Brentford have won just one of their seven Premier League meetings with Tottenham, with all three at the Gtech Community Stadium ending in a draw. The team scoring first has won none of the past five Premier League meetings between Brentford and Tottenham, with Spurs coming back to win twice, Brentford once and two draws.

It's been a campaign of misery, division, and hostility on the Lilywhite half of north London, yet nights like Thursday are capable of sucking you back into the Tottenham cause. An academy-inspired 3-0 victory over Elfsborg was exactly what Ange Postecoglou needed in the wake of another nadir.

F our wins in seven matches is not where Tottenham Hotspur wants (or expects?) to be, and when all four victories come in non-Premier League fixtures, assessing the club’s form