Date: Saturday 7th December, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm
Stadium Craven Cottage
Referee Chris Kavanagh (England)
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Team News
Fulham
Fulham, on-loan Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson is ineligible to face his parent club, but the 24-year-old suffered a hamstring injury in the win over Brighton anyway and could be set for a spell on the sidelines.
Nelson joins Harrison Reed (knee) and Joachim Andersen (calf) in the Fulham infirmary, while Jorge Cuenca and Ryan Sessegnon will both require late fitness tests but will not come into contention for starting roles regardless.
Tom Cairney - sent off in the draw with Tottenham Hotspur last weekend - is still suspended, but Sasa Lukic is back from his own yellow-card ban to offer an alternative option in the hosts' engine room.
Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Berge; Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez
Arsenal
Following their early withdrawals against West Ham last weekend, neither Riccardo Calafiori nor Gabriel Magalhaes were risked for the clash with Man United in midweek; neither man was seen in team training on Friday either, but they could still make the cut.
Long-term knee victims Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu could therefore be the visitors' only absentees for Sunday's derby, where a couple of changes are not beyond the realm of possibility three days before a Champions League tie with Monaco.
Leandro Trossard and Mikel Merino - back from a knee problem in midweek - head the queue for promotion from the bench, while Jakub Kiwior and Oleksandr Zinchenko will make way if Gabriel and Calafiori are given the green light to return.
Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Havertz, Trossard
Prediction: Fulham 1-3 Arsenal
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