Match to be played on Wednesday 4th December 2013 at 20:00. Venue: Craven Cottage, London.
Rene Meulensteen will take charge of Fulham for the first time this evening – and welcomes Tottenham Hotspur to Craven Cottage in a mixed mood.
Andre Villas-Boas’ men have been in mixed form and are without a Premier League win since October.
They will take comfort from their performance in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United but AVB knows that the fans expect a win v the side who have just sacked their manager Martin Jol.
Fulham have some selection dilemmas. Dimitar Berbatov is fit again, but after his agent confirmed a desire to leave to the papers this morning Berba may be dropped.
Meanwhile Brede Hangeland could return after a bout of sciatica.
Tottenham still have long term absentees Danny Rose and Christian Eriksen absent while Harry Kane and Emmanuel Adebayor could also both miss out.
Fulham XI: Stekelenburg; Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise; Parker, Karagounis; Dejagah, Kasami, Kačaniklić; Berbatov
Subs: Stockdale, Zverotic, Boateng, Sidwell, Duff, Taarabt, Ruiz.
Tottenham XI: Lloris; Walker, Chiriches, Dawson, Vertonghen; Capoue, Sandro; Lennon, Paulinho, Lamela; Defoe.
Subs: Friedel, Naughton, Chadli, Holtby, Sigurdsson, Townsend, Soldado.
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