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Gallas: Starts for Arsenal

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Tottenham and Arsenal are level at 1-1 ahead of the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final at White Hart Lane.

Spurs were the dominant side in the first leg at Emirates Stadium a fortnight ago and took the lead through Jermaine Jenas.

However, they were denied their first victory over their North London rivals in nine years when Theo Walcott equalised late on to leave the tie in the balance.

Arsenal progressed to the final last season when the sides locked horns at the same stage, winning in extra-time after a 2-2 draw in the first leg.

King set to return

Tottenham will be confident of exacting revenge this time as they have home advantage, with a spot against either Chelsea or Everton beckoning in the Wembley showpiece.

Spurs have kept clean sheets in their last two matches and Ledley King is likely to come back in to strengthen their defence after being rested for Saturday's victory over Sunderland.

Gareth Bale (foot), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) and Anthony Gardner (ankle) are all sidelined, while Chris Gunter is cup-tied.

Didier Zokora is also away on international duty and Darren bent has been struggling recently with a knee problem.

But Steed Malbranque is available following a ban and is likely to line up in midfield alongside Aaron Lennon, Jenas and Tom Huddlestone, although Jamie O'Hara will also be hoping to feature after putting in some impressive performances in recent weeks.

Robbie Keane is expected to partner Dimitar Berbatov up front.

Gallas to captain Gunners

Arsene Wenger has promised to keep faith with his youngsters for as long as Arsenal are in the competition, but he is set to name a number of his senior players on the substitutes' bench.

William Gallas will start in defence as Philippe Senderos (nose) and Johan Djourou (groin) have both been ruled out, while Kolo Toure is away at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Emmanuel Eboue and Alexandre Song are also away with their countries and Robin van Persie (thigh) is not yet ready to return.

There should once again be chances for the likes of goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski and left-back Armand Traore, while Walcott, Denilson and Abou Diaby are set to feature in midfield.

Eduardo da Silva and Nicklas Bendtner could start up front.