Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate is expected to name an unchanged line-up against Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Saturday.That means the club's record £12.7million signing Afonso Alves is set to start again with Turkey international Tuncay Sanli having to make do with a place on the substitutes' bench.

The Boro boss will be concerned that Robert Huth's long-running foot injury shows no immediate signs of clearing up though midfielders Mohamed Shawky and Fabio Rochemback are both available after overcoming illnesses.

Boro (from): Schwarzer, Young, Taylor, Wheater, Pogatetz, Boateng, Arca, O'Neil, Downing, Aliadiere, Alves, Turnbull, Grounds, McMahon, Shawky, Rochemback, Cattermole, Johnson, Tuncay.

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