Tottenham Hotspur will welcome back Gareth Bale for their Premier League encounter with Stoke City this afternoon.

Bale has missed Spurs' last three games with a hamstring injury, but returned to full training earlier this week.

The Welshman comes in for Clint Dempsey in one of three changes for Andre Villas-Boas, who also drops Kyle Naughton and William Gallas to the bench in favour of Steven Caulker and Michael Dawson.

Stoke, meanwhile, make just one change to the side that drew 1-1 with Everton last week as Ryan Shotton returns from suspension in place of Charlie Adam.

Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Caulker, Dawson, Vertonghen; Sandro, Dembele, Lennon, Bale; Defoe, Adebayor
Subs: Friedel, Naughton, Gallas, Livermore, Sigurdsson, Townsend, Parker

Stoke: Begovic; Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Cameron; Shotton, Whelan, Nzonzi, Etherington; Walters, Jones
Subs: Sorensen, Upson, Palacios, Whitehead, Kightly, Jerome, Crouch