Fulham will look to keep their quest for a top-six finish alive when they travel to Brentford Community Stadium on Monday to face fellow Londoners and European hopefuls Brentford.
Both teams are flying high in the Premier League table, sitting inside the top half after more than half of the league games. The hosts sit in ninth position after 23 games with eight wins, eleven draws and four losses. Only league leaders Arsenal and Newcastle United (both three) have recorded fewer losses this season than Thomas Frank’s men.
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They come into this fixture without a league loss since October (W5, D6), so they will go into this tie confident of getting a win against a Fulham side who sit four points ahead of them.
The visitors are currently occupying the seventh position, having played two more games than their hosts. So they will be desperate to win this tie to ensure they can remain close to the top four ahead of a crucial run of games.
Marco Silva’s men booked an FA Cup quarter-final spot last time out, thanks to a 2-0 win over Leeds United. But the win came at the expense of key midfield player João Palhinha, who begins a two-game suspension here.
But given that they are unbeaten in all but one PL game against sides beginning the round below themselves (W11, D5, L1), they will fancy their chances against Brentford.Click here to get direct win predictions
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