| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
BLACKBURN ROVERS  Robinson Salgado, Samba, Dann, Olsson Hoilett, Nzonzi, Petrovic, Lowe Yakubu, Roberts | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR  Friedel Walker, Kaboul, Basson, Assou-EkottoLennon, Parker, Modric, Bale Van der Vaart Adebayor |
Winger Aaron Lennon is available again for Spurs after coming through the midweek victory over Rubin Kazan. However, there are six players ruled out for Harry Redknapp's side: Ledley King; Niko Kranjcar; Vedran Corluka; William Gallas; Tom Huddlestone and Michael Dawson are all occupying the treatment room and are unavailable for this match.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- These two sides have met 107 times in all competitions in their history, and Spurs have the edge with 48 wins to Blackburn’s 36 with 23 draws.
- Blackburn have only won three of last 10 meetings at Ewood Park, and have to look back to 2009 for the last time they took any points of their north London visitors.
- The omens don’t look good for the home side as Tottenham have been triumphant in the last four encounters with Rovers, scoring 10 goals in the process.
- Rovers have endured a tough start to the season and currently find themselves bottom of the table, they have only recorded one victory all season but did earn themselves a point away at QPR in their last outing.
- With their involvement in the Europa League this will be Spurs’ 14th game of the season, but Harry Redknapp has rested the majority of his first-team stars for the midweek matches which has helped them remain unbeaten in their last nine games in all competitions.
- Loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor has made an immediate impact at White Hart Lane, scoring three goals in his five games since arriving from Manchester City. The Togolese striker is the club’s joint top scorer in the league with fellows forwards Jermain Defoe and Rafael van der Vaart.
- Rovers have found goals hard to come by this season, in fact Steve Kean’s side have scored just nine goals in their eight league games but have shipped 18 at the other end.
- Yakubu became Blackburn’s top scorer in the league after just one game by scoring two goals on his debut against Arsenal. The striker has made three further appearances for the club but has not found the back of the net since.
- Only north west rivals Bolton have a worse home record than Blackburn so far this season, Rovers have picked up three points at Ewood Park this season scoring five goals but conceding double that on home territory.
- Spurs have the fifth best away record in the division; they average 1.5 goals per game on their travels with Defoe grabbing two of the six goals they have scored away from White Hart Lane.
Editor's Prediction
Blackburn 2-2 Tottenham 
