Tottenham team news
Tottenham skipper Ledley King will miss the Barclays Premier League clash against Middlesbrough at White Hart Lane to rest his knee.
Jonathan Woodgate will need a late check on the Achilles injury that ruled him out of the Carling Cup final on Sunday, while Carlo Cudicini is back following a knee problem.
Cudicini, Robbie Keane, Pascal Chimbonda, Fraizer Campbell and Wilson Palacios - who were ineligible for Wembley - are back in the squad, but Jermain Defoe and Alan Hutton (both foot) remain sidelined.
Team (from): Gomes, Cudicini, Corluka, Gunter, Bale, Assou-Ekotto, Chimbonda, Dawson, Woodgate, Lennon, Modric, Jenas, Zokora, Palacios, Bentley, Keane, Pavlyuchenko, Campbell, Bent, Taarabt, O'Hara.
Middlesbrough team news
Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate has named an unchanged squad for tomorrow night's Barclays Premier League clash at Tottenham Hotspur.
Boro came through the gruelling victory against Liverpool at the weekend without any major injury problems.
Striker Jeremie Aliadiere took a couple of knocks against the Reds but has been able to take a full part in training this week.
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Team (from): Jones, Turnbull, Hoyte, McMahon, Pogatetz, Taylor, Huth, Wheater, O'Neil, Bates, Walker, Arca, Downing, Johnson, Emnes, Alves, King, Tuncay, Aliadiere.
Opta match facts
Tottenham have not been able to win against Middlesbrough in their last three Premier League meetings.Spurs have scored exactly one goal in their last three league matches against ‘Boro.
Middlesbrough have picked up just two points in their last five Premier League matches against Spurs at White Hart Lane.
Harry Redknapp’s side have conceded just two goals in their last five home league meetings with the Teesside club.
Spurs have lost just once in their last five Premier League matches.
Middlesbrough have lost six successive league games away from home and are without a win in their last seven away from the Riverside.
Gareth Southgate’s side have not managed a goal in 461 minutes away from home in the Premier League.
Middlesbrough have only conceded one goal in their last four Premier League matches.
Despite his recent scoring run in the FA Cup, Stewart Downing has attempted the most shots in the league without a goal (43).
Boro have conceded the highest proportion of goals in the second half of matches this season in the Premier League (78%).
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