In my opinion Tottenham is clear favorite of this match and they should win today.

Brentford don't have any important absences before today's match, Tottenham is without suspended right defender Doherty, but Aurier (1 goal and 1 assist in 8 matches) should be able to replace him without quality drop. I'm sure both managers today will use their strongest possible line ups. Tottenham today with strong 4-3-3 formation with their top players on the pitch. This is major cup semi final and this is huge opportunity for both clubs to make a final and play against one of the Manchester club's for the title, for the cup. Some peoples questioning Tottenham motivation here because they are high in Premier League and they will play soon in Europa League. I not worry about that - Mourinho goal is to bring some cup to the White Hart Lane streets. Tottenham at the weekend will play FA Cup match against non-league team Marine and there he will give a chance for second-choice players or youngsters. Key players will have a time to take some rest. Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho said: "After more than one decade, every competition becomes more important and if we win two matches we win a trophy. In the perspective of the club chasing silverware for many years, I would say so. Of course we always have important matches, last season we had a match at Crystal Palace that would give us participation in this season's Europa League or not. The match against Leeds was very important as we went a few games without a victory in the Premier League but I would say a semi-final is always a very important match. The only one more important is a final. It is about my club, it is about the players who want trophies, it is about fans who want trophies and this one is the one where we just need two victories.''

Since start of December both teams played already 9 matches, so on the paper that was hard time for both sides, but I see huge advantage for Tottenham in that case. Tottenham have much bigger depth in their squad and Jose Mourinho rotated more his line ups than Thomas Frank. I believe Tottenham have big advantage in fitness department over Brentford players, especially after heavy December schedule. Many of Brentford players played really a lot since start of the season: left defender Rico Henry (21 of 22 league matches), midfielder Jensen (21 of 22 matches), midfielder Dasilva (all 22 matches), midfielder Janelt (all 9 December matches), winger Buemo (all 22 matches), winger Canos (all 22 matches) or striker Toney (all 22 matches).

Tottenham offensive duo Son and Kane is almost unstoppable for all defensive formations on the world. In current season together they making the best stats in Premier League history. Son have 12 goals and 5 assists in 16 Premier League matches, Kane have 10 goals and 11 assists in 16 matches. They changing positions very quick, they are all the time in move even without a ball. Brentford defenders Dalsgaard and Jansson are players with limited mobility and I see extremely huge troubles for them to stop them.

Brentford in past played 7 away matches against Tottenham - they never won and lost 5 times in the process. Mourinho won 15 of 17 home matches with his teams in English cups against non-Premier League teams.

Tottenham coming for this match in great mood - in last weekend they trashed at home 3:0 Leeds United. Players are full of confidence and they should go with momentum today. Jose Mourinho is one class above his opponent on the Brentford bench, same as his team on the pitch so Tottenham should make comfortable win today.

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布伦特福德在今天的比赛之前没有任何重要的缺阵，热刺的右后卫多尔蒂将缺阵，但是奥里尔(8场比赛中1球1助攻)应该可以在质量不下降的情况下顶替他。我相信今天两位主教练都会使用他们最强的阵容。托特纳姆今天有强大的4-3-3阵型，他们的顶级球员都在场上。这是一个重要的杯赛半决赛，这是一个巨大的机会，两家俱乐部进入决赛，并与曼彻斯特的俱乐部之一争夺冠军，争夺奖杯。有些人质疑热刺在这里的动机，因为他们在英超联赛中排名很高，而且他们很快就会在欧罗巴联赛中比赛。我不担心这个，穆里尼奥的目标是给白鹿巷带来一些奖杯。托特纳姆将在周末的足总杯比赛中对阵非联赛球队的海陆空队员，在那里他将有机会获得第二选择球员或年轻球员。关键人物将有时间休息一下。热刺主教练穆里尼奥说:“在十多年后，每一场比赛都变得更加重要，如果我们赢得两场比赛，我们就赢得了一个奖杯。”从俱乐部多年来追逐银杯的角度来看，我是这么认为的。当然我们总是有重要的比赛，上个赛季我们在水晶宫有一场比赛会让我们参加这个赛季的欧罗巴联赛。对利兹的比赛是非常重要的，因为我们在联赛中已经有几场比赛没有获胜，但是我想说半决赛永远是一场非常重要的比赛。唯一更重要的是期末考试。这是关于我的俱乐部，这是关于想要奖杯的球员，这是关于想要奖杯的球迷，这是我们只需要两场胜利的比赛。”

从12月份开始，两支球队已经打了9场比赛，所以从理论上来说，这对双方来说都很艰难，但我认为热刺在这种情况下会有巨大的优势。托特纳姆热刺的阵容深度要大得多，穆里尼奥轮换的阵容比弗兰克多。我相信热刺在健身方面比布伦特福德的球员有很大的优势，特别是在12月繁忙的赛程之后。布伦特福德的许多球员在赛季开始以来打了很多:左边后卫Rico亨利22场联赛(21),中场詹森(21 22场比赛),中场达席尔瓦(所有22场比赛),中场Janelt(所有比赛12月9日),边锋Buemo(所有22场比赛),边锋卡诺(所有22场比赛)或前锋托尼(所有22场比赛)。

托特纳姆热刺的进攻二人组孙兴民和凯恩在世界上所有的防守阵型中几乎是不可阻挡的。在本赛季他们一起创造了英超历史上最好的数据。孙在16场英超比赛中有12个进球和5次助攻，凯恩在16场比赛中有10个进球和11次助攻。他们变换位置非常快，即使没有球，他们也一直在移动。布伦特福德的后卫达尔斯加德和詹森都是机动性有限的球员，我看到他们在阻止他们时遇到了巨大的麻烦。

布伦特福德过去打了7场客场对阵热刺的比赛——他们从未赢过，输过5场。穆里尼奥带领他的球队在英格兰杯主场对阵非英超球队的17场比赛中赢了15场。

托特纳姆带着美好的心情来参加这场比赛——上周末他们在主场3:0击败了利兹联队。球员们充满了信心，他们今天应该保持良好的势头。穆里尼奥比他在布伦特福德板凳上的对手强一个级别，在球场上也比他的球队强一个级别，所以托特纳姆热刺今天应该会轻松取胜。