Overview
- Kick-off is 8pm GMT on Thursday, 1 January 2026 at the Gtech Community Stadium, with live coverage on Sky Sports Premier League and streaming via Sky Go.
- Brentford arrive off back-to-back home wins over Wolves (2-0) and Bournemouth (4-1), with Kevin Schade scoring a hat-trick in the latter.
- Tottenham travel with key absences as Xavi Simons is suspended, Destiny Udogie, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison and Dominic Solanke are injured, and Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma are at AFCON; Cristian Romero is available after suspension.
- Brentford’s top scorer Igor Thiago has 11 league goals but faces a late fitness check, while Sepp van den Berg will also be assessed and AFCON removes Frank Onyeka and Dango Ouattara.
- Pre‑match markets make Brentford slight favourites at around 11/10, with Spurs near 11/5 and the draw about 13/5, even though Tottenham won the reverse fixture 2-0 less than a month ago.