TONY PULIS made two changes to the side that draw 0-0 with Aston Villa . . . after Ryan Shawcross failed a fitness test on an ankle knock ahead of Stoke City's Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur.
Pulis stuck with the attacking formation of Ricardo Fuller and David Kitson after they made an impact when introduced as second half substitutes in place of Mamady Sidibe and Tuncay during the stalemate with Villa.
Sidibe and Tuncay were included among the substitutes along with teenager Louis Moult who signed his first professional contract with the Club yesterday.
Tottenham had been dealt a blow in the countdown to the match with England striker Jermain Defoe ruled out with a hamstring injury.
Defoe's absence added to a long injury list, while Harry Redknapp chose to relegate Wilson Palacios to the bench and replace him with Younes Kaboul.
CITY: Sorensen; Huth, Faye, Higginbotham, Collins; Delap, Whelan, Whitehead, Etherington; Kitson, Fuller. Subs: Begovic, Lawrence, Sidibe, Pugh, Tuncay, Wilkinson, Moult.
SPURS: Gomez; Corluka, Dawson, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto; Kranjcar, Modric, Kaboul, Bale; Pavlyuchenko, Crouch. Subs: Alnwick, Gudjohnsen, Livermore, Dervite, Parrett, Townsend, Palacios.
REFEREE: Mike Dean
