Brentford comes to Newcastle sitting in seventh place after an impressive 1-0 win at Aston Villa last weekend. Keith Andrews' squad bounced back from losses to Chelsea and Nottingham Forest with a gutsy performance at Villa Park,

Spurs head to Old Trafford afternoon looking to become the first team to take points off Michael Carrick since his return as interim manager.

Tottenham had their moments in the first period but their gameplan was torn apart when Romero was shown a straight red card after 29 minutes.