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Tottenham are unbeaten in each of their last 40 FA Cup home matches against teams from a lower division (W33 D7) since a 0-1 loss to Nottingham Forest in January 1975.

Coventry City have only lost one of their last 15 home games against Bristol Rovers in all competitions, winning 11 encounters in the process (D3).

To say it has been an eventful four months for Luke Matheson would be an understatement.

If you recognise the name, it's probably because he was the 16-year-old Rochdale defender who scored a brilliant equaliser to take Manchester United to penalties in his side's Carabao Cup defeat in September.

The now-17-year-old set up the equaliser for Aaron Wilbraham at Spotland on 4 January to earn the replay for Brian Barry-Murphy's side. BBC Sport went to speak to the teenager to find out just how much life has changed - personally and professionally - since that memorable night at Old Trafford.

Build up to tonight's game at White Hart Lane has started at the top of this page and on iPlayer. Tune in!

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Spurs boss Jose Mourinho: "We take the competition seriously. We took the first match at Middlesbrough seriously. It was difficult so we can imagine tonight will also be difficult.

"We don't have the players to make more rotations than what we've done but we have to try with what we have. It's a difficult moment but we will recover some players from injury next week and step by step we'll go back to normality.

"I expect what I always expect from Christian Eriksen, which is him trying to do his best. Playing when he's legally free to negotiate with another club, does that affect his performance? I think so. But what he tries to do every game is to give his best to the team."

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Neil Warnock says he is looking to manage one more club and would like to take on another role this season.

The 71-year-old left Cardiff City in November having been in football for over 50 years as a player, coach and manager and having managed 1,488 games.

Warnock says he is motivated for one last challenge and wants to reach the milestone of 1,500 competitive matches.

"Apparently I have 12 league games to go to get 1,500 and that is really tempting to me," Warnock said.

We've already had one postponement today with Tranmere v Watford not surviving the threat of Storm Brendan.

The weather at St Andrews, where tenants Coventry could set up a potential fourth-round tie against their landlords Birmingham, looks pretty biblical too.

Is a January move to Inter to play for Antonio Conte what we reckon Christian Eriksen was hoping for at the start of this season?

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Ex-Liverpool midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

It's a risk playing a player who will leave the club because he could get injured. For Christian Eriksen it's a test of his mentality because if he knows he's on the move, will he put 100% into every tackle and stretch himself?

Five changes for Tottenham as Ryan Sessegnon, Jan Vertonghen, Eric Dier, Giovani Lo Celso and Erik Lamela all start, while Son Heung-min and Dele Alli are among those dropping to the bench.

Christian Eriksen, linked with a January move to Inter Milan, starts for Spurs.

Tottenham: Gazzaniga, Sessegnon, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Tanganga, Dier, Winks, Lo Celso, Eriksen, Lamela, Lucas Moura.

Substitutes: Vorm, Foyth, Cirkin, Aurier, Alli, Son, Skipp.

Middlesbrough boss Jonathan Woodgate also makes five changes against his former team. Tomas Mejias plays in goal, while there are also starts for Marvin Johnson, Adam Clayton, Ben Liddle and Lukas Nmecha.

Liddle, a 21-year-old midfielder, makes his first ever start for Boro's senior team.

Middlesbrough: Mejias, Howson, McNair, Fry, Spence, Wing, Johnson, Clayton, Liddle, Nmecha, Fletcher.

Substitutes: Brynn, Saville, Malley, Tavernier, Roberts, Wood, Gestede.

• Blackpool have lost four of their last six home FA Cup third round replays (W2), including losing the last two such games - 0-1 vs Leicester in January 2005 and 1-2 vs Fulham in January 2013.
• Reading have progressed from nine of their last 10 FA Cup ties against sides from a lower division, failing only in the third round in 2011-12 against Stevenage.

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Jonathan Woodgate's Middlesbrough are back in action tonight live on BBC One.

Alongside Woodgate on the Boro bench will be fellow former Spurs player Robbie Keane; the pair were both in the starting line-up when the north London side won the 2008 League Cup, the club's last piece of silverware.

Tottenham beat Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley, with Woodgate scoring the winner in extra time.

Can you name both starting XIs?

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Richard Byrne: Wouldn't care if Liverpool never won the FA or EFL Cup again and played the youngsters every tie.

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Match of the Day commentator

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While in an ideal world an extra game wouldn't have been Jose Mourinho's choice there's no doubting his burning desire to deliver Tottenham a trophy and the FA Cup is the most realistic route this season. The competition could also help reignite some consistency as Spurs head into this one after just one win in the last six games.

Jonathan Woodgate and Robbie Keane were in the last Tottenham team to win silverware but in the opposite dugout they'd love nothing more than to create the headlines against their former club and continue the recent feel good factor at Middlesbrough.

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Middlesbrough head coach Jonathan Woodgate: "It's a step up in class when you play Spurs. Hopefully the players take it in their stride and not play the occasion.

"The atmosphere will be absolutely amazing down there.

"We've got a lot of young players who will be looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to seeing how they deal with it."

The weather is not kind out there folks. Of the grounds I've seen so far it's Birmingham which appears to have it worst this evening.

Neil: On route to the world famous home of Spurs, White Hart Lane, for a very important game in the FA Cup. Let's hope that the weather does not spoil what can be a great game.

Coventry manager Mark Robins has made five changes from their 1-1 draw against MK Dons on Saturday.

Aston Villa loanee Callum O'Hare, who has scored three goals in 27 games this season from attacking midfield, is one of the five to come in.

Coventry: Marosi, Mason, Rose, McFadzean, Kelly (c), Allen, Biamou, Hyam, Pask, O'Hare, Walsh.

Bristol Rovers have gone strong too with just one change from their 2-0 defeat against Doncaster Rovers on Saturday.

Left-back Tareiq Holmes-Dennis comes in to replace the ineligible Josh Barrett.

Bristol Rovers: Van Stappershoef, Rodman, Craig (c), Kilgour, Menayese, Leahy, Holmes-Dennis, Hargreaves, Sercombe, Upson, Clarke-Harris.