This tie, pitting Colchester United who are seven points adrift of safety in League One against a Tottenham Hotspur side that find themselves five from the Premier League summit, is certainly the stuff shocks are made of. Colchester can call on experienced heads such as Darren Ambrose, Nicky Shorey and Owen Garvan to aid their cause in the clubs’ first competitive meeting and a capacity crowd at the Weston Homes Community Stadium will hope they can relive past glories. Nick Ames
Venue Weston Homes Community Stadium, Saturday 12.45pm
Referee Michael Oliver
Odds Colchester 8-1 Tottenham 2-5 Draw 43-10
TV BT Sport 1
Head to head Tottenham 0 Colchester 0 Draws 0
Colchester Utd
Subs from Parish, Edwards, Ambrose, Bonne, Elokobi, Shorey, Wright, Lee, Olufemi, Kent, Szmodics, Vincent-Young
Doubtful None
Injured None
Tottenham H
Subs from Lloris, Walker, Carter-Vickers, Fazio, Rose, Dembele, Winks, Onomah, Alli, Kane, Eriksen
Doubtful None
Injured Mason, Njie, Pritchard, Vertonghen
Match pointers
• Tottenham have not progressed past this stage since they reached the semi-finals in 2012, whilst Colchester last did so in 2006. Tottenham are unbeaten in nine successive away matches in all competitions.
