Harry Redknapp has warned Spurs they are still in a relegation scrap as Jermaine Jenas returns from a toe injury at Fulham.
The Tottenham midfielder missed the thrilling 4-2 midweek Carling Cup win over Liverpool, as did several others who were rested and are back in contention.
But Redknapp warned: "I have told the team they have done nothing yet, one or two bad results and we are back with the bottom teams, one or two good results and we are closer to the top six.
"The relegation battle is involving 14 teams, with the top four out of it but everyone else in it.
"I have never seen such a close division but it is something I predicted that would happen at the start of the season."
Left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto is back from suspension, Heurelho Gomes should be fit despite his recent head injury but Giovani dos Santos is out with an ankle injury.
Skipper Ledley King could return after being rested in midweek against Liverpool in the Carling Cup.
Spurs (from): Gomes, Cesar, Hutton, Bale, Gunter, Dawson, King, Woodgate, Corluka, O'Hara, Zokora, Bentley, Huddlestone, Jenas, Gilberto, Modric, Bostock, Lennon, Bent, Campbell, Pavlyuchenko, Stalteri, Rocha, Taarabt, Boateng, Ghaly, Assou-Ekotto.