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An email! From the away end. \u201cTurning up late season at the Gtech with the primary aim being to spoil Brentford\u2019s European ambitions is giving serious d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu,\u201d says Kit Clifford-Page, \u201cbut a win would put Fulham firmly back in the European conversation so there is everything to play for.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully Tom Cairney\u2019s first league start since the horrific home loss to West Ham is better calculated by Silva today and Harry \u2018Beekeeper\u2019 Wilson adds to his famous resume. Come on Fulham!\u201d<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n All quiet on the west London front. If you\u2019ve never sent us an email, now might be a good time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Teams in full<\/p>\n A tale of two benches \u2026 Brentford\u2019s is short of experience and stuffed with defenders, whereas Fulham\u2019s has a full front six and flair to spare.<\/p>\n Brentford (4-2-3-1) Kelleher; Kayode, van den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter; Yarmoliuk, Jensen; Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade; Thiago. Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Lukic, Cairney; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Muniz. Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.41 EDT<\/p>\n Teams in brief: Fulham shake it up<\/p>\n Marco Silva makes four changes to the side that lost 2-0 at Anfield. Sasa Lukic is ready for his first start in three months, but he doesn\u2019t resume his partnership with Sander Berge, who drops to the bench as Tom Cairney comes in. Lukic\u2019s return frees Alex Iwobi to roam forward again. He\u2019ll be cutting in from the left to join Emile Smith Rowe, who replaces Josh King as the 10. At left-back, Ryan Sessegnon is preferred to Antonee Robinson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Teams in brief: no surprises for Brentford<\/p>\n After seeing Everton grab a last-gasp equaliser last weekend, Keith Andrews sees no reason to change a drawing team. It\u2019s a strong XI but, with Jordan Henderson still ruled out by an unnamed injury, the bench looks a bit skimpy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.41 EDT<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n Morning everyone and welcome to a feast of a weekend in the Premier League<\/a>. There\u2019s a lot more on the menu than a mere title decider. There\u2019s the Merseyside derby, with Everton at home in their new stadium and, for once, in better shape than Liverpool. There\u2019s Spurs, in spectacular disarray, taking on Brighton, the best team in the league over the past two months. There\u2019s Chelsea, who haven\u2019t scored against a top-flight club for five weeks, facing Man United, who seem to have mislaid all their centre-backs.<\/p>\n And first there\u2019s Brentford<\/a> v Fulham, which is more appetising than it may look. It\u2019s not just a local derby \u2013 it\u2019s a six-pointer that will have a say in who makes it into Europe. If Brentford win, they\u2019ll go from seventh to sixth, above Chelsea, and, if only for a few hours, these quiet over-achievers will be lording it over west London. If Fulham win, they\u2019ll jump from 12th to ninth and draw level on points with Brentford.<\/p>\n The biggest threat on either side is obviously Igor Thiago, the Haaland of the south. But he may have his work cut out because the past three games between these sides have all ended with a win for Fulham<\/a>. In the reverse fixture, Brentford took an early lead, only to be battered by three goals in six minutes before half-time. One of them was scored by Harry Wilson, who eats Brentford defenders for breakfast. As my colleague Taha Hashim pointed out yesterday, Wilson has four goals in his past 118 minutes against these opponents.<\/p>\n But then that last meeting was seven months ago, before Brentford had got going under Keith Andrews. It left them 17th, while Fulham were eighth (just above Man City), Spurs were third and Liverpool were the runaway leaders. This has been a season in which everybody turned out to be fallible, even the team who have been top for months. And that makes almost every game interesting.<\/p>\n
Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Shield, Ajer, Pinnock, Stephenson, Nelson, Bentt, Donovan.<\/p>\n
Subs: Lecomte, Diop, Robinson, Berge, Reed, King, Bobb, Chukwueze, Jimenez.<\/p>\n