Brentford face the Premier League’s most tackled team as they entertain a Spurs side who draw 21.7 per game. Key in getting stuck in if the Bees are to win this game will be Keane Lewis-Potter who has played at left back in recent weeks. In that role, he’s had 2 or more tackles in 4 of his last 6 starts and in each of his last 2 home games. He played in the same position in the reverse fixture and landed 2 tackles on that day too.

Left-sided defenders against Ange Postecoglou’s struggling side have been forced into plenty of action this season. Across Spurs’ last 15 games in all competitions, those opposition left-backs have combined for 40 tackles between them with 12 of them having at least 2. Lewis-Potter will be tasked with containing Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro and so should get plenty of opportunities to add to the tackle count at a great price.

Noussair Mazraoui has been kept very busy defensively whilst playing as a wing back in Ruben Amorim’s system. The Moroccan has committed plenty of fouls in recent weeks and in his 15 starts since Amorim’s appointment, he’s committed 1.35 fouls per 90, with 2 or more fouls in 6 of those. In the reverse fixture he struggled to deal with Eberechi Eze and committed 4 fouls.

Mazraoui has played most of his games at right wing back but last weekend was switched to the left side instead. However, no matter which side he is on, he’ll be dealing with either Eze or Ismaila Sarr who have been fouled 1.87 and 1.86 times per 90 this season respectively and so he’ll be very busy and is likely to be drawn into some late challenges.

Bernardo Silva has been playing deeper for Man City in recent weeks and that has led to plenty of tackles. He’s made 2 or more in each of his last 5 Premier League appearances including making 3 away at Brentford and 4 against Everton. He also has a history of tackles in this fixture with totals of 0, 3, 3, 4, 1 and 4 in the last 6 meetings between the 2 sides.

This is another huge game for Man City and playing central, Silva will be tasked with containing Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard who have been dispossessed a combined 2.91 times per 90 this season. Without Rodri in the middle, Pep needs some steel in that midfield battle and Silva looks a great price to provide it given his history in this fixture.