Team News
Fulham vrs Crystal Palace
Premiership Match Day 37 22/23 at Craven Cottage
Saturday 20th May 2023 KO: 15:00
Referee:
Andy Madley (West Yorkshire)
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Fulham head coach Silva should be working with the same core of players from the trip to Southampton, where no new faces entered the treatment room, but Andreas Pereira (ankle), Tim Ream (arm) and Layvin Kurzawa (knee) are absent again.
Daniel James has also been forced to miss the Cottagers' last two matches with a thigh issue and will need a once-over ahead of Saturday's game, where Silva is facing quite the selection quandary in the number nine position.
With three goals from his last four Premier League games - as many as in his previous 32 - Vinicius will not easily cede his place to top scorer Mitrovic, but the Serbian will expect to start his side's final home match of the campaign.
Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Tete, Diop, Adarabioyo, Robinson; Palhinha, Reed; Wilson, Cairney, Willian; Mitrovic
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While Fulham have welcomed back arguably their most influential attacker, Palace have lost theirs, as Wilfried Zaha suffered a "worrying" thigh injury in the win over Bournemouth and is not expected to take to the field again this season.
Nathan Ferguson (muscle), Luka Milivojevic (unspecified) and James Tomkins (calf) also take up beds in the infirmary, while Jeffrey Schlupp is touch-and-go after missing the win over Bournemouth with a knock. Naouirou Ahamada was fit enough to make the bench, though.
The former Stuttgart man could be among several fringe players considered for starts with nothing but pride on the line, but Hodgson may save the bulk of his alterations for the final day of the season, and Odsonne Edouard should be drafted in to cover for the unavailable Zaha.
Crystal Palace possible starting lineup:
Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Hughes, Doucoure, Eze; Olise, Edouard, Ayew
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Source Ben Knapton at SportsMole