Xavi Simons scored one and assisted one other as Thomas Frank secured a win over his former membership due to Tottenham’s 2-0 conquer Brentford.
Spurs had not received on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since their opening recreation towards Burnley and wanted Guglielmo Vicario at his sharpest to disclaim Igor Thiago’s near-post drive early on.
That allow-off proved essential as Simons raced onto Pedro Porro’s beautiful ball down the correct and squared for Richarlison to complete into an unguarded aim within the twenty fifth minute.
Caoimhin Kelleher denied Randal Kolo Muani from point-blank vary earlier than Simons ghosted via the Brentford defence and picked out the bottom-left nook two minutes earlier than the break for his first Spurs aim in his nineteenth outing.
Djed Spence was thwarted by Kelleher after pouncing on extra poor defending, this time by Nathan Collins, early within the second half.
Mohammed Kudus thought he had a 3rd with 10 minutes to go however was denied by the offside flag, and Pape Matar Sarr drew a close-range cease from Kelleher as Spurs received for the primary time in six league outings.
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Knowledge Debrief: Simons shines as Bees stung on the street once more
Simons was influential in every little thing Spurs did going ahead, ending the match with game-high particular person totals of 4 photographs and two photographs on course, having additionally arrange Richarlison’s opener.
Frank shall be wanting to face his former aspect once more as Spurs produced their second-highest xG complete in a Premier League recreation this season (2.15), whereas it was additionally their lowest xG towards complete (0.29), with Brentford managing only one shot on course.
Brentford’s woes away from continued and no aspect has misplaced extra Premier League away video games than the Bees this season (seven), with solely Wolves (one) selecting up fewer factors on the street than Keith Andrews’ aspect (three).
They’ve conceded 13 first-half targets in 15 video games, solely Burnley (14) have conceded extra within the Premier League this season.
