Tottenham are averaging 1.8 goals per game in their last 5 league matches and only failed to score at Old Trafford in that period. Harry Kane will be keen to bounce back from his World Cup penalty miss and there is no doubting his consistency for his club. Richarlison will also take confidence from his goalscoring exploits for his national team. The Brazilian will be hoping he can put together a good run of form and work his way into Tottenham’s starting 11. He may have to settle for making an impact off the bench on Monday but he could prove pivotal in the latter stages of the game.

Brentford’s opponents are averaging 1.6 goals per game in their last 5 matches. The only team who have failed to score against them in that period was Chelsea.

Both teams have scored in Tottenham’s last 4 league matches and Brentford’s last 3. The first game back could really set the tone for what’s to come so expect both teams to go all out for a positive result

Harry Kane is the second highest scorer in the league this season; 2 ahead of Ivan Toney and 6 behind Erling Haaland. The striker won’t have given up on catch the Man City player just yet but he will need to have a fantastic end to the season.

Kane scored in both of England’s knockout games in Qatar but he will remember it for the penalty miss against France. I expect Kane to return to Tottenham with a bang. He has scored 4 goals in his last 6 Premier League games and is the main goal threat with Son having a less productive season.

Brentford are likely to go with a back 5 to combat the attacking threat of Spurs. They played with 3 centre-backs in a back 5 in both meetings with Tottenham last season. This means that the centre-backs in the wide areas are far more likely to make fouls against the dribbling threat of Son, Kulusevski or Richarlison.

Ben Mee is averaging 0.5 fouls per game this season but he has predominantly played as part of a centre-back pairing. In last season’s meetings with Tottenham, 3 of the 4 starting wide centre-backs made a foul.

Pinnock played as the most central of the defenders in the back 5 that Thomas Frank deployed against Man City. A back 5 usually means the centre-back pass numbers are lower but he is perfectly positioned to make a few against Spurs.

Conte sets his team up to allow the opposition to have the ball in deeper areas. They allow an average of 13.52 passes per defensive action. All 3 of Brentford’s centre-backs made 50+ passes when Brentford travelled to Spurs last season. Pinnock managed 80 passes in that game.

Brentford made fewer passes in the home match against Tottenham as the visitors pushed for a winner but Pinnock was absent for that game.