4-3-3

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
David Raya			1
Henrik Dalsgaard			22
Pontus Jansson			18
Ethan Pinnock			5
Rico Henry			3
Joshua Dasilva			14
Vitaly Janelt			27
Mathias Jensen			8
Bryan Mbeumo			19
Ivan Toney			17
Sergi Canos			7

Probable Bench

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
Joe Hart			12
Ben Davies			33
Davinson Sanchez			6
Joe Rodon			14
Japhet Tanganga			39
Harry Winks			8
Dele Alli			20
Erik Lamela			11
Steven Bergwijn			23
Carlos Vinicius			45

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
Luke Daniels			28
Fin Stevens			36
Mads Bech Sörensen			29
Emiliano Marcondes			9
Tariqe Fosu-Henry			24
Aaron Pressley			34
Saman Ghoddos			20
Marcus Forss			15

Transfer out

Dominic Thompson (sp, defender, Swindon, loan)

Probable Starting 11

4-2-3-1 Previous Line Ups

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
Hugo Lloris			1
Serge Aurier			24
Toby Alderweireld			4
Eric Dier			15
Sergio Reguilon			3
Moussa Sissoko			17
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg			5
Lucas Moura			27
Tanguy Ndombele			28
Heung-Min Son			7
Harry Kane			10

Probable Bench

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
Joe Hart			12
Ben Davies			33
Davinson Sanchez			6
Joe Rodon			14
Japhet Tanganga			39
Harry Winks			8
Dele Alli			20
Erik Lamela			11
Steven Bergwijn			23
Carlos Vinicius			45

Brentford

Last updated: Wed 06 January 2021 18:12

In Brief

Brentford in impressive 16 game unbeaten run. Could name strong side as match at weekend was called off. Goode doubtful while Norgaard one of several absentees.

Looking Back

Brentford had the weekend off as their game at home to Bristol City was called off due to Covid issues amongst their opponents.

Before that they had gone on a 16-game unbeaten run which included four straight wins, one of those was a League Cup quarter-final 1-0 win over Newcastle.

16-goal leading scorer Ivan Toney has not found the net in the last four games, a long goal drought by his standards.

Looking Ahead

Given their lack of game on Saturday, Brentford could well name their best possible side for this game.

Charlie Goode is still doubtful while Mads Roerslev, Shandon Baptiste and Christian Norgaard all remain sidelined.

Suspended

Unavailable

Doubtful (chance of availability)

50 %

Rested

Probable Starting 11

4-3-3

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
David Raya			1
Henrik Dalsgaard			22
Pontus Jansson			18
Ethan Pinnock			5
Rico Henry			3
Joshua Dasilva			14
Vitaly Janelt			27
Mathias Jensen			8
Bryan Mbeumo			19
Ivan Toney			17
Sergi Canos			7

Probable Bench

Player	Rat.	Pos.	No.
Luke Daniels			28
Fin Stevens			36
Mads Bech Sörensen			29
Emiliano Marcondes			9
Tariqe Fosu-Henry			24
Aaron Pressley			34
Saman Ghoddos			20
Marcus Forss			15

Transfer out

Dominic Thompson (sp, defender, Swindon, loan)

Key

Key players

Regular players

Support players

75% - Chance of availability

Artificial Pitch

Universal Player Grid

Squad Confirmed

Played in Cup fixture

New Information

Team Strength*

Excellent

Good

Satisfactory

Just Adequate

Poor

*Based on Available Players

Game	Score
Round 1/4 Final
Brentford - Newcastle United	1 - 0
Arsenal - Manchester City	1 - 4
Stoke City - Tottenham Hotspur	1 - 3
Everton - Manchester United	0 - 2
Round 1/2 Final
Tottenham Hotspur - Brentford	2 - 0
Manchester United - Manchester City	0 - 2