Played
January 1, 2013 8:30 PM IST
White Hart Lane — London
Referee: H. Webb
Attendance: 36180
January 1, 2013 8:30 PM IST
White Hart Lane — London
Referee: H. Webb
Attendance: 36180
Tottenham - Reading Preview: Hosts look to continue pursuit of Champions League qualification
Spurs go into Tuesday's clash looking to cling to fourth spot, while the visitors need a win to lift them towards safety but have struggled badly away from home this season
By Alex Hess
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TOTTENHAM
 Lloris Walker, Caulker, Dawson, Vertonghen Lennon, Sandro, Dembele, Dempsey Defoe, Adebayor |
READING
 Federici Gunter, Pearce, Mariappa, Harte Kebe, Karacan, Leigertwood, McAnuff Guthrie Pogrebnyak |
Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) is close to making his long-awaited return at left-back for the hosts, having not kicked a ball since September, but this match may come too soon for him. Younes Kaboul (knee) will not be available until February.
The controversial booking collected by Gareth Bale against Sunderland on Saturday was his fifth of the season and rules him out of this match so Clint Dempsey could come in on the left flank.
For Brian McDermott's side, striker Jason Roberts (thigh) is a doubt while goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (shoulder) is likely to be a season-long absentee. Pavel Pogrebnyak should continue in attack after he scored the winning goal against West Ham.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
So far this season Tottenham have managed just 63 per cent of the goals at home (14) that they have accumulated away from White Hart Lane (22).
- Andre Villas-Boas already has two more points than he had with Chelsea last year following the New Year's Day fixtures.
- Jermain Defoe (pictured right) and Gareth Bale represent the second top-scoring pair of Premier League teammates behind Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney.
- Reading have the division's joint-second-worst goalscoring record away from home, behind West Ham.
- The visitors are also the side in who have lost the most away matches in the league, with eight.
- Despite this, though, Brian McDermott's side have only scored one less goal altogether than they had after the same number of fixtures of their Championship-winning campaign last season.
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Tottenham 3-0 Reading
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Tottenham 3-1 Reading
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Tottenham 2-0 Reading
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| English Premier League (EPL) (EPL) | 01-Jan-2013 | Tottenham 3 - Reading 1 |
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| English Premier League (EPL) (EPL) | 16-Sep-2012 | Reading 1 - Tottenham 3 |
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| FA Cup (FA) | 16-Jan-2008 | Reading 0 - Tottenham 1 |
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| FA Cup (FA) | 05-Jan-2008 | Tottenham 2 - Reading 2 |
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| 24-May-2013 | Jamaica 0 - Tottenham 0 | FR |
| 19-May-2013 | Tottenham 1 - Sunderland 0 | EPL |
| 12-May-2013 | Stoke 1 - Tottenham 2 | EPL |
| 09-May-2013 | Chelsea FC 2 - Tottenham 2 | EPL |
| 04-May-2013 | Tottenham 1 - Southampton 0 | EPL |
Reading
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| 19-May-2013 | West Ham 4 - Reading 2 | EPL |
| 15-May-2013 | Reading 0 - Manchester City 2 | EPL |
| 04-May-2013 | Fulham 2 - Reading 4 | EPL |
| 28-Apr-2013 | Reading 0 - QPR 0 | EPL |
| 20-Apr-2013 | Norwich City 2 - Reading 1 | EPL |
| 25 | Hugo Lloris | Goalkeeper |
| - | Jan Vertonghen | Defender |
| 28 | Kyle Naughton | Defender |
| 20 | Michael Dawson | Defender |
| 28 | Kyle Walker | Defender |
| 7 | Aaron Lennon | Midfielder |
| 19 | Moussa Dembele | Striker |
| 22 | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Midfielder |
| 30 | Sandro | Midfielder |
| 10 | Emmanuel Adebayor | Striker |
| 18 | Jermain Defoe | Striker |
| 24 | Brad Friedel | Goalkeeper |
| 45 | Steven Caulker | Defender |
| 23 | Clint Dempsey | Midfielder |
| 6 | Tom Huddlestone | Midfielder |
| 8 | Scott Parker | Midfielder |
| 29 | Jake Livermore | Midfielder |
| - | Iago Falqué | Striker |
| 1 | Adam Federici | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Chris Gunter | Defender |
| 26 | Alex Pearce | Defender |
| 23 | Adrian Mariappa | Defender |
| 23 | Ian Harte | Defender |
| 20 | Jem Karacan | Midfielder |
| 8 | Mikele Leigertwood | Defender |
| 11 | Jobi McAnuff | Midfielder |
| 14 | Jimmy Kebe | Midfielder |
| 35 | Danny Guthrie | Midfielder |
| 29 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | Striker |
| 12 | Stuart Taylor | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Sean Morrison | Defender |
| 24 | Shaun Cummings | Defender |
| 16 | Jay Tabb | Midfielder |
| 19 | Hal Robson-Kanu | Midfielder |
| 9 | Adam Le Fondre | Striker |
| 10 | Noel Hunt | Striker |
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