Life is beautiful for Swansea City, and not only because of their advance into the League Cup semi-final; their best showing in a major knockout tournament in 48 years. Upwardly mobile in the Premier League, they are winning plaudits for their possession football, they can compete with anybody and it is a far cry from the dark days at the beginning of the last decade, when their very existence was threatened. Spurs provide the latest challenge but, after wins at Newcastle and Arsenal, the Swans travel without fear. David Hytner
Venue White Hart Lane, Sunday 1.30pm
Tickets £37-58 (0844 844 0102)
Last season Tottenham Hotspur 3 Swansea City 1
Referee Mike Dean
This season's matches 10 Y32, R1, 3.30 cards per game
Odds Tottenham 8-13 Swansea 9-2 Draw 14-5
Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City: Probable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: Graphic Tottenham Hotspur
Subs from Friedel, Cudicini, Gomes, Naughton, Assou-Ekotto, Gallas,
Carroll, Huddlestone, Livermore, Parker, Townsend, Sigurdsson, Falqué, Bale
Doubtful Bale (hamstring), Parker (Achilles), Assou-Ekotto (knee), Dawson (hamstring)
Injured Kaboul (knee, Jan)
Suspended None
Form guide LWWWLL
Disciplinary record Y23 R2
Leading scorer Defoe 9
Swansea City
Subs from Cornell, Bartley, Britton, Monk, Shechter, Lita, Moore, Tiendalli, Situ, Agustien, Gower, Richards
Doubtful Britton (knee)
Injured Hernández (thigh, 23 Dec), Vorm (groin, 23 Dec), Taylor (ankle, May)
Suspended None
Form guide LWWDWD
Disciplinary record Y29 R2
Leading scorer Michu 12
Match pointers
• Spurs have kept just one clean sheet in eight Premier League games under André Villas-Boas at White Hart Lane
• Swansea have won three of their last five league games in London, including last time out at Arsenal
• If games had lasted 80 minutes this season then Tottenham would be top of the table
• Michu has already matched Danny Graham, Swansea's top scorer last season, with his tally of 12 goals
• In five of Tottenham's last six games both sides have scored at least one goal
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