Fulham forward Barry Hayles is trying to persuade manager Jean Tigana to
end his injury woe and hand him a place in the Cottagers squad.
The striker has overcome his ankle trouble - but Danish ace Peter Moller
was handed the attacking berth in Saturday's 1-0 victory over Nottingham
Forest.
Player-coach John Collins finally overcame his hamstring strain to return
to the first-team against David Platt's men, and he is keen to figure
against the Clarets.
Luis Boa Morte shrugged off rumours linking him to a move to Benfica
to put in an impressive performance at the weekend - and he is likely
to start again.
Burnley manager Stan Ternent is expected to
hand a Clarets debut to loan signing Gareth Taylor while Fulham's Barry
Hayles is pressing for inclusion in the Cottagers' squad.
Manchester City marksman Taylor has agreed to join Burnley for a month
after finding himself out of City boss Joe Royle's Premiership plans.
Ternent should welcome back Kevin Ball for the visit of the midfielder's
former club after he recovered from a bout of flu.
Ian Moore has been employed as a lone striker in recent weeks but with
Taylor's arrival the Clarets can be expected to revert to two forward
players.
Ternent's men have picked up a paltry four points out of a possible
30 but missed a string of good chances in the 1-0 defeat by Grimsby at
the weekend.
Lee Briscoe has yet to recover from his hamstring problem and is again
likely to miss out.
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