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Match Preview: Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers

White Hart Lane, London N17 - The World Famous Home of the Spurs

Wednesday 24th February 2010, Kick Off 20:00

FA Cup Fifth Round Replay

Tottenham Hotspur: 4th in Premier League, 46 points from 81

Bolton Wanderers: 18th in Premier League, 23 points from 78

Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

Assistant referees: Nigel Bannister & Ron Ganfield

Fourth official: Grant Hegley

COMMENT:

Tottenham Hotspur host Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane on Wednesday 24th February in an FA Cup Fifth Round replay with the winners facing Fulham at Craven Cottage in the Quarter Finals. The replay will be decided on the night with extra time and a penalty shoot-out being used, if neccesary. The earlier match at the Reebok Stadium finished in a 1-1 draw after Bolton were the dominant team in the first half and took the lead through Kevin Davies. Spurs were fortunate to go into the break just the one goal down but the second 45 minutes saw Spurs the far superior team and Jermain Defoe got the equaliser just over the hour mark. Despite almost constant Spurs pressure in the latter stages of the match, including a Tom Huddlestone penalty saved by Bolton goalkeeper Jaaskelainen, the winning goal never came.

Spurs have already beaten Peterborough United 4-0 at home and Leeds United 3-1 away (after a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane) in this season's FA Cup while Bolton have accounted for Lincoln City 4-0 at home and Sheffield United 2-0 at home.

Tottenham Hotspur have won the FA Cup on eight occasions - 1901 v Sheffield United, 1921 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1961 v Leicester City, 1962 v Burnley, 1967 v Chelsea, 1981 v Manchester City, 1982 v Queens Park Rangers and 1991 v Nottingham Forest. Bolton Wanderers' four FA Cup wins have been 1923 v West Ham United (the first Wembley Final), 1926 v Manchester City, 1929 v Portsmouth and 1958 v Manchester United.

Spurs have been losing FA Cup Finalists once in 1987 against Coventry City. Bolton have lost three finals - to Notts County in 1894, Manchester City in 1904 and to Blackpool in 1953, a match still remembered as the Stanley Matthews Final.

Last time out, Tottenham won 3-0 away at Wigan Athletic with goals from Jermain Defoe (his 22nd of the season) and a brace from Roman Pavlyuchenko within 17 minutes which lifted Spurs three places in the table back to fourth, while Bolton's visit to local rivals Blackburn Rovers resulted in a 3-0 defeat, leaving Wanderers deep in relegation trouble and without a Premier League goal in five straight matches.

The two teams have met this season in the Premier League at the Reebok in October 2009 which resulted in a 2-2 draw. Croatians Niko Kranjcar and Vedran Corluka scored for Spurs with Ricardo Gardner and Kevin Davies scoring for Bolton. The return fixture at White Hart Lane is due to be played on 1st May 2010.

TEAM NEWS:

Harry Redknapp will have a few players missing for Wednesday night's FA Cup replay against Bolton. Ledley King (thigh), Aaron Lennon (groin) and Jermaine Jenas (groin) will sit it out alongside cup-tied pair Younes Kaboul and Kyle Walker. Harry reported that winger Aaron had suffered a 'bit of a setback' on his road to recovery following fresh scans on his injured groin. "He's worked hard on the training ground every day, so it's the last thing he wanted," said Harry. "But he'll get on with it and I'm sure he'll come back as good as ever." Further specialist advice is being sought on how best to rehabilitate Aaron's injury.

Better news sees Benoit Assou-Ekotto back in full training after suffering a hip injury in December. Longer-term injuries Carlo Cudicini (pelvis, wrist) and Jonathan Woodgate (groin) remain out but again, there is good news as goalkeeper Carlo has started ball work this week.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle could be tempted to rotate his squad with his side in the midst of a relegation battle. Vladimir Weiss and Jack Wilshere are cup-tied, while Gretar Steinsson, Chris Basham and Mark Davies are injured. And that could mean the likes of Stuart Holden, Jlloyd Samuel, Tamir Cohen, Andy O'Brien, Ali Al Habsi and Mustapha Riga all feature, with Coyle saying: "The priority is to stay in the Premier League. "If somebody was to say me 'would you give up the FA Cup to stay in the Premier League?' the answer to that is yes - it remains our number-one aim.

MATCH FACTS:

• This is one of two replays that will see one of the nine remaining Premier League clubs eliminated.

• Third-bottom Bolton are 14 places lower than Spurs.

• Prize for the winners will be an away tie to fellow top-flight Fulham in the quarter-finals on Saturday, 6 March.

• Both this season's Premier League and FA Cup meetings at the Reebok were drawn.

• Tottenham have not lost to the Trotters at White Hart Lane since an odd goal in seven League Cup reverse in October 2004.

• This is the sixth season these clubs have met each other in the history of the FA Cup; only twice has the issue been resolved at the first time of asking.

LAST MATCH LINE-UPS:

Tottenham Hotspur (W 3-0 Wigan Athletic A)

Gomes, Corluka, Dawson, King (Bassong 52), Bale, Bentley, Huddlestone, Palacios, Kranjcar (Modric 69), Crouch, Defoe (Pavlyuchenko 73)

Substitutes: Alnwick, Kaboul, Rose, Gudjohnsen

Yellow Cards: Dawson, Bentley, Huddlestone, Defoe

Goals: Defoe 27, Pavlyuchenko 84 & 90+3

Bolton Wanderers (L 0-3 Blackburn Rovers A)

Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Knight, Steinsson, Ricketts, Muamba (Davies 59), Taylor (Weiss 59), Gardner, Lee, Elmander (Klasnic 69)

Davies

Substitutes: Al Habsi, O'Brien, Cohen, Wilshere,

Yellow Card: Steinsson

PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

Wednesday night's match will be the 99th meeting between Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers.

Here are the results of the previous 98 matches with Spurs' score shown first:

18-Nov-1899

Friendly

4 - 0

Rule, Pratt, Cameron (2)

19-Sep-1908

Division 2

25,000

2 - 1

Minter, Middlemiss

23-Jan-09

Division 2

24,000

1 - 0

Steel R

11-Dec-09

Division 1

20,000

1 - 1

Minter

23-Apr-10

Division 1

3,000

2 - 0

Humphreys (2)

16-Dec-11

Division 1

20,000

0 - 1

20-Apr-12

Division 1

18,000

1 - 0

Minter

09-Nov-12

Division 1

23,000

0 - 1

15-Mar-13

Division 1

25,000

0 - 2

01-Jan-14

Division 1

30,000

0 - 3

10-Apr-14

Division 1

39,020

3 - 0

Joyce, Cantrell, Bliss

28-Nov-14

Division 1

8,000

2 - 4

Clay (pen), Cantrell

03-Apr-15

Division 1

11,000

4 - 2

Cantrell, Bliss (3)

18-Dec-20

Division 1

33,000

5 - 2

Seed, Cantrell, Bliss (2), Dimmock

01-Jan-21

Division 1

45,000

0 - 1

29-Aug-21

Division 1

31,771

1 - 2

Thompson

05-Sep-21

Division 1

40,000

0 - 1

17-Feb-23

Division 1

30,000

0 - 1

11-Apr-23

Division 1

15,000

2 - 0

Cantrell, Dimmock

22-Sep-23

Division 1

35,012

0 - 0

29-Sep-23

Division 1

25,000

1 - 3

Lindsay

30-Aug-24

Division 1

42,000

3 - 0

Clay (pen), Lindsay, Hargreaves

27-Dec-24

Division 1

18,000

0 - 3

31-Jan-25

F.A. Cup 2

52,635

1 - 1

Seed

04-Feb-25

F.A. Cup 2 Replay

51,774

1 - 0

Seed

21-Nov-25

Division 1

26,792

2 - 3

Osborne, Elkes

03-Apr-26

Division 1

31,364

1 - 1

Osborne

30-Oct-26

Division 1

29,999

1 - 0

Handley

19-Mar-27

Division 1

17,762

2 - 2

Sanders, Dimmock

26-Dec-27

Division 1

25,229

1 - 4

Elkes

06-Feb-28

Division 1

18,183

1 - 2

Armstrong

16-Feb-35

F.A. Cup 5

70,347

1 - 1

Evans W

20-Feb-35

F.A. Cup 5 Replay

47,453

1 - 1

Hunt GS

25-Feb-35

F.A. Cup 5 2nd Replay

26,692

0 - 2

10-Jan-48

F.A. Cup 3

37,075

2 - 0

(a.e.t) Duquemin (2)

23-Aug-50

Division 1

21,745

4 - 1

Walters, Murphy, Duquemin, Medley

28-Aug-50

Division 1

44,246

4 - 2

og, Duquemin (2), Baily

08-Sep-51

Division 1

61,838

2 - 1

Bennett, Edwards og

05-Jan-52

Division 1

46,354

1 - 1

Harmer

15-Nov-52

Division 1

31,442

1 - 1

Bennett

04-Apr-53

Division 1

40,185

3 - 2

McClellan, Stokes, Duquemin

03-Oct-53

Division 1

39,842

0 - 2

03-Mar-54

Division 1

16,720

3 - 2

Walters, Stokes, Dunmore

25-Dec-54

Division 1

25,978

2 - 1

Dunmore, Robb

27-Dec-54

Division 1

41,063

2 - 0

Baily, Brooks

08-Oct-55

Division 1

35,237

0 - 3

21-Mar-56

Division 1

10,942

2 - 3

Smith R, Robb

01-Sep-56

Division 1

30,889

0 - 1

29-Dec-56

Division 1

42,030

4 - 0

Dyson, Harmer (pen), Smith R, Robb

19-Oct-57

Division 1

20,381

2 - 3

Smith R, Robb

12-Mar-58

Division 1

22,978

4 - 1

Brooks, Smith R (3)

08-Nov-58

Division 1

39,820

1 - 1

Smith R

28-Mar-59

Division 1

21,384

1 - 4

Clayton

07-Nov-59

Division 1

41,909

0 - 2

26-Mar-60

Division 1

31,106

1 - 2

Mackay

07-Sep-60

Division 1

41,565

2 - 1

White, Allen

14-Sep-60

Division 1

43,559

3 - 1

Blanchflower (pen), Smith R (2)

09-Oct-61

Division 1

24,726

2 - 1

Allen, Clayton

24-Feb-62

Division 1

36,470

2 - 2

Smith R, Greaves

08-Dec-62

Division 1

20,737

0 - 1

27-Apr-63

Division 1

40,965

4 - 1

Marchi, Greaves, White, Smith R

07-Dec-63

Division 1

18,394

3 - 1

Greaves, Dyson, Farrimond og

18-Apr-64

Division 1

32,507

1 - 0

Greaves

26-Nov-77

Division 2

34,260

0 - 1

07-Jan-78

F.A. Cup 3

43,731

2 - 2

Hoddle, Duncan

10-Jan-78

F.A. Cup 3 Replay

31,314

1 - 2

(a.e.t) Taylor (pen)

08-Apr-78

Division 2

50,097

1 - 0

McAllister

28-Oct-78

Division 1

37,337

2 - 0

Pratt, Lee

08-May-79

Division 1

17,879

3 - 1

Holmes, Falco, Villa

10-Nov-79

Division 1

33,155

2 - 0

Yorath, Hoddle (pen)

22-Mar-80

Division 1

14,474

1 - 2

Jones

23-Dec-95

FA Prem

30,702

2 - 2

Sheringham, Armstrong

20-Mar-96

FA Prem

17,829

3 - 2

Howells, Fox, Armstrong

27-Nov-96

League Cup 4

18,621

1 - 6

Sheringham

23-Sep-97

FA Prem

23,433

1 - 1

Armstrong

01-Mar-98

FA Prem

29,032

1 - 0

Neilsen

03-Dec-2001

FA Prem

32,971

3 - 2

Poyet, Ferdinand, Sheringham

11-Dec-01

League Cup 5

28,340

6 - 0

Davies, Ferdinand (3), Barness og, Iversen

05-Feb-02

F.A. Cup 4

27,093

4 - 0

Anderton (pen), Iversen, Etherington, Barness og

20-Apr-02

FA Prem

25,817

1 - 1

Iversen

20-Oct-02

FA Prem

35,909

3 - 1

Keane (2), Davies

24-Mar-03

FA Prem

23,084

0 - 1

01-Nov-03

FA Prem

35,191

0 - 1

17-Apr-04

FA Prem

26,440

0 - 2

23-Oct-04

FA Prem

36,025

1 - 2

Keane

27-Oct-04

League Cup 3

18,037

4 - 3

(a.e.t, 2-2) Defoe (2), Bunjevcevic, Brown

01-Feb-05

FA Prem

24,780

1 - 3

Defoe

05-Nov-05

FA Prem

26,634

0 - 1

29-Apr-06

FA Prem

36,179

1 - 0

Lennon

19-Aug-06

FA Prem

22,899

0 - 2

24-Feb-07

FA Prem

35,747

4 - 1

Keane (2), Jenas, Lennon

23-Sep-07

FA Prem

20,308

1 - 1

Keane

26-Apr-08

FA Prem

36,176

1 - 1

Malbranque

26-Oct-08

FA Prem

35,507

2 - 0

Pavlyuchenko, Bent (pen)

31-Jan-09

FA Prem

21,575

2 - 3

Bent (2)

03-Oct-09

FA Prem

21,303

2 - 2

Kranjcar, Corluka

14-Feb-10

F.A. Cup 5

13,596

1 - 1

Defoe

24-Feb-10

F.A. Cup 5 Replay

01-May-10

FA Prem

LAST TIME WE MET...

BOLTON WANDERERS 1-1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Reebok Stadium, FA Cup Fifth Round, 14th February 2010

Tottenham fought back to earn an FA Cup fifth-round replay after an entertaining draw against Bolton. The hosts were much the better side in the first half and went ahead when Kevin Davies completed an impressive passing move by firing in on the turn. But Spurs responded and equalised when Jermain Defoe fired home on 61 minutes. And Tom Huddlestone wasted the chance to send Spurs through as Jussi Jaaskelainen saved his penalty after a Sam Ricketts handball.

The old adage of "a game of two halves" can rarely have been more apt, with Bolton utterly dominant before the break and Spurs by far the better side after. The sparse Valentine's Day crowd suggests the romance of the FA Cup is not what it was but the Bolton fans who did make it to the Reebok Stadium found plenty to appreciate in their side's revitalised style of play, particularly in the first 45 minutes.

The hosts, for so long derided as a long-ball side, were slick on the ball throughout and put Tottenham's more fashionable players to shame for long periods. Chung-Yong Lee's early driven cross was mis-controlled by Matt Taylor and Johan Elmander's follow-up only just deflected over the bar off Vedran Corluka.

The Swede, who has struggled to convince during his time at the Reebok, was then set free by Ricardo Gardner but could only manage an abysmal left-footed effort that was more akin to a rugby conversion. Spurs were totally unable to get a foothold in the game in the opening period, as Taylor peppered the visiting defence with a series of free-kicks and corners. One effort tested goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes to the limit, while Davies once again bullied the Tottenham defenders at every opportunity. Spurs' best chance of the opening half-hour was a long-range drive from the recalled Peter Crouch that ended up closer to the corner flag.

Bolton thoroughly deserved to be in front and their fine football finally reaped its rewards with after a 16-pass move. Elmander broke free down the right and after a one-two with Lee, crossed with pace for Davies to control and fire home on the turn. Any hopes of an immediate improvement from the visitors after the break were wiped away when a shot from Davies deflected just past the post and Elmander fired into the side-netting after another sweeping move. Another fluent move, including a sumptuous pass from Davies, ended with Muamba dragging a horrible shot wide before Spurs finally drove forward and hit the crossbar on two occasions.

Firstly Crouch beat Jaaskelainen to a high ball but saw his header come back off the woodwork before a shot from Wilson Palacios caught Paul Robinson's foot and looped onto the bar. Redknapp's side suddenly had their appetite back and did not have to wait long for a leveller. Bale burst forward down the left flank and passed to Defoe who slammed the ball high into the net - although a slight deflection off Ricketts did not help Jaaskelainen. The defender did more damage shortly after when a flick from Crouch in the box cannoned into his raised arm, prompting referee Phil Dowd to award a penalty.

With Defoe having missed from the spot against Leeds in the previous round, Huddlestone stepped up but saw Jaaskelainen pull off a fine save. The Finnish keeper then pulled off an even better stop to keep out a fizzing long-range drive from Defoe. Tottenham ended the game much the stronger and really should have won it when Crouch glanced a header wide after more good work from the terrific Bale.

Ultimately Bolton will be the side most relieved to still be in the competition, but neither manager will be happy at the prospect of a replay with a string of crucial league games in the offing.

Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle:

"Harry (Redknapp) said to me at full-time he thought it was a game of two halves but I think it was a game of an hour for us with the last half-hour going to Tottenham. There is a lot to be pleased about. For large periods of the game we were in the ascendancy. If we had come in at half-time with a bigger lead no-one would have thought it was unjust. Probably none of us wanted a replay but we are in the draw for the next round and who is to say we can't go there and win the replay. It is easy to look back in slow motion and see Sam's arms were already up because of the nature of Crouch's movement but the referee called it and you have to get on with it."

Tottenham Hotspur assistant manager Joe Jordan:

"We lived dangerously in the first half as we didn't play particularly well and the performance was not good enough. But in the second half we got ourselves sorted out and we should be going away with the victory, no question of that. We certainly didn't play in the first half and in the first 30 minutes Bolton's style of play caused us problems and it could have resulted in a second goal and we couldn't have had any complaints. It wasn't until the second half we dominated the game. We have not been too lucky with penalties. Normally when you see Tom take them in training he does it with power - today he tried to place it. But I think when a penalty is saved you have to give credit to the goalkeeper."

Bolton Wanderers

Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Knight (O'Brien 63), Steinsson, Ricketts, Muamba, Taylor (Cohen 88), Gardner, Lee (Davies 74), Elmander

Davies

Substitutes: Al Habsi, Samuel, Holden, Riga

Yellow Cards: Knight, Taylor

Goal: Davies 34

Tottenham Hotspur

Gomes, Corluka, Dawson, King, Bale, Bentley, Huddlestone, Palacios, Modric (Kranjcar 63), Crouch, Defoe

Substitutes: Alnwick, Bassong, Dervite, Rose, Pavlyuchenko, Gudjohnsen

Yellow Cards: Huddlestone, Palacios, Defoe

Goal: Defoe 61

Referee: Dowd, Attendance: 13,596