Football latest: Uefa Cup - Spurs vs PSV

Uefa Cup specialist Juande Ramos pits his troops against Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven in their first leg of the Uefa Cup round of 16 tonight, hoping that last weekend's routing by Birmingham was a momentary slip-up from his side.

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In truth both Spurs and PSV suffered shock results in their recent respective league outings. Tottenham, suffering a Carling Cup hangover, were outplayed by Birmingham and lost 4-1 while PSV saw their lead at the top of the Eredivisie cut to six points following a 3-1 defeat to Utrecht.

Ramos has plenty of experience to fall back on in this competition, having won the competition in the last two years with Sevilla, and he will hope his players can replicate their Carling Cup form at the expense of their poor league displays. Indeed he has insisted that his players are still playing for their futures in north London and that a repeat of the Birmingham display will not be tolerated.

One man who shouldn't need to convince the manager of his ability is Irish striker Robbie Keane, whose 20 goals have played a key part in the club's resurgence this season.

"We had a meeting to say the League Cup was gone, we have to focus on the league and the UEFA Cup now," Keane said. "The boss said, 'You're all playing for your future, for next season'. That keeps us all on our toes but we have to achieve. It's okay winning the League Cup but we need to push on now. Saturday was disappointing but we have still got the Uefa Cup."

PSV head coach Sef Vergoossen has stated that his side have come to defend yet need a valuable away goal. "We will play defensively, but I am not going to reveal the way we will organise our defence. However, we have not come here just to defend and are keen to score a crucial away goal. If we don't want to do that, there's no point in travelling at all."

PSV welcome back Carlos Salcido from suspension. The 27-year-old Mexican central defender, who recently won his 50th cap for Mexico, missed the game against Utrecht, when PSV suffered their first defeat since Vergoossen took charge.

PSV strikers Danny Koevermans and Danko Lazovic are both doubtful for the game and couple that with the return to the Spurs team of captain Ledley King and Johnathan Woodgate in central defence and all the signs point to a Tottenham success - but by a narrow margin in a tight game.

Verdict: 2pts Spurs -0.5/-1 @ 1.82 (Canbet); 2pts under 2.5 goals @ 2.5 (Canbet)

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